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The Fantastic Four
By Amartya Acharya. What we have thus is one of the most gorgeous and visually striking outings the Marvel Cinematic Universe has offered as of yet, and that automatically elevates it a touch above usual mainstream or superhero fare.
Aug 34 min read


The Fury of Thor
By Puja Bhakhoo. This piece explores what happens when divine rage collides with human emotions. It’s not about the thunder we hear, but the storm we feel — the tension, the anticipation, the unraveling beneath the surface.
Aug 22 min read


The intimacy of everyday life
Photo Feature by Avinash Kumar. Moments overlooked. Fleeting. The dignity, beauty and melancholy of ordinary folks.
Aug 11 min read


Unaccustomed Earth, and its Maladies…
Freida Pinto will star in Netflix adaptation of the author’s acclaimed ‘Unaccustomed Earth’, whose first book, ‘The Interpreter of Maladies’ was a big success. The award-winning short story collection will now get the streaming treatment with a star-studded creative team.
Aug 13 min read


Uttam Kumar: Stardust Eternal
By Tathagatha Chatterjee. A charismatic cinema legend in his lifetime in Bengal, Uttam Kumar’s unfading brilliance continues to cast a magical spell across all generations -- his immortal legacy endures. A tribute to the Mahanayak on his 45th anniversary.
Jul 268 min read


A Homeland for Tentultola
By Shubho Roy. Over 75 years ago, a landless immigrant arriving in the city of Kolkata planted a tamarind tree. The act of planting a tree in an unfamiliar land thus became a part of the long negotiation for inclusion, for rehabilitation. An act of re-rooting oneself in the new land.
Jul 235 min read


Neither time nor tyranny can silence
By Hussain Naqvi. Muharram and the Legacy of Channu Lal Dilgeer's Marsiyas. A forgotten poet of the Ganga-Jamuni culture — this Hindu poet transcended religion to immortalize the tragedy of Imam Hussain.
Jul 235 min read


Maddy’s blues: This Sanskrit teacher is no French lover…
R Kalpana reviews Aap Jaisa Koi: Love is blind in this adult rom-com. But this infatuation lacks punch.
Jul 232 min read


Dumb Blonde, Dumb Dora, Blondie etc.
By Ratna Raman. The idea of women as attractive but foolish was acceptable, because everywhere average women had less rights and dignity than the average man.
Jul 234 min read


Nayanthara: No fairy tale, this
R Kalpana reviews 'Nayanthara – Beyond the Fairy Tale'. Why not enjoy this moment when there is so much of happiness, love and romance in two people’s life?
Jul 103 min read


A movie from a bygone era…
By Amartya Acharya. The success of the Holdovers is partly due to its depiction of the 1970s as a decade where people lived beyond being wallowed in cynicism.
Jul 103 min read


Our Stories Are How We Cry For Justice
By Tarun Byaragi. If you also love stories, the next time you read a book, or watch a movie, try to analyse the story through a lens of justice.
Jul 99 min read


NO DISRUPTION PLEASE
A short story by Ajith Pillai. "Whenever despondency weighed him down, M rushed back to the sprawling 10,000 square feet space called ‘Home’..."
Jul 914 min read


Amin Gulgee: A Quiet Revolution!
By Narendra Pachkhede. This is a choreography of chaos, a Sufi whirling, a mirror with no reflection, something unnamed—and unnamable, an ethic of becoming, an aesthetic of surrender.
Jul 98 min read


Human beings are unoriginal
By Amartya Acharya. Because what is effective sci-fi, if not an allegorization of the times, of a world being utterly controlled under the stupid whims of a billionaire, or the exploration of the final frontier—space.
Jun 292 min read


A ‘summer blockbuster’, ‘pulpily’ enjoyable
By Amartya Acharya. 'Sinners' has the space and potential to be political, to be historically accurate, and, yet...
Jun 293 min read


'Urdu is not Dead or Dying'
Rakhshanda Jalil. No matter how sick at heart we might occasionally get, we see it as our self-appointed task to keep on recording.
Jun 299 min read


In the Forest of Reflections: The Rediscovery of Aranyer Din Ratri
By Tathagata Chatterjee. Ray’s masterpiece was not made to be liked. It was made to be remembered.
Jun 2913 min read


Good and Evil. God and Devil
By Ratna Raman. Being with the mother, who provided both nourishment and bodily contact, was a source of joy and delight and comfort. Being away from the mother was a space of unease or danger.
Jun 294 min read
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