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“It is no cakewalk!’
Filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee talks about the struggles of making films outside the studio setup and his journey so far Author turned filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s second film A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greetings has become the world’s first feature film to collaborate with the United Nations. The film also marks the comeback of […]
In Delhi, dismay and despair
‘It’s a psychological war’ Unable to communicate with family in the Valley, kashmiri students are anxious to go back home ANUSUYA SOM The government claims to have set a new path for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir but Kashmiris studying in Delhi aren’t buying the narrative. Waseem is a resident of Kulgam district […]
Why the RSS lay low
The Parivar is satisfied with the way the Modi-Shah duo has handled this contentious issue ARUN ANAND The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has decided to underplay its response to Kashmir-related developments. Here are ten reasons why. The RSS does not want it to be projected as a victory of any particular political party or a […]
A new chapter of strife will now unfold in J&K
Editor-in-chief of Kashmir Times writes that there will be loss of participatory democracy, new social conflicts, and a host of economic and developmental issues Jammu & Kashmir now officially loses its special status. Along with that, it also lost its statehood status. The geographical and political entity it was till some days ago is now […]
Doval’s courtroom drama
In his defamation case against caravan magazine, Vivek Doval was cross-questioned about links to a firm named in the ‘Paradise Papers’. He denied knowing cayman islands is a tax haven National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s son, Vivek Doval, was cross-examined for three consecutive days at the Rouse Avenue District Court House complex last week. This […]
Inventors at work
One innovation will tackle cancer more effectively and affordably; the other is a solar-powered water pump which would help farmers cut costs Not everyone needs to be a mad scientist, working in a laboratory alone till the wee hours, dishevelled, abandoning all things soap-based. They can be students like the ones from IITs and IISCs […]
‘Yudh should have been on Netflix’
Aahana Kumra of Lipstick Under My Burkha fame opens up about her experience of sharing screen space with Amitabh Bachchan and her projects for Voot and Zee5 Lucknow-born Aahana Kumra shot to fame with the success of Alankrita Shrivastava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha. But success didn’t come overnight for Aahana. She had to toil for […]
Let’s talk about sex ed
The movie Khandani Shafakhana raises a valid point – that in a country with such a large population, the topic is still taboo “In our society, nobody talks about sex, and that gives birth to various other ills, from suppressed or repressed sexuality to violence to diseases, premature pregnancies, sex crimes—the list is endless,” says […]