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Festivals

FESTIVALS: ARE THE NATIONAL AWARDS LOSING THEIR WAY?

Once upon a time the most glamorous, eagerly-awaited and coveted award was Filmfare founded in 1954, but today the National Awards’ credi...

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Movies

MOVIES: POISE WITHOUT EMOTIONAL ENTRY

Billed as a tribute to Rituparno Ghosh, Indradeep Dasgupta’s Grihapravesh does not lack ambition and scale. But the effort shows...

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Festivals

FESTIVALS: ARE FILM FESTIVALS TAMASHAS OR REALITY CHECKS??

Often dismissed as elite echo chambers, film festivals straddle praise and parody. Monojit Lahiri investigates whether our film festivals are a...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: EI RAAT TOMAR AMAR

What happens when two powerhouse veteran actors showcase a cathartic storyline, directed by a courageous and sensitive actor-director with the ...

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Kaleidoscope

KALEIDOSCOPE: ARUN KHOPKAR’S CHALAT CHITRAVYOOH IN TRANSLATION

Exploring Arun Khopkar’s reflections on cinema, creativity, and collaboration, this piece by Satyabrata Ghosh who has translated the book in Bengali,...

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Kaleidoscope

KALEIDOSCOPE: ROMANCING THE 80S WITH SEEMA SETHI

Monojit Lahiri attempts to zoom in on both close-ups and long shots, covering a decade that was, and remains for many, forever...

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Gender

GENDER: CAN WOMEN BE ‘EFFECTIVE’ LEADERS?

Monojit Lahiri revisits the rhetorical question and jumps across to a few women for their responses on why hasn’t the eq...

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Kaleidoscope

KALEIDOSCOPE: MIND IT! INDIA'S ENGLISH REVOLUTION

Sandeep Nulkar's 'Mind It!' hilariously chronicles India's transformation of English, blending tradition with irreverence, making it accessible...

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Gender

GENDER: WOMEN AND MONEY, PERFECTLY UNMATCHED??

"Empowering women through financial independence, WoMONEYsta, led by Neha Singh, breaks traditional barriers, enabling 40,000+ women to take co...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACIES

Vinta Nanda looks at how the Internet and AI are poised to reset the world order, explores the decline of Hindutva politics an...

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