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‘I have consciously worked on my craft’
Actor Ekavali Khanna talks about her journey in the film industry EKAVALI KHANNA is one of the few female actors in the country who have managed to carve a niche for themselves — playing a variety of interesting characters, while mostly staying away from the commercial space. Despite a late start to her acting career, […]
Adverse entry
After a reading of Faiz’s ‘Hum Dekhenge’ by the students during a protest, a faculty member complained to the director for its ‘objectionable’ content THE COMMITTEE set up by IIT Kanpur’s director said it was “unfortunate” that the university’s students recited the poem Hum Dekhenge by Faiz Ahmed Faiz during a December protest against the […]
Shutters Down
Since social distancing is the key to containing the spread of the infection, most states have shut down educational institutions, malls, theatres, and prohibited large public gatherings THE NOVEL Coronavirus has enveloped the world in a pall of fear and panic. In India, the first case of the virus, also known as Covid-19, was reported […]
Flyers’ 8-hour ordeal
Patriot speaks to few of the 500 passengers from Paris and Frankfurt who were detained at the airport for over eight hours for Coronavirus screening ON MARCH 15, Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport didn’t look as busy as the usual days. There was not much of a crowd, barring one spot at the […]
Shoppers stop, sales flop
The Coronavirus pandemic has shaken the confidence of the Capital’s citizens, and triggered a panic about what the next few weeks will bring A USUALLY packed Mall of India in Noida wears a desolate look on the weekends. There are only a couple of customers in most of the stores and the restaurants are empty. […]
Students from Northeast attacked near DU
‘They threw balloons at us, aiming at our private parts. They saw I had Mongoloid features after I took off my pollution mask and screamed, ‘Aye, coronavirus!’ ON MARCH 3, two students from the Northeast were attacked by six men in Kamla Nagar, near Delhi University’s North Campus. The men were on motorbikes and threw […]
He’s lost the plot
Manu Joseph’s uncomfortable truths are now almost completely replaced by cringe-inducing equivalences THESE ARE exciting times for actor Sharad Kelkar. On one hand, he has essayed the pivotal character of Raja Phogat in the Zee5 series Rangbaaz Phirse, on the other he played Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Om Raut’s blockbuster Tanhaji. Kelkar, who started out […]
‘I like to play with people’s expectations’
Sharad Kelkar talks about his rediscovery as an actor, and the new avenues he explored while doing so THESE ARE exciting times for actor Sharad Kelkar. On one hand, he has essayed the pivotal character of Raja Phogat in the Zee5 series Rangbaaz Phirse, on the other he played Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Om Raut’s […]