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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: 50 YEARS OF GARM HAWA

On Balraj Sahni’s birth anniversary, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri looks at the lasting legacy of Garm Hawa, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, and wonders if...

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Gender

GENDER: A WIFE'S HILARIOUS TALE DURING IPL FEVER

Monojit Lahiri hilariously recounts the rollercoaster ride of being an IPL victim, with the husband as the culprit in this uproarious saga. Picture it: a whirlwind romance st...

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Festivals

FESTIVALS: OPENING AND CLOSING FILMS AT KASHISH 2024

KASHISH 2024 unfurls Diversity with Gender-Queer and Transman focused films as its Opening & Closing films, reports the #Newsdesk South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ+ film f...

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Trending

TRENDING: IS HE A LEADER OR A PROPAGANDIST?

Was it the leader of a democratic nation or a propagandist spewing divisive rhetoric in those politically charged speeches? Humra Quraishi asks this pertinent question and say...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: LOOKING FOR THE MAHANAYAK

Srijit Mukherji’s Oti Uttam is a film hard to dislike. And no, it’s not just Uttam Kumar who is responsible for that, writes Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri. Screenings of...

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Business and Politics

POLITICS: PEOPLE WILL DEFEAT AMIT SHAH

Vinta Nanda spent two days with Sonal Patel and returns to tell us that the Congress Party’s choice to challenge Amit Shah is confident of a victory in the Gandhinagar c...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: DISCOVERING MAHARASHTRA'S COOL RETREATS

Beat the Heat: unveiling Maharashtra's chilling hideaways for a refreshing summer escape. The Daily Eye #newsdesk explores and brings back some cool thoughts for you to consid...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE RIVER OF LIFE

OP Srivastava takes us on the banks of Gautam Ghose's film. Paar, crossing the river of life, is a story of human endurance, and courage to fight against caste based oppressio...

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Kaleidoscope

KALEIDOSCOPE: ANURAG ANAND - THE STORYTELLER ARTIST

‘I am a storyteller with art and writing as my mediums,’ says Anurag Anand, the artist who wears many hats, when Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri and Neha Tiwari ask him how...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: CHORI MERA KAAM OR CHOR-EO-GRAPHY

Monojit Lahiri investigates Bollywood’s skilled art of plagiarism down the decades without batting an eyelid and of course, no remorse either, especially if the film or ...

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GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: USHA UTHUP - THE QUEEN OF POP

Celebrating Usha Uthup’s five-decade journey as a musical trailblazer, cultural am...

November 21 2024