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KARUNA SAMTANI AND THE TELE-REVOLUTION

Karuna Samtani, the pioneering Head of Programming and first employee of Zee TV, joins Vinta Nanda to reveal the untold story of India's satellite television Read More

PRATIBHA SUMAN: REFUSING PRESCRIBED BOUNDARIES

From a small-town childhood to theatre, cinema, poetry and cultural activism, Pratibha Suman tells Vinta Nanda how independence shaped ...

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THE LAST LANGUAGE OF DEMOCRACY

As Sonam Wangchuk's fast enters its twentieth day, this essay examines hunger strikes worldwide, democratic dissent, capitalis...

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MARDAANI 3 RETURNS WITH GRIT AND LIMITS

In his review, critic Arnab Banerjee examines how Mardaani 3 revives Shivani Shivaji Roy with urgency and moral force, while q...

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BOLLYWOOD: TRIUMPH THAT OUTLIVES THE WAR

A reflective, humanist reading of Sriram Raghavan’s Ikkis, Arnab Banerjee examines war beyond valor, locating memory, gr...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: DOING IT MY WAY

Lately, it’s been raining awards and accolades on the path-breaking multi-media achiever. And she has preserved a child-like persona, ope...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: TALE OF A CRIME THAT CUTS DEEP

A gripping Saudi thriller that uses the framework of a desert murder mystery to expose the deeper anxieties, silences, and societal constraints...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: IDEAS BECOME MOVEMENTS HERE

A conversation between Vinta Nanda and Shenali Rajaratnam, a young global leader shaping future governance, d...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: ANIRUDDHA’S CINEMATIC EVOLUTION

Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury returned to Bengali cinema after a hiatus of almost a decade, during which he made waves with his Hind...

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MOVIES: SUCH A FALL FROM GRACE

Khalid Mohamed, once a cheerleader of Mani Ratnam, is taken aback with Thug Life, the auteur’s fall from grace. “M...

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