It has been over 30 years since Sushama Deshpande started performing her celebrated solo piece, Vhay, Mi Savitribai (Yes, I’m Savitribai), about the life of social reformer Savitribai Phule which has taken her to small …
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Wild Child Where the Crawdads Sing, the debut novel by Delia Owens, a wildlife scientist, has been on the bestseller lists for over a year. Reportedly, Reese Witherspoon, who has championed it in …
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When the #MeToo movement hit India a year ago, there was such an outpouring of rage; all that misplaced shame, feeling of vicimisation and helplessness that women had bottled up …
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The Mood Is Blue-ish: Rating: 2 & 1/2 * It would take genius to make a film about death and bring in more emotions into it than an overbearing melancholy. …
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Bollywood Unchained: Rishi Kapoor returned to India, from the US, after winning a battle with cancer. A short period of rest, and he plans to resume shooting the films lined …
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The British TV series, Fleabag, swept some major awards at the Emmys this year—the show about a thirty-something woman called Fleabag, written and played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, chronicles the emotional and …
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Salander Strikes Again: Lisbeth Salander, who appeared in three bestselling books by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson is a heroine for our times. Brilliant, brave, loyal and indestructible. The writer passed …
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Muscles & Men: Rating: **1/2 The idea behind his movie seems to be, throw money at it, and nobody will notice the flaws. Get two of the hottest male stars, …
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A Friend Indeed: One of the most moving moments in the stage production Mahabharat: The Epic Tale, has Duryodhan, reviled as a villain in the epic, taking up for Karan, …
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Ditz The Way: Rating: Two stars The Anuja Chauhan book had an idea begging to be turned into a romcom, but The Zoya Factor, directed by Abhishek Sharma is a …