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Thought Factory

Of Optics and Opportunism

“We are not to empathise anymore with human pain if it inconveniences entrenched power structures and the politics of privilege. Every atrocity must be filtered through ...

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BARC India Scales Up Drive Against Panel Tampering

18 cases reported to Disciplinary Committee in 28 months. Action taken against 12 channels. Mumbai, 31 July 2019 Continuing with its mission to make audience measurement m...

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Kaleidoscope

The Right Thing

Who would kill a man with a few days to live, unless there is a reason to silence him? David Baldacci’s unusual creation, Amos Decker, the man with a perfect memory, ...

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WHISTLING WOODS INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATES FOUNDERS' DAY

~ “To survive in a competitive field is tough. Always compete with yourself and not others",  shared Founder & Chairman, Subhash Ghai, with the students and alu...

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Bollywood

Bollywood’s leap out of the closet

“It is an old stereotype, that homosexuality has to do only with sex while heterosexuality is multifaceted and embraces love and romance.” ― Vito Russo,  T...

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Kaleidoscope

Into The Mist

Kamlesh Mota’s new Gujarati play, Dhummas (Fog), written by Anshumali Ruparel, is described as “an emotional thriller”  which must be a term coined for ...

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Retroscope

We were the Cathedral School boys, the Cats

What it meant to be a ‘Cat’ during the swinging 1960s at the premier school of Mumbai, India? Take that, Campionites! Now, I wouldn’t be making news if I we...

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‘Evening Shadows’ is on cloud nine!

Award winning feature film ‘Evening Shadows’ is screening on in-flight entertainment service. Evening Shadows also selected to be part of 100 years of LGBTQ cine...

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Kaleidoscope

Plucky Woman

Mary Kay Andrews is called the Queen of Beach Reads, and her fans who turn her books into bestsellers would agree. Her novels have female protagonists, but escape being called...

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Bollywood

The legend of Raj Kapoor in times of hyper PR

“Awara is a classic. The times in which it was made were very different. Gone With the Wind was the flavor of the season then. The idea of ‘love’ post World ...

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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