Kaleidoscope - Precious Friendships

Two books about enduring friendships, both beautiful and heartwarming are very different—one about two female friends and the other about four male friends.  The...

Leaving EU Will Make It Harder For UK To Tackle Climate Change, Says Minister

“While I think the UK’s role in dealing with a warming planet may have been made harder by the decision last Thursday, our commitment to dealing with it has not...

London Indian Film Festival To Showcase Issue-Based Movies

The seventh Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival will be seen challenging stereotypes of India and South Asia, and will wrestle with some very hard issues. The Indi...

True Review Movie - Rough Book

Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Amaan Khan, Joy Sengupta, Jayati Bhatia, Vinay Jain, Kinjal Rajpriya

Direction: Ananth Narayan Mahadevan

Written: Sanjay Chouha...

True Review Television - Threshold Of New Shows Take A Window Seat

Just launched, two new shows, on two different channels which could grab eyeballs at primetime. Star Plus’ Ishqbaaz is the conventional drama about three contenders t...

Hit Hard By Climate Change, Rural Women In Sundarbans Turn Photographers

In the Bengali language ‘Sundarban’ can be literally translated as ‘beautiful forest’. A World Heritage Site, the area is the largest block of conti...

Women Are Writing The Best Crime Novels

They don’t seem to believe in heroes as much as their male counterparts, which in some ways makes their storytelling a better fit for the times. ce upon a time, in th...

Theatre As Teacher

There was a time when we used to watch stage adaptations of Charles Dickens’ novels full of vitality, powerful characterisations with universal appeal. Thanks to Khil...

Why It's So Hard To Determine If Food And Drinks Cause Cancer

On Wednesday, the WHO’s cancer research arm—the International Agency for Research on Cancer—announced it had taken coffee off its list of items considered...