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Thought Factory

पानइंडिया (PaanIndia!)

The history of Paan has mythological as well as historical and Ayurvedic references, writes Aparajita Krishna.

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Thought Factory

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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Alternative Entertainment

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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Thought Factory

BADHTI KA NAAM DADHI: THE NEW TREND OF FACE FUZZ!

Monojit Lahiri borrows the title of the genius Kishore Kumar’s goofy satire from the classic ‘Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi...

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Alternative Entertainment

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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Business and Politics

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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Thought Factory

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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Gender

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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Alternative Entertainment

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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Powerful People

Dr SUCHETAN PRADHAN: THE CULTURE BEHIND DENTISTRY

I am in conversation with one of India’s best known practicing dentists: an implant aesthetic and laser dentist, writes Aparajita...

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