PAINTING THE TOWN RED: VANI TRIPATHI TIKOO

Vinta Nanda talks to Vani Tripathi Tikoo about her recently published book, Why Can’t Elephants Be Red?, and about other things.

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NINETY-ONE CHEERS FOR HOLLYWOODS DEATHLESS BEAUTY!

Monojit Lahiri salutes Hollywood’s last super-star who was a born headliner - her 91^st Birth Anniversary appr...

FAIZ, SAHIR AND VERSE

Humra Quraishi revisits two of the best known poets of this  subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Sahir Ludhianvi.

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YET ANOTHER STORY BESIDES PATHAAN

Satyabrata Ghosh explores why audiences at large today prefer to watch a franchise of a spy universe over a modern fairty-tale...

CHINTOO SINGH WASIR: CENTERSTAGE AS SUFI SINGER & MUSICIAN

In the world of contemporary Indian music Chintoo Singh Wasir has emerged from being behind the instruments to centerstage with his Sufi music,...

I WENT TO HIS HOUSE AND SAW…

Humra Quraishi revisits an interview with Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, who questioned the mindless development that takes place in ...

ABOUT BRINGING GURU DUTT TO BENGALI READERS

Satyabrata Ghosh shares the process it took to translate in Bengali the works of Nishikant Thakar and Arun Khopkar for Guru Dutt: Teen Onker Ek Shokantika....

IS IT TIME TO RECONSIDER THE TERM BOLLYWOOD?

Monojit Lahiri does a close–up of this tricky issue and reaches out to the readers now for a solution to the word Bollyw...

KANTARA, GANGUBAI, KUNCHACKO BOBAN, ALIA BHATT RATED BEST OF 2022

Indian Film Institute (IFI) has announced its annual ratings of the best films and best male and female actors of 2022, reports The Dai...