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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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Festivals

A PLEA FOR PEACE

Humra  Quraishi celebrates Sahana Ahmed’s book, Amity Peace Poems, and Shubha Menon’s Resilience: Stories of Muslim Women - the inspiration of which is none o...

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Gender

CHICK TO CHIC: ARC OF THE INDIAN ADVERTISER

Monojit Lahiri checks out if today's Indian women are accurately portrayed by our adfrat or not? First things first. Only guys in dire need of an instant brain transplant per...

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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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Trending

THE ZEN NOT REACHED

Neil Banerjee looks at the Government’s vehicle scrapping policy, odd-even policy to fight pollution in Delhi, and demonetization through the common man’s lens. Do...

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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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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: IS THE ERA OF ROMANCE OVER?

Today, love appears to be less of sublime emotion, more of a consumer perishable along the FMCG line, says Monojit Lahiri It has been said that the history of cinema is also ...

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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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Health

MASKS ON, CARRY ON

Dr Kishore P. Madhwani writes on how not to worry and combat the possibility of the spread of the new COVID variant BF.7. As a public health expert and occupational health co...

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POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

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