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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: ESCAPING THE HEAT

Why do hill stations reign as the best travel destinations during summer? Vinta Nanda explains and offers ideas for you to pla...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: REALISM OF THE MATERIALISTIC WORLDVIEW

Sharad Raj explores the evolution of realism in Indian cinema, its many forms and structures, and the deviations in its style ...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: TAPAN SINHA’S EK DOCTOR KI MAUT

Tapan Sinha’s Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990) shows how scientific research and innovation is not given its due in India, and how professional j...

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Bollywood

MOVIES: THE ORIGINAL GLAM DIVAS OF BOLLYWOOD

Both of them made relatively quiet debuts in the early ‘70s, Zeenat in OP Ralhan’s Hulchul (1971), and  Parveen in BR Ish...

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AI and Tech

AI & TECHNOLOGY: THE STAKES ARE HIGH, TECH IS HIGHER

AI for climate change is not a silver bullet, it’s a game-changer. It offers a powerful toolkit to mitigate the crisis, but it’s up...

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Trending

2023: NOT SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE!

 

In her final column of 2023, Humra Quraishi looks back at the year for events we s...

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Alternative Entertainment

A CHAPTER ON KUMAR SHAHANI’S KASBA

Kumar Shahani’s aesthetic sensibilities were shaped while assisting Robert Bresson on Une Femme Douce (A Gentle Woman, 1969). Additionall...

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Business and Politics

CLOSE TO THE GARDEN OF BROKEN SHADOWS

Humra Quraishi traces the events from 6th December 1992 to the recently concluded assembly elections, bring to fore...

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Business and Politics

WHEN WILL THE DARK GIVE RISE TO THE MOON?

Humra Quraishi recalls the days of New Delhi’s past when the cultural hub was celebrated by envoys, especially from Arab...

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Business and Politics

CONFLICT MUST END: LET PEACE PREVAIL ON THE WORLD AND HUMANITY

Humra  Quraishi recalls conversations she’s had with academics, envoys  over the years about the Palestinian i...

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