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Kamila Shamsie: The Migrant as a Metaphor

Books
By Nandini Nair

A new novel by Kamila Shamsie explores the process of belonging

Haunted By the Nation

Books
By Siddharth Singh

In Sugata Bose, the personal and the historical mix ineluctably even if the picture produced is too optimis

Lahore Calling

Books
By Devapriya Roy

A novel that overturns the hierarchies of contemporary upper-class Pakistani society

How Aamir Became Fat

Cinema
By Rajeev Masand

Old Wounds Seldom Heal | Too Cocky, Too Soon

Power and Pelf

Books
By Sunanda K Datta-Ray

Ten accidental globalists who were driven by the idea of conquest

CAST Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe | DIRECTOR Alex Kurtzman

The Mummy Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

It seems that the director was handed two different scripts, one on the mummies of Egypt and the other on z

CAST Sushant Singh Rajput, Kriti Sanon, Jim Sarbh | DIRECTOR Dinesh Vijan

Raabta Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

All you feel is irritation at the mundane level of thinking that the writer of this film has displayed

Dancing up a Storm

Books
By Malini Nair

The story of a performer who dared

And Then There Were None

Books
By Shylashri Shankar

Four storytellers redeem the modern whodunnit by defying the familiar props of the genre

Once Again

Books
By K Kannan

A riveting retelling of the Nanavati case

CAST Adil Hussain, Huma Qureshi, Lisa Ray | DIRECTOR Prawaal Raman

Dobaara: See Your Evil Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

The movie is akin to watching a Stage Company in India churn out a replica of the latest successfu

CAST Vikrant Massey, Ranvir Shorey, Kalki Koechlin | DIRECTOR Konkana Sen Sharma

A Death in the Gunj Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

A Death in the Gunj is Konkona Sen Sharma's good debut, and a very promising one

Arundhati Roy: The Utmost Unhappiness of Being Indian

Books
By Nandini Nair

Arundhati Roy’s second novel in twenty years retains her original magic even as it becomes an overwrought p

The Spy Who Came From the Cold

Books
By Hormis Tharakan

The story of Bhagat Ram Talwar is a valuable addition to the literature on intelligence operations

She’s Here to Stay

Books
By Mathangi Subramanian

A writer emerges bruised but not broken from an abusive marriage

CAST Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Kaya Scodelario | DIRECTOR Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg

Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

Sad to say, the series has run its course, and it is about time it shut shop

CAST Sachin Tendulkar, Anjali Tendulkar, Ajit Tendulkar | DIRECTOR James Erskine

Sachin: A Billion Dreams Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

The film is supposedly a documentary, a genre that ought to repudiate iconography, lest it turn into a publ

Her Story Retold

Books
By Mathangi Subramanian

Women’s biographies combat historical invisibility

Grime and Punishment

Books
By Prabha Chandran

Prison diaries of the infamously famous

‘At Home’, Oliver Sacks photographed by Bill Hayes

Survivor in the City

Books
By Nandini Nair

Oliver Sacks and the art of moving through grief

Tragedy in Transit

Books
By Sabin Iqbal

A first novel explores the lives of Asian migrant workers

CAST Irrfan Khan, Saba Qamar, Deepak Dobriyal | DIRECTOR Saket Chaudhary

Hindi Medium Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

Irrfan Khan is the kind of actor who could bring life, if he chooses, into a film called Russian Medium

CAST Arjun Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Seema Biswas | DIRECTOR Mohit Suri

Half Girlfriend Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

Unfortunately, Half Girlfriend is also a film that inserts a social agenda into the narrative ever

Remains of an ancient building near Firoz Shah Kotla

Delights of Cartography

Books
By Gautam Bhatia

A memorial stroll through the changing history of Delhi

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Saif Ali Khan: ‘I am an ambassador for moderate Islam’

Do Gods Lie?