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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.


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


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.


'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.


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?


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.


‘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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.’


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


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.


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


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.


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.


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.


From the river to the sea...
By Amit Sengupta. There is a huge global campaign to ban Israel from all international sports and cultural meets, including football, as it was done during apartheid in South Africa. Football stadiums are erupting with Palestine flags.
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