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Homes, Bollywood Homes

Khalid Mohamed writes on some of the impressive star homes in B-town. There’s something  about Bollywood star homes. Now they are  quite a match to the sprawl...

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Signs of the times: This is Joe Biden

Humra Quraishi writes that perhaps, equipped with exceptional emotional strength, Biden could take on major setbacks, which the ordinary couldn’t have managed to go thro...

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Bollywood

Honey Trehan: Raat Akeli Hai & The Twinkling Stars

The stellar cast, fantastic atmospheric visuals, haunting background score, directorial grip on the noir narrative of the film Raat Akeli Hai, have come in for praise, writes ...

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Kings deserve to make the playoff

Dr Sandeep Goyal writes: KKR lost to CSK last Thursday night. So at the end of 49 matches, at the time of writing this piece, they stay at the No. 5 slot on the leader board, ...

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Signs of the times: Colour of black is dark

Humra Quraishi comments on the hypocrisy of policy making in Kashmir, the communal colour being given to traditional education in madarsas and Nida Fazli’s verse holding...

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Good cricket but the joie de vivre is missing

Yuzvendra Chahal’s fiancee Dhanashree Verma cheering at RCB games has been amongst the most uplifting moments of the Dubai IPL, writes Dr Sandeep Goyal Collaboration be...

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Bollywood

Poet with a social commitment: Sahir Ludhianvi

Terribly disturbed by his dear and younger friend Mohammad Rafi's demise on July 31, 1980, Sahir also followed suit after a few months, writes Sumit Paul A collaboration of T...

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Festivals

Songs of Durga puja

Ashish Ghatak writes on the songs of R.D. Burman and Asha Bhosle which continue to resonate during the puja week, which ends today – Sunday Evening When the pall of dar...

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Festivals

Low-key festival celebrations

Monarose Sheila Pereira speaks to people from different walks of life and discusses their views about low-key celebrations during festival time this year India is a land of f...

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Scaling 200+ & the Sixer

This piece by Dr Sandeep Goyal, in which he evaluates sixers, 200+ scores and their significance to broadcasters, marketers and advertisers is in collaboration with Free Press...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: DISCOVERING JEWELS AMONG THE JUNKPILE

Exhausted by the excessive violence, toxic masculinity and crass comedies of pan-Asian a...

October 29 2025

FESTIVALS: STORIES THAT AWAKEN THE WORLD

A masterclass on Conscious Storytelling at WIFF Mumbai 2025 explored how cinema can elev...

October 28 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: A STITCH OF KINDNESS

Ajay Govind’s Basanti Tailors, produced by Drishyam Films in association with the ...

October 27 2025