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Thought Factory

HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE: THE EVERYMAN FILMMAKER

Hrishikesh Mukherjee passed away at the age of 83 on 27th August 2006. On his 17th death anniversary Shantanu Ray...

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Gender

STRAW DOGS: POETICS OF VIOLENCE OR MISOGYNY?

Based on a novel by Gordon Williams – ‘The Siege of Trencher’s Farm’, it was also my first exposure and my starting poi...

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Alternative Entertainment

MANI KAUL’S ICONOCLASTIC USKI ROTI

This film is a juxtaposition of slow-moving close-ups and wide shots layered with lots of silence and interspersed with a few monotonous dialog...

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Powerful People

Dr SUCHETAN PRADHAN: THE CULTURE BEHIND DENTISTRY

I am in conversation with one of India’s best known practicing dentists: an implant aesthetic and laser dentist, writes Aparajita...

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Kaleidoscope

THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT BE KING

More than 2500 years after he preached his eight-fold path, does the Buddha’s example matter to a world divided by multiple human-made co...

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Trending

BARSAAT AND BHARAT: RARE AUCTION FROM deRIVAAZ & IVES

Rare and magnificent artworks from Barsaat Ki Raat, Shaheed, Haqeeqat to Mughal-e-Azam on auction as deRivaz & Ives, India’s youngest auction house, reports Read More

Bollywood

REMEMBERING BOLLYWOOD’S GREATEST STAR-ACTOR OF HER GENERATION: SRIDEVI

On the occasion of her sixtieth birthday, 13th August, Monojit Lahiri salutes the memory of the matchless and timeless Ms Hawa...

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Trending

THE RECIPE FOR GOOD ROMANTIC COMEDY

The Ex Factor author Harini Srinivasan unpacks her views on the recipe for a good romantic comedy, the evolution of the genre over the yea...

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Festivals

RAJA BRO: FILM ABOUT INDIAN TRANS MAN IS MAKING WAVES

The film is being appreciated for its honest and sensitive portrayal of Merlin, a trans man living in Kalyan. Director Sridhar Rangayan to pres...

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Hollywood

A BRIEF ENCOUNTER WITH RICHARD BURTON

On August 5th, the 39th Death Anniversary of the legendary thespian, showman and dazzling personality par excellence, Monojit Lahiri Read More