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The art of Gaganendranath Tagore
At the height of darkness comes the first stirrings of dawn - a renaissance in the arts, literature and social life. It is against this backdrop that we need to evaluate the w...
Read MoreTaboo Love and the Sensibility of Agnès Varda
Her cinema played with subversive and controversial subjects even as she kept up her engagement with the political environment of her times intact, writes Vandana Kumar My fi...
Read MoreMy first trip on Air-India
With Air-India in the news, Farrukh Dhondy reminisces upon his first trip on the Maharajah’s airline. I left India for the first time when I was twenty years old,...
Read MoreLove me if you can: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
“Love me if you can”, says the last will and testament of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, writes Juhi Saklani The desire is couched as a friendly suggestion and is not ...
Read MoreSigns of the time: What Gandhi didn’t want
Humra Quraishi looks at the indiscriminate violence taking place around the country ironically on Gandhi Jayanti, the birth anniversary of the Mahatma whose belief in seculari...
Read MoreEvolution of Pakistani TV Shows– Part 2





After receiving a great response on the first episode of Evolution of Pakistani TV Shows, I received many messages on social media and I was delighted to know that even today,...
Read MoreHIGH FIVE: Time for Some hoichoi





Starting out in 2017, the first regional OTT player in India, hoichoi, is now the world’s leading Bengali OTT platform. As it steps into its fifth year, co-founder Vishn...
Read MoreSigns of the time: The trauma generation
Humra Quraishi looks into reports, that are available, to find out about the fears and anxieties of the present youth and children in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. I&...
Read MoreMa Tujhe Salaam!
A cursory look will reveal to you just her outer sheen - a talented, smart, confident woman, full of laughter and fun, writes Kulsum Mustafa Take a closer and the...
Read MoreWidening the Definition of Literature with Bob Dylan
The word ‘literature’ in a dictionary covers many genres of achievement and is the generic name for many sins, writes Farrukh Dhondy. Nevertheless it evokes the co...
Read MoreFESTIVALS: QUEER STORIES ILLUMINATE NEW PATHWAYS
A reflection on queer filmmaking, festival curation, and representation at WIFF Mumbai 2...
November 22 2025GENDER: LIVING ALONE, FINDING INNER STRENGTH
AkelaNest by Aparajita Krishna: A reflective, deeply personal exploration of single livi...
November 21 2025TV: TRUTH RISES THROUGH THE DARKNESS
In this review by Monojit Lahiri, a relentless Bengali crime thriller unfolds with raw p...
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