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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicAparna Sen

Topic: Aparna Sen

When Shabana Azmi vowed to quit acting—she was humiliated on set by a choreographer

Azmi was in conversation with actor-director Aparna Sen at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre. Part of the 17th Habitat Film Festival, the event celebrated Azmi’s 50 years in cinema.

‘Shame on us’: Filmmaker Aparna Sen calls on CM Mamata Banerjee for justice in triple murder

The murder of Bandhu Gopal Pal, his wife and son in Murshidabad turned political Thursday with BJP leaders claiming Pal was a RSS worker.

Bihar lawyer behind FIR against 49 celebrities for Modi letter had targeted Bachchan, Lalu

Sudhir Kumar Ojha, 50, has attempted to drag multiple celebrities to court over issues as diverse as Bollywood smooching scenes & junk food ads.

FIR against Ramachandra Guha, Mani Ratnam, Aparna Sen & others for their open letter to PM

In an open letter to PM Modi in July, nearly 50 celebrities, including Anurag Kashyap and Shyam Benegal, raised concern over incidents of mob lynching and the govt's response to dissent.

Does women’s liberation mean adultery? How Aparna Sen differed from Satyajit Ray

Ray’s 1980 film Pikoo and Sen’s 1983 film Paroma treated adultery very differently and only one was unapologetic about it.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?