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Thought Factory

पानइंडिया (PaanIndia!)

The history of Paan has mythological as well as historical and Ayurvedic references, writes Aparajita Krishna.

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Alternative Entertainment

A BEFITTING SWANSONG

This is a very personal response to a unique film experience gifted by The Song of Scorpions, writes Janaky Sreedharan

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Kaleidoscope

BETTER ROSES FOR A WARMING WORLD AND OTHER GARDEN ADVENTURES

Manipur is burning and its despair all around. But here’s an extract from the book ‘Roses in the Fire of Spring’, which will ...

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Alternative Entertainment

‘KAIFI AUR MAIN’ KI KAIFIYAT

‘कैफ़ी और मैं’ की...

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Thought Factory

FIFTY YEARS AFTER GARM HAVA

Garm Hava (1974) is undoubtedly the best Indian film to capture the pain of Partition that swept the Indian subcontinent, writes O.P. Srivastav...

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Powerful People

A MAN FROM MOTIHARI: ABDULLAH KHAN

\Aparajita Krishna writes, “The Boy of ‘Patna Blues is now A Man From Motihari!”

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Business and Politics

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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Alternative Entertainment

ALL ABOUT FRIENDSHIP

Dr. Ajanta Dutt highlights the pathos of a friendship between two boys - an unusual story, Dostojee, filmed in the backdrop of...

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Business and Politics

RAHUL GANDHI: FROM A YOUNG MAN TO A MATURE LEADER

Humra Quraishi revisits a book she co-authored with Khushwant Singh and highlights what the great journalist and author had sa...

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Alternative Entertainment

Childhood, Holocaust and the Cinema of Louis Malle

Louis Malle’s semi-autobiographical 1987 film ‘Au revoir les enfants’ or ‘Goodbye, Children’ belongs to this rare...

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