Posts by: Shruti Das

Shruti Das -August 27, 2019

With mainstream Bollywood films and popular streaming platforms coming up with more and more horror films and series, this genre is evolving in India Whenever we are asked what our favourite horror movie is, the name that comes to mind is definitely a Hollywood one — or maybe a Korean or Thai or Japanese one. […]

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Shruti Das -August 16, 2019

An evening with the evergreen poet Gulzar is a time to reflect on where movies and the country are headed Murari Lal ka kehna hai pehli si mohabbat koi mehboob na mange, Na koi zikr ho ab uski zulfoon ka, na rukhsaro ki baatein, Ki usne bal chote kar liye hain, ki labon ki baat […]

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Shruti Das -August 2, 2019

The story of a 100-year old tradition of musical patronage has been encapsulated by filmmaker Taranjiet Singh in a documentary that features some of the greatest Indian classical artists from Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma to Ustad Zakir Hussain It takes a good teacher to inspire students but it takes a true patron to inspire and […]

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Shruti Das -July 26, 2019

Asif Iqbal Burza, President Of A Hotel Industry Association Of Kashmir, Talks About How The Economy Is Heavily Dependent On Tourism But The Footfall Suffers When The State Is In The Headlines For All The Wrong Reasons With bad news about Kashmir always making headlines, many potential tourists from the other parts of the country […]

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Shruti Das -July 26, 2019

Jabariya Jodi starring Siddharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra will hit multiplexes in August. Screenwriter Sanjeev K Jha, on whose concept the film is based, opens up about his journey in Bollywood so far How did you start you journey as a screenwriter in Bollywood? I studied Hindi literature at Jamia Milia Islamia and then worked […]

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Shruti Das -July 12, 2019

Bringing a new genre of docu-fiction to Indian audiences, Abhinay Deo relates the story of the country’s love affair with cricket through the eyes of a young girl Whether you are a cricket fan or not, you must remember the iconic moment from 2002’s Natwest series – where cricketer Sourav Ganguly took off his shirt […]

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Shruti Das -July 12, 2019

The hordes of students who want to do their graduation in journalism should understand what the profession entails – or learn on the job In the last five years, the question that I have been asked innumerable times is: “Why journalism?” When in college, where I was pursuing BA (Hons) in journalism, I used to […]

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Shruti Das -July 5, 2019

The Delhi of 1965 has transformed beyond recognition but old-timers are keeping the memory of those days alive. The first in the series is Gautam Kaul, IPS (retired) Delhi has changed drastically since Gautam Kaul, 78, moved to the city in 1965. Kaul belongs to the 1965 batch of the Indian Police Service (IPS), Union […]

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