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Shaikh Ayaz

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Art & Culture
Canned Until Further Notice

The unhappiness of filmmakers and actors whose films get made but not released

03 November 2012
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Cinema
The Man with Many Questions

The strange journey of Anand Gandhi, from being a writer for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi to directing the cerebral film festival favourite Ship of Theseus

26 October 2012
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Art & Culture
The Unending Trial of Asha Bhosle

…and how Fate couldn’t have chosen a sterner adversary

26 October 2012
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Art & Culture
Tragic Heroes

The anonymous lives of Bollywood lookalikes

21 September 2012
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Art & Culture
The 3 am Nannies

As talent management agencies wrest control of a major chunk of Bollywood talent, the old-world secretaries, once the backbone of the star system, are fading away

30 August 2012
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Cinema
The Survival Skills of Randeep Hooda

Finally enjoying some success, the actor had at one point decided to give it all up, even movies, for equestrian pursuits

24 August 2012
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Cinema
Voice of Irreverence

The young and restless music composer Sneha Khanwalkar has had a distaste for ‘honey sweet’ musical voices since her childhood. The results are on young Indian lips today

12 August 2012
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Art & Culture
‘I still don’t know how to make films’

…says the poster boy of Bollywood’s alternative cinema

10 August 2012
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Cinema
Who Said Heroines Need to be Pretty Young Things?

At 47, director-choreographer Farah Khan makes her debut as an actress this year. She speaks of throwing starry tantrums and the frustration of not being the one in control on the sets

18 July 2012
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Art & Culture
The Artist Who Found His Voice in Prints

Krishna Reddy on the lessons of Nandalal Bose, memories of Santiniketan and Paris, and disappointment of not selling in India

02 July 2012

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma 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

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

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

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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