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THE OTHERNESS OF BELONGING

Let me start this column, on this Teacher’s Day, by saying that the teachers of the likes of Uttar Pradesh’s Tripti Tyagi ought to ...

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TEACHER’S DAY: TO SIR WITH LOVE!

On ‘Teacher’s Day’ Monojit Lahiri pays homage to some inspirational game changers and life transformers, who...

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SPECTACULAR ATTENDANCE AT INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF CINCINNATI

The curtains rose on the highly anticipated 7th Annual Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati on the 22nd August 2023, captivating attendees with a...

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STAR BENEGA ACTOR? SIMPLE…LAGAO DE-GLAM FACTOR!

Monojit Lahiri examines Bollywood’s fascinating disease about every star’s secret desire to be hailed as an actor....

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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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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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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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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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BOLLYWOOD TIK-TALK: THERE’S MUCH HAPPENING WITH GHOOMER

It’s raining stars, as the proverbial saying goes, in Bollywood. Especially on streaming channels where, it seems, all the action has shi...

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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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