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FROM…PHOOLON KI RAANI, BAHARON KI MALLIKA…TO CHOLI KE PEECHE KYA HAI?!

Bollywood’s amazing story of lyricists and lyrics down the decades - Monojit Lahiri lays it on the line.  

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AMIT KHANNA’S JOURNEY AS A LYRICIST

 

Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri goes past many of Amit Khanna’s talents and brings fo...

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ABOUT FACING CHALLENGES AND STAYING STRONG!

Humra Quraishi comments on the deceptive times that we live in, and harks back to the encouraging and motivating words of Khus...

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TORN BETWEEN TWO IDEOLOGIES – RAM RAJYA AND RAVAN RAJ

An excerpt from the book Mandodari, by Koral Dasgupta, released at Kitab Khana Mumbai with a conversation between the author and Avantika Bahug...

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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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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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COME SEPTEMBER: IT IS TIME TO REMEMBER TEACHERS

Come September, two significant days stand out. Teachers Day on 5th September and the World Alzheimer’s Day on 21st September,...

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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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