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Kabaddi as Liberation
By R Kalpana. Inspired from the travails of the real story of Manathi Ganesan, national kabaddi player, who won the gold medal for India at the Japan Olympics, this film brings to life the horrifying events in a player’s hard and heady journey to success.
Nov 9, 20253 min read


When the tide rises, their names will be on its waves
By Jesu Rethinam and Vijayan MJ. On November 5 this year, fisherwomen across India and the world celebrated the first International Fisher Women’s Day (IFWD) — a day not born in the corridors of institutions, but on the sands of Valiyathura, Kerala, amid the voices of working women who mend, dry, sell, and defend fish and life itself.
Nov 9, 20255 min read


The Last Supper in Red and Blue
By Meher Pestonji. Two huge paintings – MF Husain’s ‘The Last Supper in Red’ and ‘The Last Supper in Blue’ – face opposite walls of a softly lit gallery, a long, slim table overladen with fruit between them. Another sparse table with two chairs for gallerist Dadiba Pundole and art historian Ranjit Hoskote, face a select audience of art connoisseurs.
Nov 9, 20254 min read


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.
Nov 3, 20258 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.
Nov 2, 20256 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.
Nov 2, 20254 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.
Nov 2, 20256 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 26, 20256 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 24, 20253 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 18, 20254 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 17, 20254 min read


Inside the Valley of Fire
By Ramsharan Joshi in Las Vegas. This is romance at first sight.
Oct 17, 20253 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 12, 202510 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 12, 20254 min read


Las Vegas: Deep pockets and the gambling instinct
By Ramsharan Joshi. Travel story: Flashy lights. Flashy wealth. The show goes on. The hunt for new victims, is in full swing.
Oct 10, 20252 min read


We do not have to leave behind the things that make us who we are…
By Beena Vijayalakshmy. You do not have to name English books to sound well-read. Embrace what moves you. Speak what matters to you. You do not need to hide yourself.
Oct 10, 20254 min read


All is not well
By Rakesh Agrawal. Trump's tariffs are going to hit India real hard.
Oct 6, 20255 min read


Operation Golden Cow
By Ajith Pillai. Does this suggest that people, citizens of a nation, brainwashed over the decades to accept totalitarian authority silently, have lost their will to protest?
Oct 5, 20259 min read


The Joke
By Satya Sagar. My cartoons. Are they perfect? Certainly not.
Oct 4, 20252 min read


Women UNITE on Bhagat Singh anniversary
By Roma. The objective was to celebrate the revolutionary ideas of Bhagat Singh among women so that they can unite and fight against injustice and social inequality, and for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Oct 4, 20253 min read
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