Ahalya, first in the Sati series, has been nominated for the Popular Choice category and longlisted for Best Fiction Category by TOI’s AutHER awards. With Ahalya and the Sati Series, Koral Dasgupta is trying to bring in a much-needed perspective change on women’s leadership. She plans…
Raza was a novelist and poet who worked on films like Lamhe, Karz, Mili, Gol Maal and also penned the epic Mahabharat for television. Scene 75 is his not so humble tribute to the world he came to inhabit There are two types…
Written in the not-so-typical Yasser Usman style, Guru Dutt: An Unfinished Story is one of the most sure-footed accounts of the auteur’s life. Imagine a filmmaker obsessed with self-expression when the entire country was trying to find its identity. Films…
Jagjit Singh, the ghazal king of India, was a singer, composer, arranger, lyricist, all rolled into one. Besides which he was a brother, friend, husband, and above all a father. I was in my second year of college when suddenly…
The inimitable enigma of Waheeda Rehman turns 83 today. We take a look at one of the most candid Cinema books, Conversations with Waheeda Rehman by the acclaimed film-writer, Nasreen Munni Kabir. Not Just Any Actor When Nasreen Munni Kabir…
Trilok Nath Pandey, a spymaster himself, writes one of the most scintillating spy-thrillers/manuals of recent times. His latest book, Chanakya Ke Jasoos delves deep into the psyche of a spy as well as the art-form of Jasoosi. Being in the…
Soumitra Chatterjee played a defining role in the ascend of Bengali Cinema. Today on his birth anniversary, we take a look at Amitava Nag’s latest book, Murmurs, Silent Steals with Soumitra Chatterjee. Last year, on 15th November 2020, the world…
Rahul Dravid is one of the most loved athletes of all time. Not only his batsmanship but also his personality keeps influencing people all over the world. Indian Cricket is one of the high points in the lives of more…
Irrfan’s was a world of dreams and beauty in which we all got to live briefly. We are so lucky. Ahh, those eyes! They were the gateways to the heavens that evoked the gods old and new. Irrfan’s untimely departure…
If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim;If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same; (If: A Father’s Advice to…
