Counter Culture What explains the asphyxiating glut of biopics in Indian cinema?Prathyush Parasuraman
Presidential Election 2022 Droupadi’s moment: Can the presidential candidate push the envelope?Peter Ronald deSouza
India, This Side Pilgrimage to Pandharpur: The pit stop at ChinchaniGanesh DevyA rural art installation emerges as a critique of nationalism with its embracing of pluralism.
Counter Culture Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian filmsPrathyush ParasuramanYash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
Counter Culture What explains the asphyxiating glut of biopics in Indian cinema?Prathyush ParasuramanFilm-makers attempt to stun spectators into worship as opposed to crafting a complicated portrait.
India, This Side The tale of two villagesGanesh DevySleemanabad in Madhya Pradesh and Akarbad in West Bengal share an unlikely link.
Economic Perspectives The jobs crisis is realC.P. ChandrasekharThree severe shocks to the economy in quick succession damaged the “informal” sector.
Counter Culture The Great Indian Family is in transition Prathyush ParasuramanThe family in pop culture is morphing into an unsteady and fragile site of introspection.
Presidential Election 2022 Droupadi’s moment: Can the presidential candidate push the envelope?Peter Ronald deSouzaDroupadi Murmu’s nomination has been audacious and imaginative. Will she grasp its possibilities?
Economic Perspectives Why the fall of the rupee should have us all worried C.P. ChandrasekharThe factors causing it are likely to persist even as the import bill continues to climb.
Counter Culture Elon Musk and the culture of greed pridePrathyush ParasuramanIf we take seriously the premise that cinema is reflective of the times it is embedded in, then the sudden expression of money and luxury as heroic en
Tribute: Jyoti Basu A pragmatic rulerPRAFUL BIDWAIJyoti Basu was ever the party pragmatist par excellence.
Counter Culture Are Hindi films problematising history?Prathyush ParasuramanAfter Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
