Of Borders and Boundaries

In a short conversation with Selina Sheth, the Indian-born writer-director Vikram Zutshi, talks of his need t...

Badnam Basti: Found after 49 years

Badnam Basti (Alley of ill repute), India's first gay film that was released in 1971 only to be lost to obscurity for around five decades, befo...

The Day Before Today: Lockdown Stories by Gayatri Gill

The Day Before Today is Gayatri Gill’s debut novel.

She is a producer, scriptwriter...

Status Single & Lockdown

On April 1, 45-year-old auditor, divorcee, Kriva, who quit her last job in December after being harassed for being single, picked on for lookin...

Scream!

Dhruv Somani, author of a set of four books A Touch of Evil, selects five horror flicks, which unwittingly went through the crrrrreaky cracks.<...

CPI (M) condemns Palghar mob lynching, demands thorough inquiry

The CPI (M) Maharashtra State Committee strongly condemns the shocking incident of mob lynching that took place on the night of April 16 in the...

Looking for hope in these dark times of Corona Pandemic

As India witnessed a surge in corona virus positive cases, a complete lockdown for 21 days was declared from 24th March in the country, since p...

Not the Mumbai I know

“All of man's achievements and endeavors will be brought to naught because of his greed to takeover and tame nature. Hunt down its creatu...

Witchy Brew

In common usage, the word chudail describes an aggressive or quarrelsome woman—could be said to be the Indian equivalent of bitch.  ...