Shimla has changed a lot in rhythm and appearance- here, the winter doesn’t arrive with the same severity to colour the town white.
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The language used reflects a wonderful sense of literary economy with which author Ranjan Sen manages to bind the collection together despite its vastly different worlds.
Milan Vohra's stories veer from tough situations to tender ones with a Chicken Soup for the Soul feel to them.
The narrative of the book moves through cities like Rishikesh, Kashi, Uttarkashi, Rajgir, and Talgajarda. These are not presented as pilgrimage stops, but as working landscapes, places of teaching, travel, withdrawal, and decision.
How Gor navigates the tightrope between US commercial demands and the strategic imperative of keeping India close may well determine the future trajectory of relations between the two countries.
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The dismantling of MGNREGA is not a technocratic policy decision but a logical extension of a political project that is uneasy with enforceable rights—especially when claimed by the poor
For several organisations and individuals associated with the employment guarantee programme, the writing has long been on the wall.
The most significant change concerns the guarantee of 100 days of employment. Under the G-RAM-G, work is now increasingly connected to government targets, budgets and notified areas.
Social scientist and welfare economist Jean Drèze says the government is promising jobs without guaranteeing work. The BJP-led government has not merely rebranded MGNREGA. What was an enforceable right to work, driven by workers’ demand and backed by the Centre’s obligation to fund it, has been recast as a discretionary, centrally controlled scheme with budget caps, blackout periods and political gatekeeping.
The proposed replacement of MNREGA reflects the convergence of political priorities, ideological positions, and fiscal calculations.
The Jnanpith Award-winning writer spoke about the urgent need to pay attention to history and ecology, stressing that “the world is full of wonder and you have to look out for the unknown.”
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Sudha Kongara’s ambitious period drama starring Sivakarthikeyan, set against the anti-Hindi agitations of the 1960s, looks impeccable and promises urgency—but doesn’t quite land.
Tracing a passage from turbulent waters to prose and literature, Stewart’s film embraces Yuknavitch’s self-determined creation.
Seven performances that mark the many lives Hrithik Roshan has lived on screen, with heart.
In an era wary of earnestness, Song Sung Blue (2025) commits to it fully. The result is a film of humour, ache and conviction, one that believes in ordinary people and trusts the audience to do the same.
Tracing a passage from turbulent waters to prose and literature, Stewart’s film embraces Yuknavitch’s self-determined creation.
Seven performances that mark the many lives Hrithik Roshan has lived on screen, with heart.
In an era wary of earnestness, Song Sung Blue (2025) commits to it fully. The result is a film of humour, ache and conviction, one that believes in ordinary people and trusts the audience to do the same.
Co-directed with Mark Obenhaus, the chronicle of Seymour Hersh opens sharply but zooms out too loosely
A glossy adaptation that promises a twisty whodunnit but collapses under the weight of its own melodrama, clichés and narrative excess
Parasakthi Censor Row: Sivakarthikeyan Starrer Granted U/A Certificate; Set To Release On January 10
The CBFC has granted Sivakarthikeyan-starrer Parasakthi a UA 16+ certificate. It will be released as scheduled on January 10.
The Madras High Court ruled in favour of Jana Nayagan, by directing the CBFC to issue a U/A certificate to Vijay starrer.
Across decades, films return to the newsroom to interrogate journalism’s promise and limitations, oscillating between satire, spectacle and documentary realism.
Long before “Slow Cinema” became a curatorial disposition, Tarr had already committed himself to duration as a political and aesthetic position. Across his works, he shaped a cinema of attrition and accumulation.
Few losses in the Indian film industry will remain as irreparable as Khan’s, who is still counted among the most gifted actors across the globe for the conviction with which he embodied each character.
At 65, Supriya Pathak Kapur reflects on a life shaped by artistic curiosity and quiet resilience.
The European Film Academy, of which Béla Tarr had been a member since 1997, said that the filmmaker died "after a long and serious illness."
On his 59th birthday, we look at how Rahman didn't just mobilise music from different parts of the world, but also brought global music production techniques and values to Indian music.
Auditions, voice work, study, reinvention and lived experience—that’s how actors continue to work beyond releases and visibility.
The strategic insertion of the past is no longer incidental in Bollywood films. It has become a deliberate trope in contemporary filmmaking. However, it also exposes a creative fatigue at the industry’s core.
Marking a significant milestone, Deepika Padukone celebrated her 40th birthday on January 5, 2026.
Film music from the 70s can be characterised through Burman’s perennially popular upbeat tunes that have outlived the films. However, seldom mentioned are his compositions that are soft, reflective and thoughtful, etched in film history just as permanently.
Once a thriving parallel industry, Bollywood’s lookalikes have gone from single-screen staples to social media sensations
From demolished bastis to named libraries of resistance, feminist spaces in India reveal how access, class, and gender decide who is allowed to linger.
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