The widespread condemnation of the Pahalgam tourist killings revealed a moral shift among many Kashmiris, raising questions ...

This International Women's Day, let us question the biggest mode of influence and entertainment - cinema. Have movies done enough to represent women, are they telling stories that are relevant?

There is a story often told about the late and legendary Tyeb Mehta: in the late 1960s, dissatisfied with a canvas, he flung ...

Before Africans could be enslaved at scale, they first had to be portrayed as living outside the timeline of civilization itself. This narrative—the pre-story of slavery—made domination appear not ...

When a film from far beyond Hollywood’s pull upends your sense of what movies can do, you begin to wonder how you ever ...

Yimkhiung Naga Tales and Stories by Ryunshito Lims, published by PenThrill publishing house, is a rich collection of folk tales from the oral culture of the Yimkhiung Naga community. Reading the book ...

BERLIN, winter 2026: the Berlinale film festival, with thick snow on the ground. But we’re cosy in the modernist brick surrounds of the Akademie der Kunste. On stage, the man who knows more about ...

On this International Women's Day, let's examine the most significant source of influence and entertainment: film. Have films adequately portrayed women, and are they sharing narratives that resonate?

What adds to the film’s resonance are its references to real-world events — from demonetization and political developments to ...

Can the ironies, dear reader, be any greater? Here we are, celebrating International Women’s Day even as the world sees a war which evades logic, a cl.

Reflecting Society Through Cinema Cinema serves as a mirror to society, with its narratives, characters, and ideologies often ...

India’s environmental history holds a powerful story that rarely enters mainstream memory. In 1730, Amrita Devi Bishnoi and 362 others gave their lives protecting trees in Khejarli, centuries ...