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Ahead of the Curve

BJP was battle-ready long before its opponents

The Dawn of Stalinism

The cautious optimism of the DMK chief has turned him into a hero

Pinarayi Vijayan: The Invincible

Pinarayi Vijayan makes history. What makes him India’s most powerful communist leader?

The Mamata Moment

Let there be redemption in the third term

Force Mamata

Did her opponents underestimate her soft power?

The Day of the Final Game Is Coming

Mamata Banerjee cannot take success for granted

Charulata: His Allegorical Women

When the woman made a radical choice, Ray was uncomfortable. He was more comfortable showing women taking a stand against institutional orthodoxy

The Mind of Bengal

It is easy to see why Ray’s films were classed as arthouse in the West. In Calcutta, they were screened in cinemas which showed regular Bengali films, whose audiences in the 1950s and 1960s didn’t watch much Hindi cinema

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