The top five Hindi films of all time, and the secret of why some films endure and others just fade away
02 March 2011And everything else you need to know to make smart cocktail conversation in the run-up to 27 February
18 February 2011Karan Johar’s TV show offers just a glimpse of the rudeness that has overcome Bollywood.
03 February 2011Countless trophies, flashy star performances and too many silly jokes. Yet, not one credible award function
20 January 2011Bollywood’s descent into blatant plagiarism and its utter disregard of the audience’s intelligence is worrisome
05 January 2011Even multi-starrers keep flopping. If there’s no saying what works, why ignore the basics?
23 December 2010Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog on why 3D leaves him cold, the frictions of filming and why he doesn’t care about his legacy
16 December 2010Ram Gopal Varma’s latest film confirms that the director is in desperate need of inspiration
09 December 2010Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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