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Comedian Kunal Kamra summoned by Maharashtra council panel for remarks on deputy CM Eknath Shinde
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (502+ words) Tamil film "Mayilaa" is a tribute to "women whose lives and pain often remain unseen and unheard" "International conspiracy": Why the BJP is opposing the Roman script for Tripura"s Kokborok tongue Interview: "If Bangladeshis want hijab law, we will…...
Start the week with a film: The power of love and memory in ‘I’m Still Here’
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (386+ words) A little-known romance: When a Burmese princess met two royals captivated by her beauty in Allahabad Sunday book pick: RK Narayan's autobiographical novel "The English Teacher' mourns his wife's death Coastal cities may no longer offer escape from air pollution…...
Tom Stoppard (1937–2025): How the British playwright, born in Europe, rewrote the rules of theatre
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (171+ words) From dining cars and pantries to packaged meals: The long journey of railway food in India What Noam Chomsky's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein says about progressive politics Ramayana: A new book lists five temples where Ram is said to have…...
‘Wanting to know makes us matter’: Playwright Tom Stoppard (1937-2025) made us all philosophers
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (886+ words) Goan bhaji-p'o, samosa, alsande tonak: How a practising Jain discovered a "vegetarian Goa" Review: "Border 2" is "Border" too, the whole package better packaged Liquid notes: How water flows through Indian music From the memoir: A daughter wonders about how to…...
‘Bugonia’ review: More nerve-wracking thriller than sharp satire
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (555+ words) Readers" comments: Francesca Orsini flouted visa rules, her scholarly work not in question Why the world"s top universities are abandoning the ranking system How a Gujarat policeman connected to Sohrabuddin probe was convicted for a 41-year-old minor crime Electronic…...
‘De De Pyaar De 2’ trailer: R Madhavan joins Ajay Devgn, Rakul Preet Singh for age gap film sequel
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (124+ words) The women who haunt the Taj Mahal "Discard your ego-self. Begin the journey: Read 12th-century Persian poet Attar in English "Heat and Dust at 50: The ideas of India in Ruth'Prawer'Jhabvalas Booker Prize-winning novel Pakistan outruns neighbours in solar power race…...
‘Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari’ review: Varun Dhawan steals the show
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (478+ words) BJP may reap benefit: The politics behind I " Muhammad posters in Uttar Pradesh Indias lifeline the Ganga is drying up fast Insights from a Gandhian approach to solid waste management in urban India Gandhi, the meticulous report-writer: The importance of…...
‘The Thursday Murder Club’ review: A creaky adaptation of a beloved novel
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (508+ words) Mother Mary Comes To Me: Arundhati Roy writes intimately of life with, and without, her mother Why eviction of Bengali-origin Muslims has led to unease on Assam-Nagaland border Science fiction and fantasy: Kalki works for the British while planning to…...
Comics for children: Can Amar help the Heebee Jeebees find the secret ingredient for their show?
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (78+ words) Book excerpt: Asha Bhosle, a star on the stage and off it A new book argues that emotional intelligence is crucial for students to excel academically How Gandhi brought peace and united Hindus and Muslims a year after the mass…...
Start the week with a film: In ‘Deep Cover’, improv comedians are both joke and punchline
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (556+ words) Caste as seen through an Orientalist lens: The ironic legacy of 18th-century Company paintings "Kaalidhar Laapata" trailer: Abhishek Bachchan stars in a bucket list comedy Marang Buru vs Parasnath: The conflict over Jharkhand"s highest peak "The Light of Wilder…...