This Distance

Humra Quraishi lays out the importance of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in context to similar Yatras taken by great men like the Mahat...

DOES DAZZLING BEAUTY HIJACK TALENT?

Monojit Lahiri investigates the conundrum surrounding beauty and brains, in real and in real life, that has been going on...

Frank and Fearless

Film historian Dhruv Somani assesses the yesteryear success story of the gossip-packed monthly magazine Stardust.

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ALWAYS IN THE NEWS

Humra  Quraishi harks back to 1994, the year in which Sushmita Sen was crowned Miss Universe. She revisits an interview w...

When Disaster Strikes

Film historian Dhruv Somani re-visits Yash Chopra’s Kaala Patthar (1979), based on the true-life Chasnala coal-mining tr...

‘You Want Crorepati Glasses?’

It’s everywhere, on the streets, in living rooms, on cellphones and endorsement billboards. Khalid Mohamed writes on the...

The Filmmaker And The Feminist

Vinta Nanda chats with Rinki Roy Bhattacharya, one of the first feminists, a woman greatly respected by the entire fraternity ...

The Making of Amruta Subhash

Aparajita Krishna writes, “Amruta Subhash was cradled by very strong creative influences. Mother Jyoti Subhash (nee Desh...

The Soul Of Hindustan

Today Humra Quraishi brings alive the beauty of great urdu poetry translated by Sanjiv Saraf and flows to the soulful strains ...