Cruel Fate: It is difficult to watch Dil Bechara without the tragic death of the lead Sushant Singh Rajput always at the back of the mind. More so, since it…
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Hope And Glory: Racism, sexism and class come to a boil in the small West Texas town of Odessa, where Elizabeth Wetmore’s powerful debut novel Valentine is set. The year…
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As a tribute to MS Sathyu on his 90th birthday, a look at his masterpiece, Garm Hava: A film like Garm Hava (1973), should be made compulsory viewing and also…
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The slight air of sleaze emanating from the stills and promos of the web series Rasbhari, not to mention the title itself, and then the reactions to it on social media…
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What would Hillary Rodham’s life have been like, had she not married Bill Clinton? Curtis Sittenfeld’s novel, Rodham, imagines the scenario, and it would not be a spoiler to reveal that…
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On Your Marx: As a tribute to playwright Uttam Gada, revisiting his play Karl Marx In Kalbadevi: About seven years ago, Manoj Shah directed a play called Karl Marx In Kalbadevi, written by…
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If it is possible to feel outraged over a quarter of a century after an incident made news, then watching the TV film, I Was Lorena Bobbitt brings out a kind of…
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As a tribute to Basu Chatterjee, who passed away on June 6, 2020, a look at his quintessential Mumbai film: At the peak of his prolific filmmaking career, Basu…
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And All Falls Down: Emily St. John Mandel follows up her powerful novel, Station Eleven, about a global pandemic (sci-fi is turning out to be true) with The Glass Hotel,…
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When large chunks of the world seem to be tipping back into conservatism—if not complete right-wing lunacy, the web series, Mrs America, is like a pouring-ice-water-on-the-head kind of reminder that women are…