A look at the stream of election-eve films and why they don’t have to be box-office hits to succeed as propaganda.

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03-05-202435 STORIES

Editor’s Note: When cinema becomes a tool for propaganda

Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema

Indian cinema hardly yields space to Dalit, Adivasi, or Bahujan protagonists. It continues to be an elitist, casteist project.

Harish S. Wankhede

History does not agree with the BJP on Katchatheevu

BJP rakes up Katchatheevu issue but a study of Parliamentary records shows that neither was the island “gifted” to Sri Lanka nor was the DMK a mute sp

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Respectability and irreverence: the two sides of attention

Both want to achieve the same thing—the dignity of attention, either by bending to the system, or bending the system.

Prathyush Parasuraman

Silent SOS

Wetland and mangrove birds now forage among plastic waste in urban areas because their natural habitats are all but gone.

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