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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicDanish Husain

Topic: Danish Husain

Bollywood’s strugglers get a new platform. It’s called Backstage with Danish Husain

Eight struggling artists come together every month. They get 10 minutes on stage, and leave the audience spellbound.

Poetry, politics to piety—Danish Husain traces the history of Urdu at Jashn-e-Rekhta

The second day of the 10th edition of Jashn-e-Rekhta saw a mushaira by acclaimed names, including Wasim Barelvi, Javed Akhtar, and Vijendra Singh Parwaz.

Danish Husain’s Habibnama more than a tribute to Habib Tanvir. It resurrects his voice, truth

Actor Danish Husain’s portrayal of Habib Tanvir in the play Habibnama was so powerful that it brought the late playwright’s friends to tears during a performance at Delhi’s Jawahar Bhawan.

Polarisation to prime time hate — ‘The Sadist’ interrogates media instead of blaming the system

Kundan Shashiraj's short film 'The Sadist' interrogates media's role in manufacturing entertainment, consent and hate. The film stars Vipin Sharma, Danish Husain, and Vineet Kumar.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.