which depicts intense struggles over electricity in a mid-size Indian city; Faith Connections, Iffla alum Pan Nalin's beautiful and rare look at the Kumbh Mela; and the National Award-winning Shepherds of Paradise, about an arduous, mountainous trek through an animal drive in the Kashmiri winter...
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Satish and I had first met at his mother’s school as eight-year-old boys. Minnie Aunty was the principal at Growing Minds in Patna. Three years before we met, his father had died. The plane in which he was travelling had crashed into the Himalayan ranges in the north-east, the fog ...
Alleging that both the Congress and CPM are hand-in-glove, the minister said, both the parties were no longer debating graft in solar panel installation, through which, people were duped of millions of rupees and financial scandal related to a hydroelectric infrastructure contract between the Keral...
Throughout its history, Australia has always been an island, which means that the first humans here did not have the advantage that the rest of the world had – sharing borders, and with that, knowledge. So, when the English settlers came in, they brought in diseases like smallpox, influe...
Penned by Shakeel Badayuni and composed by Ravi, this song stands out as an eternal favorite in the genre of Bollywood courtship songs, which includes gems such as “Chaudavin Ka Chand Ho” and “Mere Mehboob Tujhe.” Here, Mohammed Rafi lends his silky vocals to Rajendra Kumar, a pairing...
on caste in a Marathi film,Sairat, took me five years and was rejected multiple times. So a lot goes into the process of academic publishing, revisions in particular, which itself is a long drawn process. A core understanding of society comes prior to this, primarily from reading, teaching...
We never retaliated any rule until and unless our personal sentiments were encroached. Hence, nationalism is a new concept to India. So, nationalism can be defined as a sense of belongingness and responsibility that comes along for a particular nation which has supporte...
‘The Onus…’– which touches upon issues of caste, class, religion and race – has managed to ruffle quite a few feathers since its release. “I never meant to hurt anybody but I’ve managed to offend everyone from old Mylaporeans (including my extended family) to my English and Muslim...