
May 01, 2019 00:55 IST
Son Rise examines the cause and effect of Haryana’s skewed gender ratio; it traces the consequences of hushed up abortions, the nearly complete absence of women in the state’s villages, the bride buying/bride kidnapping traffic that follows, and the numerous crimes against women.
Thu, May 02, 2019
April 30, 2019 00:30 IST
The idea is to take popular tunes known to most western music lovers and give them a jazz twist.
Wed, May 01, 2019
April 22, 2019 00:08 IST
The 30-year-old lawyer, writer, and fierce feminist’s part-manual, part-memoir is full of pop culture references and news items from the past decade or so, that elicit a chuckle, a sigh, and lots of nodding at regular intervals.
Mon, Apr 22, 2019
April 13, 2019 06:58 IST
A wildly enjoyable gateway to wuxia fiction
Sat, Apr 13, 2019
March 26, 2019 00:06 IST
Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is a time travelling machine, and so we begin the interview by going right back to when it all began.
Tue, Mar 26, 2019
March 24, 2019 06:30 IST
In a city of a million dreams, Asia’s largest slums — Dharavi — has never shied away from new aspirations. As a recent blockbuster showcases a people who make the most of their situation, a look at Dharavi through the eyes of its tourist guides, who sell and celebrate it like no other.
Sun, Mar 24, 2019
March 18, 2019 00:17 IST
Filmmaker Ritesh Batra on his latest film Photograph, slowing down time, and approaching a city through its characters.
Mon, Mar 18, 2019
March 16, 2019 09:55 IST
"Every good book read changes forever your perception of your inner and outer worlds", says Kankana Basu.
Sat, Mar 16, 2019
March 13, 2019 01:02 IST
Filmmaker Reema Kagti on her new project Made in Heaven, tired of being called a female filmmaker and how violence is a gender-neutral concept.
Wed, Mar 13, 2019
March 10, 2019 06:00 IST
In his first museum solo and latest book, graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee traverses the fertile land between history and imagination
Sun, Mar 10, 2019
March 04, 2019 00:28 IST
Writing a novel might be a solitary exercise but is a whole in itself; so, Vivaan Shah, the stage and screen actor wrote Living Hell, a noirish murder mystery set in Mumbai.
Mon, Mar 04, 2019
February 24, 2019 06:30 IST
Ten years after he first landed in Bollywood, actor Vijay Varma is finally tasting mainstream success.
Sun, Feb 24, 2019
February 22, 2019 00:20 IST
Spaven and Sandunes have much more in common than one would imagine: both are gifted storytellers of sound; Spaven, especially, is a master of controlling tension and release, and Sandunes excels in weaving in little flushes of emotion in her set.
Fri, Feb 22, 2019
February 16, 2019 01:41 IST
"I do not have a kindle. I only buy ebooks if the paperbook is too expensive to buy and ship, or if I need to read for research purposes. I do read articles and essays, etc on my phone," she says.
Sat, Feb 16, 2019
February 16, 2019 01:25 IST
A decade since she made her breakthrough in Bollywood with song ‘Iktara’ in the movie ‘Wake Up Sid’, Sufi vocalist Kavita Seth continues to bask in its success today.
Sat, Feb 16, 2019
February 10, 2019 06:00 IST
Writer André Aciman says, "In Call Me By Your Name, a man with a whetstone arrives every Wednesday to sharpen the knives, and it’s a sound you can hear in your nap, and I find these moments are more real to me".
Sun, Feb 10, 2019
February 04, 2019 00:40 IST
Blues legend Charlie Musselwhite, the 75-year-old Grammy-winning legend, elevates its sound and tone into something that reaches deep down inside, alternately caressing your heart, and sometimes, wringing it too.
Mon, Feb 04, 2019
January 29, 2019 01:55 IST
Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, Colson Whitehead, on his award-winning novel, The Underground Railroad, White guilt and his new book.
Tue, Jan 29, 2019
January 27, 2019 06:00 IST
In the past couple of months, Zusak has been contemplating a companion book to his latest offering: he’s likely to bring back Maggie, the Dunbar’s neighbour and the first narrator of their story till he handed the reins of the novel to Matthew. “
Sun, Jan 27, 2019
January 09, 2019 00:10 IST
Donisha Prendergast, on her grandfather Bob Marley, the many definitions of the Rastafari and its music that calls people to action
Wed, Jan 09, 2019
January 07, 2019 00:48 IST
In 2012, actor Manisha Koirala was presented with a death sentence: stage three ovarian cancer. In her memoir, she traces the journey of her long battle to survive
Mon, Jan 07, 2019
December 28, 2018 00:15 IST
Anupam Kher plays Dr. Manmohan Singh in The Accidental Prime Minister, a cinematic adaptation of the 2014 book.
Fri, Dec 28, 2018
December 23, 2018 06:00 IST
Will shrinking Shah Rukh Khan to half his size put a dent in his star power? Not if the 53-year-old superstar can open his arms wide and show us, yet again, why he is the king of romance.
Fri, Jan 27, 2023
December 21, 2018 00:05 IST
Director Aanand L Rai on his latest film, Zero, falling in love with the ordinary, and not knowing.
Fri, Dec 21, 2018
December 09, 2018 06:30 IST
How a British-Chinese Muslim is reinventing the genre.
Sun, Dec 09, 2018



