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CAST Pankaj Tripathi, Rahul Bagga | DIRECTOR Annant Jaaitpaal

Kissebaaz Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

In short, ‘Kissebaaz’ is a near impossible watch, and it is recommended that you avoid it

CAST Taapsee Pannu, Vinodhini Vaidyanathan | DIRECTOR Ashwin Saravanan

Game Over Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

‘Game Over', which was shot in Tamil and Telugu, and is now dubbed in Hindi, has a few genuinely scary scen

New York Minutes

Books
By Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

Even with its racy plot and charming characters, Elizabeth Gilbert’s new novel leaves one cold

The Act of Remembering

Books
By Praveena Shivram

Lost stories of the Andaman Islands as historical fiction

The Eternity of Return

Books
By Payal Dhar

Tishani Doshi’s new novel bristles with an edgy restlessness

The Liberal Crack-Up

Books
By Siddharth Singh

The historic blunder of not listening

CAST Manav Kaul, Nandita Das | DIRECTOR Soumitra Ranade

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

The movie promises much, but lives up to its covenant feebly

CAST Shweta Basu Prasad, Mithun Chakraborty | DIRECTOR Vivek Agnihotri

The Tashkent Files Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

A cloud of misinformation and disinformation is suspended in the atmospherics of this movie.

Anita Anand: Beyond Myth and Misunderstanding

Books
By Nandini Nair

Anita Anand creates a compelling portrait of Udham Singh, the avenger of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Beastly Tales

Books
By Ranjit Lal

A fascinating study of human and animal relationships in the foothills of India

HM Naqvi: Karachi on his Mind

Books
By Urvashi Bahuguna

HM Naqvi captures the dilapidations of age and a city in his new novel

Rasika Dugal: Great Stream Presence

Cinema
By Divya Unny

Rasika Dugal has become the indispensable face of the bold new web series

Icons Must Fall

Books
By Vineetha Mokkil

Paul Zacharia’s first novel in English is a roller-coaster ride of ideas

Miss Congeniality

Cinema
By Rajeev Masand

Jai Sriram! | Bubbly Is Back

Many Faces of the Massacre

Books

Saurav Dutt, author and political analyst, is out with a new work Garden of Bullets. He writes abo

CAST Asher Angel, Zachary Levi, Jack Dylan Grazer | DIRECTOR David F. Sandberg

Shazam! Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

The lightheartedness inherent in this movie lets you see superhero abilities from a different perspective

CAST John Abraham, Mouni Roy, Jackie Shroff | DIRECTOR Robbie Grewal

Romeo Akbar Walter Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

The film is an absorbingly nostalgic film for a pre-digital age, when the human factor was so crucial to su

Sabyn Javeri: Inside the Veil

Books
By Shikha Kumar

The Pakistani author Sabyn Javeri talks about the politics of the hijab and the role of writers in divided

The Flow of Time

Books
By Akshat Khandelwal

Rivers that run through the cultural history of India

Illness as a Metaphor

Books
By J Devika

A masterful focus on those who wander the margins

CAST Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elizabeth Moss | DIRECTOR: Jordan Peele

Us Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

When a director forcefully superimposes special meaning onto popular horror iconography, it starts to look

CAST Vidyut Jammwal, Thalaivasal Vijay, Pooja Sawant | DIRECTOR Chuck Russell

Junglee Movie Review

Cinema
By Ajit Duara

With mixed genres, structured under a Hindi melodrama format, ‘Junglee’ turns into a well intentioned, but

Works by Jangarh Singh Shyam: The annihilation of Sanbarah, the boar

Jangarh Singh Shyam: Karmic Crossings

Art & Culture
By Rosalyn D’Mello

The life and lines of Jangarh Singh Shyam

Many Partitions

Books
By Jai Arjun Singh

Krishna Sobti’s novelised memoir is a testament to the great writer’s formal inventiveness

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