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‘All We Imagine As Light’ bags another award in New York. It lacked good marketing for Oscar

A few critics like Ashameera Aiyappan are holding out for All We Imagine As Light to get an Ocsar nomination on its own steam, based on the film’s growing traction in the US market.

Oscars 2025: Kiran Rao’s ‘Laapataa Ladies’ is India’s official entry to 97th Academy Awards

The film, which tells the story of two newly-wed wives inadvertently switched during a train ride, explores themes of equality and women empowerment in rural India.

‘She is a phoenix.’ On Chhaya Kadam’s attitude to rejections, small roles, & enduring friendships

Chhaya Kadam’s characters invert the ‘office woman’ trope. From the impeccably dressed Kanchan Kombdi to the worldly-wise Manju Mai, she plays tough women with a hint of vulnerability.

Panchayat to Laapataa—villages on OTT are Gandhian simplicity or Ambedkar’s den of ignorance

From quiet feminism in Laapataa Ladies to TVF’s smash hit Panchayat, a nostalgia-infused Indian rural landscape has found a firm footing in the world of OTT viewership.

Laapataa Ladies is gentle feminism but a strong reply to films like Animal

The revolution in Laapataa Ladies isn’t over-the-top. It unfolds in the realm of the ordinary and is even flawed at times.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.