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The Unknown Story

Indian cinema’s first superstar, Master Nissar, had passed away in abject poverty

How many even know...

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Gender

Woman of Song: Usha Khanna

Dhruv Somani makes a case to revisit Usha Khanna, one of Bollywood’s few and certainly the most prolific and popular women composers.

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Bollywood

The quiet fade-out

How many care for a yesteryear star after her last breath? Here’s addressing the question, over a month after the passing away of yestery...

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Sustainable Development

Slow and Sustainable Fashion

Clothes shopping used to be an occasional event. It happened just a couple of times in a year. But few years ago, clothes became cheaper, trend...

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Alternative Entertainment

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...

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Retroscope

Lights Still On: Portrait of a 70-year-old Photo Studio where once Bollywood’s Legendary Stars Shone Bright

 The incalculable number of photographs – running into crores – of vintage Hindi cinema’...

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Gender

The Tenacious Problem of Surplus Men in India and China

A combination of cultural preferences, government decree and modern medical technology in the world’s two...

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Hollywood

Celebrating the Women behind the Camera

In this age of Netflix, Hotstar and Amazon Prime, there's a unique streaming service called MUBI which I am sur...

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Retroscope

Yesteryear’s Legends Emerge Favourites on the Web World

The living legend, Lata Mangeshkar, has scored the highest number of likes and followers across generations, on the plethora of socia...

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Retroscope

Love lost in Yesteryear’s Prem Nagar

Prem Nagar – a lovers’ lane – has gone under. That one spot shielded from voyeuristic eyes by...

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