BOLLYWOOD: THIS WEEK, TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

This week in Indian cinema, two films explore love across divides—Dhadak 2 confronts caste and heartbreak with sober sincerity, ...

BOLLYWOOD: SARZAMEEN FAILS TO RISE

Sarzameen, posing as a political thriller, crumbles under recycled daddy-issue tropes and formulaic storytelling, wasting its stellar cast and ...

THOUGHT FACTORY: WHAT MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

On Mother's Day, I, Vinta Nanda, reflect on how my mother’s clarity in a chaotic world, exposed the dangers of ...

TRENDING: A REQUIEM FOR A LOST CHILDHOOD

A deep reflection on communal harmony, personal memories, and the fading Ganga-Jamuni culture of Lucknow in today’s divisive times—...

FESTIVALS: NANAD BHABHI TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE SAYS ZAIKAK

Homemakerz has achieved a reasonable retail turnover every month, in Mumbai, Pune, Goa, and Gujarat, and the good thing is that their online sa...

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...

BOLLYWOOD TIK-TALK: AUTUMN OF SPECTACULAR STORIES

There’s no end to the endless conversations to be had and stars to be seen in Bollywood. Today, the #Newsdesk brings you...

VANISHING WORDS

Today, Humra Quraishi talks about why she will pray namaz but will not celebrate Eid.

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All about flesh and blood

Humra Quraishi responds to the unnecessary hungama surrounding Halal, a noise not sparing even Haldiram’s Falahari Packe...