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Ritwik Ghatak: Shunned in his lifetime, proven right at the end of it all
By Shamya Dasgupta. An idealist. A rebel. A genius filmmaker. The resurrection of Ritwik Ghatak.
8 hours ago8 min read


So why did the koel stop singing?
By Amit Sengupta. Then something like a smile passed fleetingly over what had once been her face.
1 day ago6 min read


Glorify the Woman -- Only when she is Symbolic, Silent, Distant
By Benjamin Joseph. This is not cinema that seeks empathy—it demands confrontation, defies simplicity.
1 day ago4 min read


The Sigh of Leh
By Anuradha Bhasin. The post-2019 reality should have led to a consensus in the three regions – Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh – over similar grievances and challenges, but they stand even more estranged.
1 day ago6 min read


'I think it's a scene of love'
By Amit Sengupta. The happiness she feels every time she knows he is near, and the correspondence, the letters they exchange over time, makes the bonding stronger. The final scene, when he leaves Buenos Aires and she says goodbye to him at the train station, is of absolute love — a different kind of love.
5 days ago4 min read


For you, it is the beginning, for me, it is the end
By Amit Sengupta. So what is that she is forever holding back and why?
5 days ago6 min read


Chui Mui. Lajwati. Lajjawati. Totta-Shurungi. Mimosa Pudica…
By Ratna Raman. ‘Mimosa pudica’ is identified as feminine and the traits of ‘lajja’ or ‘pudica’ become a pattern of behaviour associated with the female gender. Lajjawati is a woman endowed with shyness or ‘laaj’, who can be easily discomfited or embarrassed. In Tamil, it is known as ‘totta-shurungi’ which translates into English as that which would shrink upon touch.
Oct 266 min read


‘My recklessness took the edge off my anxiety’
By Huneza Khan. And yet, Arundhati Roy allows a sliver of something softer. Tenderness flickers beneath anger and unguarded defiance. Butterflies stirred inside me.
Oct 257 min read


The danger of Narcissism meeting Narcissism
By Narendra Pachkhede. James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg arrives in full Hollywood regalia—swelling score, courtroom spectacle, America once more cast as custodian of justice. Evil becomes magnetic, irresistible to the camera.
Oct 248 min read


Between doubt and destiny...
By Ganpy Nataraj. Their Grammy-submitted third album bridges time, tradition, and transcendence — reaffirming why Agam remains India's most progressive rock band.
Oct 246 min read


Around the world in eight dollars
By Ramsharan Joshi. Inside the Muir Redwoods, where the natives lived for centuries, until they were eliminated by the whites.
Oct 243 min read


The geometry of being: How I found meaning through patterns
By Uttara Shidore. To me, drawing these patterns feels like a silent prayer—healing, meditative, and cathartic.
Oct 196 min read


Misty Mountains: Dancing in a semi-circle
By Suresh Nautiyal Greenananda. Each beat of the dhol, swirl of the ghagra, and chant of ritual song conveys not merely performance, but a declaration of life, resilience, and aesthetic celebration.
Oct 187 min read


Walk out! Speak up!
By Purnima Chakraborti. Feminist Street Theatre: The Rhythms of Resistance. The sense of an urgent need for change is skilfully conveyed to the reader through photographs, quotations from plays, and narratives about performances.
Oct 184 min read


‘Can you get me this weapon, that weapon, that weapon?’
By Narendra Pachkhede. The Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Summit on Gaza: a televised triumph? A reality show dressed up as a fake peace accord?
Oct 178 min read


Isabel Allende: ‘It is all about love and loss’
By Isabel Allende. Perhaps we are in this world to search for love, find it and lose it, again and again. With each love, we are born anew, and with each love that ends we collect a new wound. I am covered with proud scars.’
Oct 174 min read


Inside the Valley of Fire
By Ramsharan Joshi in Las Vegas. This is romance at first sight.
Oct 173 min read


It Takes a Murder…
Anuradha Kumar. A murder is only part of everything else that happens in a small town over certain years. It’s never properly resolved. A murder was a dramatic way for me to ask questions. And there are still so many questions.
Oct 1210 min read


To Err Is AI: Bubble Burst?
By Ajith Pillai. Is the AI bubble bound to burst? A recent case tells a story.
Oct 124 min read


Today, I write freedom, I write grace, I write love...
By Samina Salim. Damage, desolation, desperation; too much for too long. Today I write dream, I write bloom, I write freedom.
Oct 101 min read
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