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Woman, Dance, Resistance
By Aprameya Manthena. Chandralekha believed that the classical tradition had to be re-applied with the age-old questions surrounding body, sexuality, devotion, power, resistance, beauty, spirit,fertility, nature and intellect.
13 hours ago9 min read


One-Liners and a Machete: Priyanka Chopra Returns to Action as Pirate ‘Bloody Mary’ in ‘The Bluff’
The Bluff with Priyanka Chopra as lead. “She stabs, she slashes, she shoots arrows, she shoots flintlocks,” according to The New York Times.
1 day ago5 min read


Should she stay, or leave?
Alaa's diary is an act of resistance. By Aayushi Rana What remains when everything vanishes? A shadow? A voice in the dark? The echo of footsteps on stones that remember? In Ibtisam Azem's The Book of Disappearance , long listed for Booker Prize for Literature in 2025 , all Palestinians living in their original homeland occupied by Israel, vanish overnight . Gone. The streets of Jaffa in the West Bank fall silent like after a storm has passed by.. Empty homes,
Feb 34 min read


The Annihilation of the Classroom
By Dr Ratna Raman. When it comes to excellence, is it the end of the road for once prestigious Delhi University?
Feb 211 min read


Aap ke haseen rukh pe aaj naya noor hai...
By Siraj Khan.Remembering great music composer OP Nayyar (16 January, 1926 - 28 January, 2007): Personal recollections from a Pakistani friend of Lahore-born Bollywood icon whose stories are entwined with many legendary figures in the film industry, from Guru Dutt and Dharmendra, to Asha Bhonsle and Madhubala,
Jan 277 min read


a bond deeper and more enduring than many marriages…
By Beena Vijayalakshmy in Toronto. Who would want to marry a person who doesn’t really want to marry you, for whatever ludicrous reason?
Jan 265 min read


The Intimacy of Apocalypse: A great filmmaker's legacy of endurance
By Narendra . His films do not argue. They persist. They ask not what history means, but how long one is willing to remain with it after meaning has thinned out.
Jan 249 min read


The Long Way Home
By Beena Vijayalakshmy in Ontario. The connection ran deep. The girl’s gaze is unflinching yet tender, both a warning and an invitation to witness her world.
The child tracing artworks, the woman carrying quiet pressures and ambitions, the observer craving stillness—all found space here.
Jan 144 min read


Hands off Venezuela!
By Aditya Nigam. In Venezuela, with mass resistance of tens of thousands on the streets, Trump's gangster methods might fail.
Jan 84 min read


Architect of Immortality
By Raju Mansukhani. It takes a philosopher-poet to lead us onto a poet-historian.
Dec 19, 20257 min read


How a Girl Burns Down the House of Empire
By Narendra Pachkhédé. Suzannah Mirghani films the burning without spectacle. Flames rise against the night. Wind replaces crackle. Villagers remain silent. The camera holds Nafisa’s face, steady in the firelight, neither triumphant nor penitent but lucid. This is judgment, not impulse. It insists that girlhood is not prologue, but history’s frontline. In Nafisa’s own words, “I will determine my future.”
Dec 14, 20259 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.
Dec 5, 20258 min read


This Sunset is RED: The decline of the Maoists in India
By Satya Sagar. The recent surrender of top leadership figures within the Communist Party of India (Maoist) marks the most decisive failure yet in their decades-long armed struggle against the Indian State.
Dec 5, 20258 min read


The Ghost of Versailles dressed as Good Friday
By Narendra Pachkhede. And who speaks for Gaza?
Nov 29, 20259 min read


Homegrown Bumpkin Discovers a Dinosaur
By Ramsharan Joshi. the amazing world of the fossils welcomed us with its ancient treasure of giant creatures which have vanished forever from our planet.
Nov 20, 20253 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?
Oct 29, 20256 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 24, 20256 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 19, 20256 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 18, 20257 min read


‘Literature, fine arts and poetry thrive in turbulent times’
By Kumudini Pati. 'Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s most remarkable novels were written against the backdrop of the most turbulent times in Latin America. American literature flourished during the great depression. In Russia, the best literature came out during oppressive regimes.
Sep 29, 202511 min read
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