MOVIES: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A LAZY SUNDAY

The #newsdesk recommends films that are much talked about and rated high on the critics’ scale. It’s the weekend! Check them out ri...

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: REALISM OF THE MATERIALISTIC WORLDVIEW

Sharad Raj explores the evolution of realism in Indian cinema, its many forms and structures, and the deviations in its style ...

THOUGHT FACTORY: IS SHE ACCURATELY PORTRAYED BY AD-LAND?

Monojit Lahiri does a checkout of what’s going on in ad-land and how much it has evolved (or not?!!) to accommodate toda...

FESTIVALS: THE SUN SHINES ON SUNNY DA DHABA

We’re thrilled to start the column ‘Zaikak’ with Siddharth Kak, author, documentary filmmaker, presenter, food critic and wel...

FILM CRITICS – WHO’S DOING WHAT FOR WHOM…& WHY?

Monojit Lahiri investigates into what the Film Critics are doing, what are they writing about, who are they writing for and wh...

IS DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY KILLING…INTIMACY??

Monojit Lahiri does a check out on how technology has impacted the idea of intimacy and the concept of interpersonal communica...

GAIETY-GALAXY: & THE BLACK MARKET

Sharad Raj elaborates on the calculations his wife and he made at the beginning of their life together in Mumbai, which led to...

BOLLYWOOD TIK-TALK: BREAKING BOX-OFFICE RECORDS AND MUCH MORE!

There’s never an end to the news coming from Bollywood. Tiger 3 breaking box office records to Anushka Sharma’s blissful moments an...

पानइंडिया (PaanIndia!)

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

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