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Sacred Games creator Vikramaditya Motwane to now tell Tihar tales with ‘Black Warrant’ series

Unnati Sharma -
'Black Warrant' is the memoir of Tihar Jail’s longest-serving superintendent Sunil Gupta and has been co-written by journalist Sunetra Choudhury.

With my film Space MOMs, I wanted world to know being an Indian is nothing to be ashamed of

Radha Bharadwaj -
The consistently negative portrayal of India and its culture in the West had me disturbed. So I decided to turn my outrage into a positive goal.

Uttam Kumar’s Saptapadi is the 1960s’ inter-faith love story that rings true even today

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Saptapadi’s famous, moving Othello scene, which was directed separately by Utpal Dutt, deserves special praise.

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

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

Do Raaste cemented Rajesh Khanna’s position as Bollywood’s first superstar

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Do Raaste shows how a middle-class Indian family tries to adjust when people with different outlook share the same roof.

On Guru Dutt’s birth anniversary, a look at Pyaasa that continues to leave Indians in awe

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Guru Dutt’s magnum opus – second only to Kaagaz Ke Phool – is the perfect example of art-house cinema marrying Bollywood.

In Uttam Kumar & Sharmila Tagore’s film ‘Amanush’, floods restore faith in human spirit

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Directed and produced by Shakti Samanta in both Bengali and Hindi, Amanush is a classic and a lesson in the complexity of human emotions.

Anyone who is not a doctor should watch Pankaj Kapur’s Ek Doctor Ki Maut before blaming them

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Tapan Sinha's brilliant 1990 film shows the slow death of innovation in India's health sector due to a broken and corrupt system.

Mujhe Jeene Do: When Sunil Dutt shattered inter-faith marriage taboo while playing a dacoit

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Written by Sunil Dutt’s closest friend, Aghajani Kashmeri, the script of this 1963 film isn’t black and white, even if the picture was.

‘Roti’ and Rajesh Khanna: When a Bollywood film took melodrama to new heights

Amit Upadhyaya -
Hindi films have an unceasing connection to mythological tales. But in the hands of someone like Manmohan Desai, they turn into great entertainment.
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RSS is warming up to Yogi Adityanath. CM has many more boxes to tick

+TFP D.K. Singh -
It’s not just the Opposition parties Yogi Adityanath has to contend with. His detractors within the BJP are no less formidable.

How IMF’s routine data critique was spun to discredit India’s growth story

Holding judges to account can’t be about collective conscience. It must fix a broken system

Economy

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

Sharan Poovanna -
The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

Defence

India hopes to seal submarine contract with Germany this fiscal, MDL pares down cost ‘significantly’

Snehesh Alex Philip -
First submarine, according to RFP, must be delivered 7 yrs after contract signing with 45% indigenous content, followed by one each year until programme reaches 60% localisation.

National Interest

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

Shekhar Gupta -
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.

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