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The concerted attacks on Hindi cinema show how vital it is for totalitarian forces to control the narrative of popular culture.
In this issue
07-10-2022
42 STORIES
Obituary
Jean-Luc Godard crested the French New Wave
Even in his final years, Godard (1931-2022) never ceased to interrogate the world through images.
Srikanth Srinivasan
Cinema
Is Telugu cinema replacing Hindi as India’s favourite film industry?
It is being built up as the socially and politically desirable alternative to Bollywood.
S.V. Srinivas
Cinema
Editor’s Note
It is the offer of the possibility of a pan-religion Indianness that makes Bollywood such a threat.
Vaishna Roy
Cinema
Lights, camera, right turn
Boycott calls and ultra-nationalist films show the project of weaponising Bollywood is complete.
Ramesh Chakrapani
Cinema
Bollywood legacy of utopian equality under siege
This legacy poses a threat to socially divisive projects, making it the new cultural battleground.
Ranjani Mazumdar
Cinema
Something is rotten: Understanding the Bollywood boycott phenomenon
Despite limited impact on the box office so far, the danger to livelihoods cannot be downplayed.
Jinoy Jose P.
Cinema
Resident evil: Calls to boycott films are anti-cinema
These calls mimic the power of the state to suppress films, but with no set legal limits.
Lawrence Liang
Cinema
Swara Bhaskar: ‘Boycott calls are purely agenda-driven’
The outspoken actor says the narrative around ‘Boycott Bollywood’ is a bit skewed and exaggerated.
Aditya Mani Jha
India
BJP-ruled Assam orders private madrassas to register on government portal
This comes days after three of them were demolished for various reasons.
Sushanta Talukdar
Politics
‘BJP is addressing livelihood issues’: Kavinder Gupta
In conversation with the BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Anando Bhakto
Politics
A yatra to the silent Valley
Kashmiris now do not express political opinions, not even in private gatherings.
Aditya Sinha
Politics
Emerging cracks in Gupkar alliance point towards uncertainty in Kashmir
Furthermore, many believe Ghulam Nabi Azad’s energetic political activity can only benefit the BJP.
Anando Bhakto
India
Supreme Court judge remarks on bonded labour unsavoury and out of place
Article 23 is not just an expression of faith, but a potential weapon to be used against violators.
K. Chandru
India
Tribal panchayats in protected areas being illegally converted to municipalities
The story of Manuguru in eastern Telangana tells us how this sleight of hand is worked.
Anmol Gupta,
Jeff Joseph
World Affairs
Mikhail Gorbachev: An appraisal
Gorbachev was an innovative statesman who accepted compromise in order to end the Cold War.
A.G. NOORANI
World Affairs
Liz Truss faces uphill task as new UK Prime Minister and Tory leader
The question is how long she will be able to keep her job given the serious problems the UK faces.
Daniel York Loh
Social Issues
Noshir H. Dadrawala: ‘NGOs are easy targets’
The CEO of the Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy, Mumbai, spoke about the recent “surveys”.
Anupama Katakam
Social Issues
NCRB 2021 report: Dying young and jobless in India
Daily wagers, the unemployed, and the self-employed accounted for the most deaths by suicide.
Divya Trivedi
Social Issues
Madhya Pradesh: Large-scale swindle uncovered in Take Home Ration scheme
Irregularities have been pointed out in the scheme meant for midday meals for adolescent girls.
Anando Bhakto
World Affairs
Monsoon flooding pushes floundering Pakistan economy to the brink
Meanwhile, the political slugfest between the government and the opposition continues unabated.
John Cherian
World Affairs
Ukrainian forces recapture the strategic city of Izium in Kharkiv province
Their lightning advance showed up the tactical failure of Russian intelligence.
John Cherian
Environment
Changpas in Ladakh see life disrupted by climate change
The Changpas of Ladakh have been living in the inhospitable cold desert for generations.
Siddharth Behl
Science & Technology
Supernova confirmed as source of high-energy protons in the Milky Way
The discovery by the Fermi telescope solves a decade-long cosmic mystery.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Researchers convert 100 per cent of CO2 industrial exhaust into ethylene
As the UIC system runs on electricity, using renewable energy can make the process carbon negative.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Ice on planet Mercury? MESSENGER spacecraft finds evidence
The ice was found in the permanently shadowed north polar crater of Mercury named Prokofiev.
R. Ramachandran
Cinema
Sushil Majumdar: Forgotten legend
A new book and a documentary hope to reacquaint filmgoers with this doyen of Bengali cinema.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Environment
Loktak Lake in Manipur: A Ramsar Site in danger of decline
There are several reasons for this, many of them unconnected to the people who inhabit it.
Salam Rajesh
Art
‘Forging solidarities across differences’: Nancy Adajania
The art critic says kinetic impulses guide the works assembled in ‘Woman is as Woman does’ at CSMVS.
Anupama Katakam
Art
‘Woman is as Woman Does’: An ode to womanpower
An exhibition at the CSMVS in Mumbai goes beyond art to become a celebration of femininity.
Anupama Katakam
Environment
Bengaluru floods: When lakes overflowed
Unplanned urban development is behind the recent floods in Bengaluru.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Books
A rereading of Kerala modernity
The monograph revisits the all-encompassing influence of the Left but also lays bare its weaknesses.
S Harikrishnan
Books
The fragment in history
It seeks to foreground the unextraordinary, neglected pieces of evidence in the history writing of early India.
Shonaleeka Kaul
Letters
Letters
Readers give their feedback.
Books
Old plot, new yarn
The author has chosen to revive the century-old Bhawal case, interweaving facts with fiction.
Soumitra Das
Books
A passage to Japan
The author’s gift is to walk through the doors of other people’s homes and discover their inner lives.
Geeta Doctor
Books
Books on the shelves
Joyce, Noyontara flowers, and the new normal.
Other
FLQ - The Frontline Quiz
Byzantine structures, anxiety marketing, and investigative tools.
Yooti Bhansali
Columns
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past
The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
Ganesh Devy
Columns
Natchathiram Nagargiradhu: A cinematic experiment gone sour
Pa. Ranjith’s latest film is as dull, as self-congratulating and as long as a manifesto.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Literature
‘Surly face’: A Tamil story in translation
‘Sudumoonji’, translated from Tamil by V. Ramakrishnan.
C.N. Annadurai
India
‘The corrupt gnawed into every open space ... and somehow managed to get building permits’
Environment activist Leo F. Saldanha on why many parts of Bengaluru are experiencing floods.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Books
Shehan Karunatilaka: ‘The state will come after the defenceless’
‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ has won the Booker Prize 2022.
Pasan Jayasinghe
Archive
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