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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicQueer Cinema

Topic: Queer Cinema

Marathi queer love movie Sabar Bonda is more about grief and love, says director

The film follows Anand, an educated, city-raised gay man, returns to his ancestral home to mourn his father’s death. There, he meets a local farmer who has kept his queerness hidden.

Out of the frying ‘panauti’, into the ire & a *bleep* by any other name

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Mammootty’s Kaathal shows a language problem. What’s the Malayalam word for gay?

In 'Kaathal - The Core', the purposeful avoidance of homophobic slurs is a breath of fresh air. They are not even used to punctuate the discrimination faced by queer folk.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.