GENDER: CHAI AND LOVE MEET ON STAGE

In this intimate column, Vinta Nanda writes about The Chai Queens, its emotional homecoming to Mumbai, and how theatr...

BUSINESS: GIG WORK AND CAPITALIST FAILURE

Sharad Raj examines the New Year’s Eve gig workers’ strike to expose how neo-capitalism, privatisation, and algori...

THOUGHT FACTORY: LISTENING IS THE NEW LOOKING

For years, we were trained to look, writes Vinta Nanda. Now, we are learning to listen—attentively, and without interrup...

POWERFUL PEOPLE: THAT THING CALLED ACTING

Mita Vasisht, whose career has spanned over four decades of film and web series acting, theatre, documentaries, besides being an educator and a...

KALEIDOSCOPE: THROUGH CONFLICT, TRUTHS STAND TALL

My own encounter with the book has been a unique reader-experience, writes Aparajita Krishna. A one-of-a-kind in my reading of...

THOUGHT FACTORY: CREATION BEGINS WHERE OPINION ENDS

Art is born from surrender, not control. While opinions about art come from privilege and position, creation emerges from vulnerability and courage — it&rsq...

BOLLYWOOD: ARYAN KHAN BREAKS BOLLYWOOD RULES

“I am in love with your wife (Maya)!” — a line from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna becomes the metaphorical cue for Aryan Khan’...

BOLLYWOOD: GULZAR’S SCREENPLAYS BEYOND HIS DIRECTION

Gulzar, one of Indian cinema’s most revered storytellers, possesses a distinctive voice as a screenplay writer, separate from his celebra...

THOUGHT FACTORY: MOVIE MAGIC DEFEATS ONLINE NOISE

Rajinikanth’s Coolie: When Sheer Movie Magic Trumps Noise (and Logic)

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