Social justice on screen Caste on celluloid T.K. Rajalakshmi Anubhav Sinha’s film Article 15 is a near-realistic portrayal of caste oppression in ...
Who was Lal Ded? The Introduction from ‘Looking Within’: Life Lessons from Lal Ded, edited by Shonaleeka ...
Short story Must visit Eluru In the small inter-class compartment of the train, my luggage tucked under my head, I lay ...
Interview: Anand Patwardhan Voice of reason Ziya Us Salam Interview with the documentary film-maker Anand Patwardhan.
Cinema Anand Patwardhan: Dissent in the time of intolerance ANUPAMA KATAKAM Anand Patwardhan’s films have always dealt with explosive issues. Reason, a searing ...
Short story Odia short story: And the tide turned The rivers were in spate. The water level in the Kathajodi had risen to twenty four feet.
Sun Temple A gigantic restoration effort in Konark T.S. Subramanian Photographs by D. Krishnan The ASI has taken up work at the Sun Temple to conserve those portions that are still ...
Interview ‘The story has to come from within’ Ziya Us Salam Interview with the Pakistani author Uzma Aslam Khan.
Girish Karnad Irrepressible storyteller Ziya Us Salam Exploring mythology and legend, Girish Karnad (1938-2019) confronted contemporary issues ...
Interview: Akeel Bilgrami ‘In India, it’s pathological authoritarianism’ Jipson John Jitheesh P.M. Interview with Akeel Bilgrami. This is the final part of a two-part article.
Short story The clay girdle Vishwamitra and Menaka were sitting on the shore of Pushkar Lake. Menaka was combing her ...
Mahendran Icon of change Venkatesh Chakravarthy Mahendran (1939-2019) set a new path in Tamil cinema with his deglamorised films.
The Grammy Awards A black new wave Leena Mariam Koshy The Grammy Awards finally recognises the global appeal and significance of the quietly ...
Interview Raising spectres Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay Interview with the Bengali film-maker Anik Datta, whose film has run into trouble with the ...
Cinema Oscar & half-truths Divya Trivedi For all the positivity garnered by Period. End of Sentence, the Oscar award-winning ...
Interview ‘We need to speak up. These are critical times’ Ziya Us Salam Interview with the writer Nayantara Sahgal.
First Poems SHE had made every possible effort to achieve wisdom. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa once said ...
Love of Tagore Tagore in Bangladesh Sarbari Sinha in Kolkata The love of Tagore remains one of the chief cultural unifiers between the two Bengals; so ...
India Pakistan Roots of the impasse A.G. NOORANI Avtar Singh Bhasin’s book on the India-Pakistan deadlock unravels secrets of many a ...
Kader Khan Multifaceted genius ZIYA US SALAM Moviegoers may remember Kader Khan most for his slapstick humour and his villain roles, ...
Interview: Aamer Hussein ‘I don’t long for roots’ ZIYA US SALAM Interview with the Pakistani short story writer Aamer Hussein.
Agra Fort Mughal bastion Shashank Shekhar Sinha The Agra Fort, a World Heritage Site, is the only fort in India to have been inhabited by ...
