The elemental intensity of Manoj Bajpayee makes him a class act on the big screen and a formidable force on OTT. The art and attitude of an original

Manoj Bajpayee speaks to Ullekh NP on a range of subjects from OTT to astrology, Bihar to spies. Excerpts:

The state’s new chief minister is a politician who has risen through the ranks

A hardliner with no constituency or charisma, he epitomises a Taliban controlled by Pakistan

Those who have fled the Taliban regime recall the trauma of exclusion, disclose worst fears for those left behind

Open Conversation with Adrian Levy, author

Several companies are tight-lipped about their pending projects in Afghanistan to protect the lives of their employees

Shabnam Khan Dawaran, whose video exposing the Taliban went viral, says she continues to receive death threats

While the power elite are safe abroad, common folk of Afghanistan hope against hope that their worst fears don’t come true

The Left may have shrunk politically, but it is still an intellectual force to reckon with

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