To commemorate the 44th anniversary on Ank, revisiting an interview with Preeta Mathur: For a long time, Preeta Mathur worked with Dinesh Thakur, first her mentor and then husband, an…

Whenever a film, book, or show comes up about the women’s liberation movement, Gloria Steinem invariably makes an appearance, either as herself, or an actress playing her. So it was…

While Pratik Gandhi is gathering praise for his performance as Harshad Mehta in the web series Scam 1992, revisiting an interview with him about his theatre work: More often than…

On Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, a look at Feroz Abbas Khan’s 2007 film: Gandhi My Father by Feroz Abbas Khan stands out for its attempt at brave and offbeat cinema.…

Dharmputra (1961):   As a tribute to Yash Chopra on his birth anniversary, a look at one of his earliest films: Yash Chopra was called the King of Romance, even…

If asked who was the first judge of the Indian Supreme Court, most would have to strain to remember, or would have to look it up, but many more would…

The Miracle Of Kindness: After the international success of A Man Called Ove, Swedish writer Fredrik Backman’s books have followed the template of telling deeply moving stories with kindness at…

A new book, Blue Ticket, by Sophie MacKintosh is a dystopian novel about women, which follows her Booker longlisted 2019 book, The Water Cure, set in a bleak world where masculinity…

Act Of God: As Paresh Rawal taked over as Chairperson of the National School of Drama, a look at one of his most popular plays: Paresh Rawal had started his…

Hell Is Empty: It is not essential for a reader to have read all of Louise Penny’s Armand Gamache novels, but it would help, if only to understand the strong…