Poet with a social commitment: Sahir Ludhianvi

Terribly disturbed by his dear and younger friend Mohammad Rafi's demise on July 31, 1980, Sahir also followed suit after a few months, writes ...

Sing freedom: Songs of nationalist fervour

Anil Dixit walks down melody lane to track some of the most memorable songs of our national pride and patriotism

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Bangladesh Film Festival 2018 held in Kolkata

This is the first time in recent public memory that a film festival was organized officially between Bangladesh and West Bengal. The Bangladesh Film Festival, which was hel...

Queens of Comedy: Surpassing the Gender Stereotypes with Blunt Jokes and Bon Mots

Any given weekend what you grace your eyes with is more important a question than the lost archaic what you had last night for dinner. Well, we all might remember reading t...

On The Eve Of Another Silent Anniversary

Overwhelmed by grief when my father passed away in January 1966
I did not know how to combat that empty feeling. I was just 23 years old and I had had so much to talk,...

True Review Television - Documentaries, In Search Of A Platform

An Oscar recognition for a documentary is a win-win situation, in most parts of the world. Though news channels pick up human interest stories and flash them predominantly ...

TV's Top 5 That Get It Right

Prime Time showcases a number of shows on premier channels. During the crowded three hour band, a few have had a really long innings and are still going strong. It’s ...

TV Review: A SUITABLE ACTOR Television

There are thousands of shows currently being aired on Indian television featuring a few hundred actors. Most shows are imperceptible with lackluster performances, while a h...

Girvi Takes Flight

Whichever way you spell this recent show on Colors TV -- Udaan or Udann, it is going where few TV series have gone. Placed in a remote region of India, there is an antithes...