Topic: Satyajit Ray
Mrinal Sen, the cinematic genius who had the courage to bring social realities on celluloid
On his birth anniversary, ThePrint remembers Mrinal Sen, the pioneer of New Cinema movement, who was often criticised for making movies on human suffering.
Ray’s ‘Shatranj Ke Khilari’ asked difficult political questions & is an election must-watch
Ray’s 1977 classic, made during Indira Gandhi’s Emergency, is a story of a cunning political checkmate.
Satyajit Ray: Cine maestro & literary genius who could say no to Indira Gandhi, Narasimha Rao
On his death anniversary, ThePrint remembers Satyajit Ray, his films, literature and how he depicted women on celluloid.
Devi to Kashmir ki Kali to Censor Board: Sharmila Tagore is not just Taimur’s grandmom
Sharmila Tagore, who turned 74 on 8 December, has been a trailblazer of her field, and the bikini has nothing to do with it.
Ritwik Ghatak, the celluloid rebel who used cinema as a political tool
Revolutionary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak mirrored the pain of Bengal’s partition and refugee crisis through his famed trilogy, which began with Megha Dhaka Tara.
Indira Gandhi at 100: Why She Still Rules India
Indira believed in statist, povertarian economics and crush-the-opposition-to-dust “Total Politics”. If both ideas thrive under Modi now, she still rules our minds.
Dead men talking
Reporting on Lanka's blood-soaked years, I watched names disappear from my notebook.
Budgam friendly fire: Should charge of culpable homicide be on the table in the fog of war?
A senior IAF officer and 3 other personnel could be booked for “culpable homicide not amounting to murder” in the February Mi-17 helicopter downing.
Defence
Bimal Verma files petition against KB Singh’s appointment as next Navy chief
He filed a petition in the Armed Forces Tribunal and contended that it should call for the service records of both him and Vice Admiral KB Singh and compare them.
Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get
India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.