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SO MANY STORIES TO TELL: RITA MEHER

To each one of you who is dreaming big, here’s a story that will confirm that everything is possible. Rita Meher, festiv...

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ANKUR: THE SAPLING OF PARALLEL HINDI CINEMA

“In the early 1970s, a new class of population was emerging in India, which had started to get rid of the legacy of the past and reboot t...

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WIPING THE DIRT FROM THEIR HANDS AS THEY WALK FROM THE GRAVE

“All that ordinary people across the globe want is peace and dignity, the right to live in their homeland,” writes Humra Qu...

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I MAKE REGIONAL CINEMA THAT RESONATES WITH GLOBAL AUDIENCES: DISHA BHARDWAJ

Vinta Nanda gets in conversation with Disha Bhardwaj, a young filmmaker, whose first film Chupi Roh is selected to screen at t...

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IMPUNITY FOR ABUSERS, PUNISHMENT FOR VICTIMS

Comments of the BJP MP from South Delhi made in the Lok Sabha during the special session in the new parliament building, reveal the utter decay...

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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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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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PUNISHED FOR BEING BORN TO TIMES OF DIVISIVE POLITICS

Humra  Quraishi writes, “Before I focus on the ground realities in the Mewat region of Haryana, it is important for...

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THE MITTI KI SONDHI KHUSBHOO SMELLS OF BLOOD

The tragic and horrifying details coming from Manipur remind Shabnam Hashmi about Gujarat 2002. Wasn’t it predictable th...

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AGEISM, STEREOTYPING AND PAY DISPARITY IN BOLLYWOOD

While Bollywood, masters of tokenism, has occasionally tried to counter ageism and stereotyping, it has mainly played safe, distancing itself w...

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