Two recent screen projects—Charlie Chopra And The Mystery Of Solang Valley in India and A Haunting In Venice in the UK—point to the continuing popularity of Agatha Christie, nearly half…
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A new book, The Girl In The Eagle’s Talons, written by Kristin Smirnoff (translated from Swedish by Sarah Death), which takes forward the hugely popular Lisbeth Salander franchise, has just been released.…
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Just how far the influence of a designer goes can be gauged by how quickly and for how long their products make it to the market in fakes. Today, a…
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As Independence Day approaches and recedes every year, there is always, mingled with the celebration, a twinge of what if Partition had never happened. If Muhammad Ali Jinnah is revered…
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If there had not been a spate of articles about 25 years of Sex And The City, this milestone would have just flown past unnoticed, because the show does not seem that…
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It does not take a great deal of thought to understand that severe gender discrimination is a part of the film industries all over the world–both on and off screen.…
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It’s a depressingly familiar story. Men in power who harass and abuse women are somehow protected by a shield of political apathy. The protest in Delhi, by wrestlers against Brij…
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As Kate Winslet stepped on stage to received the BAFTA for her performance in I Am Ruth, she said in her acceptance speech, “We want our children back.” Dominic Savage’s dark…
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When we were growing up, Enid Blyton books were very popular, mainly because they flooded the neighbourhood libraries. Also because parents approved of the harmless mystery-solving antics of the Fabulous…
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The recent web series, Jubilee, about the early years of Hindi cinema, has suddenly created an interest in Devika Rani and Himansu Rai, founders of the legendary Bombay Talkies. The show…