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Sunday, April 5, 2026
TopicCrime thriller

Topic: crime thriller

Women of suspense: The female crime writers reimagining power and vulnerability

Authors Hemangini Dutta Majumder, Vasundhara Kashyap & Richa S. Mukherjee discuss crime fiction & reality at a session led by Payal Raman at 1st Jindal Literature Festival.

Lazy writing drowns Neeyat, Blind, Gaslight. Bollywood just doesn’t get whodunit right

Whodunnits have never been Bollywood's strong suit. Those that have worked at the box office are either borrowed, copied or remade versions—frame-by-frame—of South Indian films.

Shravan Tiwari’s Aazam has a killer script & Jimmy Sheirgill. Everything else is forgettable

Shravan Tiwari’s Aazam is set in the dark underbelly of Mumbai focussing on a mafia power struggle.

On Camera

Iraq’s long road to FIFA World Cup qualification is a story of survival, defiance

Historically, football has been used as a lens through which political anger, identity, and resistance come into focus. From Mohun Bagan to Didier Drogba’s Ivory Coast, this claim can be easily cemented.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.