Kai chutney is celebrated among tribal communities not just for its fiery taste but also for its medicinal properties.
Of shrinking populations, ill-thought-out ventures and its (sometimes) gory aftermath
The fluidity with which India breathes, moves forward, connects with the past, and looks ahead to tomorrow kept me from breaking, made me see hope where a year ago I found none.
Known for his numerous experiments with form and character in films, after nearly two decades of numerous disappointments, this blockbuster film proves that Kamal never gives up
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The Mumbai-based artist on his prison-inspired work, the power of art and how inmates turned collaborators
They can hold a neem berry deftly in their pickaxe-like beak, toss it up and gulp it down like one would toss a peanut into the mouth
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Tamil filmmaker Pa Ranjith, who unveiled the poster of his upcoming movie at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, talks about spotlighting caste inequalities and creating his brand of cinema as counterculture
The idea of a zero-waste diet may be an answer to climate change but it has been de rigueur in Indian homes for generations
A new documentary by S Akmal Hanan and Surbhi Dewan shines a personalised light on a section of Kashmir nobody wants to talk about — its transgender community
Indian-origin chef Meherwan Irani on Chai Pani winning America’s outstanding restaurant award, the flavours that made him and serving dishes bursting with memories
In her just-published book, the US-based lawyer-entrepreneur speaks of life after reality television and why outspoken women have it tough in love
While birds that have disappeared leave us unsettled, those who have stuck it out give us some avian relief
More than Malayalam mainstream, it is the indies — such as these three films, which won top creative prize at the 52nd Kerala State Film Awards — that are proof of what Anurag Kashyap said at the 26th IFFK about Malayalam cinema chronicling the times, unlike Hindi films
Pride Month special: Don't miss out on what filmmakers have to say about queer stories and spaces, treatment of the LGBTQ community, and such
Writer-director Nishant Roy Bombarde on why he likes to delve into the lives of people on the fringes of society and the risks taken by indie filmmakers to tell queer stories
Filmmaker Harshavardhan Kulkarni on directing Badhaai Do and checking his heteronormative gaze
Devi Prasad Pandey was part of my paternal grandmother’s household, my earliest memories connect me to food and prayer — and both link me to him
Ahead of the release of his memoir later this month, National Award-winning filmmaker Onir talks about identity, his journey and why LGBTQIA+ representation in films still has a long way to go
A hard talk with Mother Nature about man’s tomfoolery and nature’s fury
A walk-through with the photographer at an ongoing Delhi exhibition on street photography, and on why the split-second matters and the dance between revelation and secrecy
The Malayalam actor on his Hindi-film entry with theatre director Haksar’s debut film Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Ja Riya Hoon, on the luxury of theatre and growing up with a Leftist vision
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The hand that rocks the cradle may not rule the corporate world yet but company policies and campaigns are helping new mothers get their rightful place back, in the boardroom and on office floors







