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Indian Cultural Forum, Nayantara Sahgal
“She Kept a Diary to Keep Herself Going…”
01 Jun 2020
With a foreword by her daughter Nayantara Sahgal, Prison Days is the account of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit's third and final term in Naini Central Jail in Allahabad.
Fahad Hasin
Bigotry, Corruption, Fake News and Patriarchy: Pataal Lok Mirrors India
30 May 2020
Subtle racism and everyday bigotry have a huge effect on the self-respect of those on the receiving end. The show makes this clear without spoon-feeding audiences.
Ajay Gudavarthy
Muslim Politics beyond Islamophobia
24 May 2020
The majoritarian moral vision we see all around is not given, but constructed—which is why there’s room for a counter-narrative.
Achala Moulik
Kolkata—A Brave and Eternal City
24 May 2020
Kolkata will be restored, not only by clearing roads of fallen trees, repairing electric lines, and reconstructing buildings but by the resilient spirit of a people who have suffered, endured, hoped…
Apoorva Gautam, Malak Mattar
“I Started Painting to Escape the Fear of Dying”: Malak Mattar
16 May 2020
In this conversation with Apoorva, she talks about her journey as an artist, creating a space for the women of Gaza through her art, the fight for basic human rights as a Palestinian refugee, the…
Ajay Gudavarthy
Intimate Death of an Actor
05 May 2020
In his persona and in the characters he portrayed there was something we could identify with and say, “I am Irrfan”.
Leslie Xavier
A Chronicle Of Death In Sport. And Life | Outside Edge
03 May 2020
Sport is forgiving. Life and death quantified in victory and defeat. Performance quantified too, understood as results on a sheet of paper. Life is harder to describe in an equation. And so, the…
Karthick Ram Manoharan
Morale Boosters for the Unsettled Mighty
03 May 2020
The milieu of G Mohan’s film Draupathi confirms the lurking suspicions about its casteism.
PTI
Actor Rishi Kapoor Dies After Two-Year Battle with Cancer
30 Apr 2020
Rishi was the third generation of the Kapoor dynasty in the Hindi film industry, headed by his grandfather, the legendary Prithviraj Kapoor.
PTI
One of India’s Finest Actors Irrfan Khan Dead at 54
29 Apr 2020
Irrfan, who was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour in 2018, is survived by his wife Sutapa and his sons Babil and Ayaan.