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The First Prime Minister of India

A day after Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru’s birth anniversary, also known as Children’s Day in India, we recall his leadership; the highs and the lows. In the 35 years...

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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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A Bouquet of Talks

This is a bouquet of assorted fragrances, writes Aparajita Krishna These are narrations that are independent of each other and yet appear to me to be tied with a common threa...

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How to go Crackers

Khalid Mohamed goes streaming with Laxmii, Aashram 2 and more. He’s got a kink about bangles, hollering, “If I ever see a ghost, I’ll wear choodiyans.&rdq...

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MOGAÉ: JOINT VENTURE WITH VERSA

VERSA India will be a fifty-fifty joint venture between VERSA and Mogaé Consultants, owned by Sandeep & Tanya Goyal. World No. 1 Voice & Conversational AI Age...

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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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Winter flight to India

A photo-essay by avid bird watcher Kishor Joshi, on the winter flight of rare species of birds to India Even while the pandemic has ravaged the world, avian migration will fl...

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The Death Of Death…

You could one day be never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream, writes Dr Anurag Yadav That could be possible with the death of the very concept of death. Yes...

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Oh Rajasthan!

A photo-essay by Vatsal  Shah of the former royal state of Rajasthan, where tourists and photographers flocked during the winter in the pre-COVID times. As winter sets i...

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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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FESTIVALS: QUEER STORIES ILLUMINATE NEW PATHWAYS

A reflection on queer filmmaking, festival curation, and representation at WIFF Mumbai 2...

November 22 2025

GENDER: LIVING ALONE, FINDING INNER STRENGTH

AkelaNest by Aparajita Krishna: A reflective, deeply personal exploration of single livi...

November 21 2025

TV: TRUTH RISES THROUGH THE DARKNESS

In this review by Monojit Lahiri, a relentless Bengali crime thriller unfolds with raw p...

November 20 2025