It is a shame that the prints of Manjhi – The Mountain man were leaked much before the theatre release of the film. One may argue that with rising costs of theatre tickets,...

People from more ‘important’ trades might belittle the importance of cinema. But cinema has carried tradition, history, culture and storytelling on its shoulders for a while now. People call it frivolous, however it...

I believe when the government extended a ban to some 900 odd porn sites, they did it with a good intention. I also don’t want to pretend that I am a Victorian prude...

Two days back when the Gurdaspur attack happened and the images of the dead were splashed all around, we winced. The bloodied face of the martyred SP haunted us for a day, or...

In high school, most of my idea of war was from the history books and cinema. And then of course there were townsfolk who had seen both the war with China and the...

In school when we used to take the India pledge and proudly say – “India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters. I love my country and I am...

Is the anger of the Indian middle class directly proportional to the hypocrisy of the intelligentsia? And every morning as I log on to my micro-blogging site, I see a lot of anger....

Dear Sir, I hope you are riding high on your new found glory in Indian Television. I also hope you are basking in the glory of the ‘intellectual’ tag that will henceforth be...

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone. Does the name ring a bell? Well it does. He is our favourite and revered Guru Dutt. Years after his death people still debate on whether he was a...

Shakespeare’s ‘uneasy lies the head that wears the crown’, is probably tailor made for the Indian cricket captains. At least in the last couple of decades, no captain has had an easy run,...

It was August of 1995. I do not remember the exact date though. My homeland Shillong had by that time become a favourite hub of ultras from across the North eastern region. Our...

Imagine having planned to watch a film in the weekend and it is quietly pulled away from the theater, because the state doesn’t want it to be screened. Or imagine listening to a...