They embodied freedom and blazed a new trail. Yet the divas who defined the seventies were touched by misfortune and ravaged by love. A new generation wants to know why
09 April 2021The industry needs to use this period to introspect, to see what the post-Covid-lockdown audience wants to watch
09 April 2021The space for the small films and the weaker voice remains limited
02 April 2021With her undeniable beauty and greater depth to her acting, there is no reason why Padukone’s career as a leading lady shouldn’t last longer
26 March 2021From working to make Kutch villages self-sufficient to investing in traditional practices in the Himalayas to digging wells in Bengaluru, India’s frontline fighters are making water scarcity a thing of the past
19 March 2021At 49, she considers it a great privilege to be asked to play her age onscreen. Pooja Bhatt, feisty teen idol and magazine cover magnet of the 1990s, is back, headlining one of this summer’s biggest streaming series
12 March 2021Former Naxalite, king of B-grade films and hotel magnate Mithun Chakraborty has traversed the political spectrum to finally land a breakout role
12 March 2021Brahma 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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