Thought Box
Business and Politics

A NOT SO QUIET PICTURE

Humra Quraishi questions the deliberate seeding of hate among different communities in India, which have lived in harmony for so many centuries. We are sinking to such lows n...

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Thought Factory

NOW GAJRA KOTTARY SPEAKS TO VIEWERS, READERS & LISTENERS

The versatile author and screenwriter Gajra Kottary spoke to Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri on the demands of an audiobook as distinct from the printed word, and on collaborating long...

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Powerful People

DR BRIJESHWAR SINGH’S CALENDAR YEAR

Aparajita Krishna interviews Dr Brijeshwar Singh, one of the best known orthopaedic surgeons of Uttar Pradesh and understands his tryst with Indian Theatre and its importance....

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Alternative Entertainment

UGETSU MONOGATARI: THE MIZOGUCHI TREASURE

The cinema of Kenji Mizoguchi glides in and out of people’s lives with fluid grace and exquisite tact, writes Sharad Raj “The fruit of experience is beauty,&rdquo...

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Powerful People

THE GERSON DACUNHA DIARIES

On the 7th of January, his first death anniversary, we remember Gerson Dacunha through one of his last conversations with Nilakshi Sengupta. The journalist, the Adman, the so...

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Business and Politics

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

Humra Quraishi talks about the apprehension that clouds not just the largest minority community, the Muslims, but also the citizens who genuinely love their country. The comm...

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Thought Factory

THE OPTIMISTS - 2023

Vinta Nanda glides into the next year with this: I decided to focus on hope and confidence, on the positive ideas that some of the most powerful people are giving shape to, an...

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Alternative Entertainment

MAHABALI: M. K. Raina’s Theatre!

Aparajita Krishna reviews the latest MK Raina play Mahabali and discusses its significance to these times when a distorted interpretation of Lord Ram, which is contrary to the...

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Business and Politics

UNCERTAIN TIMES AHEAD

Humra Quraishi has a view on the uncertainties that loom large upon the masses, as the government of the day remains more focused on playing politics than on governance. The ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Decoding the chemistry: Uttam-Suchitra

Satyabrata Ghosh discusses the symbioses between the people at the two ends of the camera during the filming and after it, which resulted in the enigmatic chemistry that we kn...

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MOVIES: A GENTLE DOWNPOUR OF INDIE SUCCESS

Ritopriyo Saha’s short film Chhoti Baarish (Little Rain) is creating ripples acros...

October 19 2025

POWERFUL PEOPLE: THE QUESTION UNANSWERED

As India celebrates the birth centenary of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, the Bard of the Brahmapu...

October 18 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: FETED ABROAD, FORGOTTEN AT HOME

When art-house brilliance wins global acclaim but faces neglect in its own country, it f...

October 17 2025