The Girls Are Not Alright Back in 1950, V Shantaram had made a film called Dahej, in which a young woman is harassed and tortured for dowry. Over the years,…
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There is a precious collection of essays out, titled 50 Years Of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited A Revolution. It is what it says it is,…
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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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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’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…