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Out of Lhasa: The last surviving fighters of the Chushi Gangdruk look back at battles won and lostSubscriber Only
March 12, 2024 19:17 IST
Sixty years ago, a Tibetan guerrilla outfit enlisted the CIA’s help to fight the Chinese. The last surviving fighters of the Chushi Gangdruk look back at battles won and lost. The history of Tibet’s struggle for independence is intertwined with the operations of the guerrilla outfit.
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
Rishi Kapoor: I got the best break in Bobby, but it all went downhill from thereSubscriber Only
April 30, 2020 17:05 IST
Khullam Khulla- Rishi Kapoor Uncensored is one broad brushstroke of a book that will leave you guessing the full picture of Bollywood’s original loverboy. Prior to his book launch, the late Bollywood star had sat down for a chat with The Indian Express.
Fri, May 01, 2020
In their own ivory towersSubscriber Only
June 01, 2019 00:55 IST
The ascendant right liberal is as elitist and parochial as his left counterpart
Sat, Jun 01, 2019
The story behind Chuskit, a film about a disabled 9-year-old’s attempts to go to schoolSubscriber Only
February 17, 2019 06:30 IST
Filmmaker Priya Ramasubban on her debut feature film Chuskit, inspired by a true story.
Sun, Feb 17, 2019
Family secretsSubscriber Only
December 29, 2018 00:33 IST
Mukherjee’s debut novel, Dark Circles, explores the human frailty — the inability of the living to hold the dead to account for their faults and fallacies.
Sat, Dec 29, 2018
Devdutt’s Cycle: ‘When insecure men are pathetic, secure women stand up’Subscriber Only
October 18, 2018 04:03 IST
Beyond political and social explanations for #MeToo, Pattanaik offered a mythological prism to look at the movement saying, “This ‘purge’ is a cyclical thing which happens every time things go out of control. "
Thu, Oct 18, 2018
Extreme SurvivalSubscriber Only
September 22, 2018 00:28 IST
Khan, who is a doctor at AIIMS, has ensured — perhaps, to the point of a slight contrivance — that his lead characters have backgrounds that are judicious nods to the political turmoils of the day.
Sat, Sep 22, 2018
Out of Lhasa: The last surviving fighters of the Chushi Gangdruk look back at battles won and lostSubscriber Only
August 26, 2018 06:00 IST
Sixty years ago, a Tibetan guerrilla outfit enlisted the CIA’s help to fight the Chinese. The last surviving fighters of the Chushi Gangdruk look back at battles won and lost. The history of Tibet’s struggle for independence is intertwined with the operations of the guerrilla outfit.
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
Please don’t #TalkToAMuslimSubscriber Only
August 07, 2018 00:27 IST
Class privileges warp perspectives on what is empowering, and for whom.
Tue, Aug 07, 2018
A Kolkata cop throws light on the city’s darkest murder mysteries in his new bookSubscriber Only
July 15, 2018 06:00 IST
A Certain Justice: The Kolkata Police Facebook page had been popular already, says IPS officer Supratim Sarkar, and, initially, the page updated regular crime stories in a “reader-friendly” format. But the readers wanted more.
Sun, Jul 15, 2018
‘I wanted to express my anguish as a minority’Subscriber Only
July 04, 2018 00:03 IST
Filmmaker Ajitpal Singh on why he chose football as the theme for his debut venture, and the uneasy question of caste and class in sports films
Wed, Jul 04, 2018
Things to remember: Filmmaker Saeed Mirza on his new book ‘Memory in the Age of Amnesia’Subscriber Only
June 19, 2018 11:50 IST
Filmmaker Saeed Mirza on his new book 'Memory in the Age of Amnesia' and the importance of throwing shoes.
Tue, Jun 19, 2018
Ways of Seeing PleasureSubscriber Only
June 03, 2018 06:00 IST
Richa Kaul Padte on her new book on porn, women and women watching porn.
Sun, Jun 03, 2018
You Are Not the Only One: India stares at a loneliness epidemicSubscriber Only
April 29, 2018 06:00 IST
“To anyone looking at me from the outside, I seem like a fairly successful woman. I have a good job with great pay. I am in a relationship and have a bunch of close friends. I couldn’t figure out why I felt so angry or so lonely all the time.
Sun, Apr 29, 2018
‘The world is suffering from an epidemic of loneliness’Subscriber Only
April 29, 2018 06:00 IST
Dr Vivek H Murthy, 19th surgeon general of the United States under the Barack Obama administration, on the necessity of fostering connections at the workplace, the impact of technology on loneliness and why one doesn’t need a medical degree to address the problem.
Sun, Apr 29, 2018
‘Trees in new environments become invasive’Subscriber Only
April 22, 2018 00:00 IST
Environmentalist Pradip Krishen on being enamoured of Pachmarhi, why trees become invasive and his distrust of forest surveys.
Sun, Apr 22, 2018
The best road trip moviesSubscriber Only
December 17, 2017 00:00 IST
Two for the Road, If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Belgium, Wild at Heart, Thelma and Louise and Little Miss Sunshine. Which is your favourite road trip movie?
Sun, Dec 17, 2017
It’s the School, Stupid: In our culture freedom to choose stream of higher education is still an alien conceptSubscriber Only
October 29, 2017 00:36 IST
For years now, our education system has taught enquiring minds only to chase borrowed dreams. Many students are still forced to take up subjects they have no interest in or aptitude for.
Sun, Oct 29, 2017
61 Indian academics on crowd-sourced list of ‘harassers’Subscriber Only
October 27, 2017 04:44 IST
A DU professor, who has been named, said: “I am deeply saddened to know that this kind of malice is being circulated on social media. This is a baseless allegation against me. I have never been involved in any such activity.”
Fri, Oct 27, 2017
Hope in an egg rollSubscriber Only
September 29, 2017 00:10 IST
In Bengal, cultural identity keeps communal polarisation at bay.
Fri, Sep 29, 2017
Manipur’s foremost transgender activist, Santa Khurai, looks back at the movement she helped shapeSubscriber Only
August 06, 2017 00:07 IST
Santa Khurai’s strength now is far removed from the fears that haunted her as a child growing up in a conservative family. Born in Imphal, Khurai says she always had “a sense of who I am and I never identified myself as a boy. Always as a girl.”
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
Paper Backers: Who Moved My Book?Subscriber Only
July 22, 2017 01:27 IST
A departure from the usual lawyer-setting, Grisham's book remains taut as ever right from the get-go: the story starts with an incredible heist at Princeton University’s Firestone Library — original manuscripts of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s works such as The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night are stolen.
Sat, Jul 22, 2017
Searching for the ArtistSubscriber Only
June 12, 2017 00:04 IST
Pankaj Butalia’s film on Vivan Sundaram, titled In Search of the Found Object, explores the artist’s mind
Mon, Jun 12, 2017
Paper Backers: When You Have to Shoot Subscriber Only
June 03, 2017 06:36 IST
The novel follows one among them, Karan, through his execution of 35 “encounters”, till the system flips a switch and turns on him.
Sat, Jun 03, 2017
Bloody TrailSubscriber Only
April 17, 2017 13:29 IST
The killer leaves a Swastika sign in blood at the scene of the crime — a Hindu and not a Nazi one. There are plenty of eye-roll moments.
Mon, Apr 17, 2017Journalism of Courage
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