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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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Opinion

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

Karti P Chidambaram -
India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

India is showing signs of trusting China again. Beijing sees a window of weakness

Mumbai is seeing a big fat family drama. Priya in, Rani out & saas-bahu saga rules

Economy

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

Udit Bubna -
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

Defence

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

Debdutta Chakraborty -
New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

National Interest

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

Shekhar Gupta -
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.

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