Retroscope - Jagjit Singh- A Sweet Recollection

I don’t recall when I first met the two, Jagjit and Chitra Singh. It must be sometime in the early 1970s, when Chitra came round to our tiny apartment on 29th Road TP...

Rediscovering Hidden Treasures : Hirak Rajar Deshe

The most renowned Indian film maker internationally, doubtless, is Satyajit Ray. His advent with the iconic debut, PatherPanchali (The Song of the Road) heralded an outstan...

Dil Ka Haal Sune Dilwala

Growing up in Calcutta gave us grounding in sound middle class values out of which I was constructed. We lived in a four room rented ground floor place, P92 SardarSankar Ro...

Elton John AIDS Foundation Presents Its 24th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party

The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) will present its 24th annual Academy Awards Viewing Party Wonderful Crazy Night on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at West Hollywood Park i...

True Review Film - Airlift

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur, Feryna Wazheir

Direction: Raja Krishna Menon 

Produced: Nikhil Advani, Monisha Adwani, Aruna Bhatia, Madhu G. Bhojwani...

5 Times Farhan Akhtar Taught Men That Feminism Is A ‘MARD’ Thing

Farhan Akhtar is a man whose talents know no boundaries. He aces everything he does. He has produced brilliant movies, directed impeccable films, sung soulful songs, writte...

In India, Dispensers of Balm Travel To Deaths Door

A white van coursed through narrow roads along the monsoon-soaked coastline of Kerala, a state in southwestern India. Inside, Radha Upasarna, a volunteer, and two nurses lo...

Retroscope: The Amazing Choir From Shillong

I schooled in the St. Joseph’s Convent on Bandra’s ​Hill Road. Opposite our school was the grand St.​Peter’s School. ​O​urs was strictly a girls&r...

The Favourite Songs of 2018

Around 50 Guardian music writers have picked their favourite songs of the year from UK drill breakthroughs to pure pop anthems and enclosed the...