'I've been a villain, I've been a champ, I've been a superhero, I've been a zero, I've been a rejected fan, and I've been a very, very resilient lover.'

'I want to believe that now the world is my oyster.'

Through their triumphs and struggles, these athletes have not only rewritten the narrative of women in sports but have also ignited a flame of empowerment and inspiration, asserts Laxmi Negi.

'Agra is about sexuality and sexual repression, and the relationship of sexuality to the physical spaces that we are in.'

Sukanya Verma looks at all the wonderful, wacky and woeful ways Bollywood has portrayed blindness on screen.

'I knew that I want to do a film about sexuality and sex, without playing safe.' 'I knew in India, that was going to be really difficult. I was taking up a big battle.'

Year after year, Malayalam cinema throws stunning surprises at us. 2022 was no exception.

Lovingly made, heartfelt stories that speak the truths about our lives.

In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.

In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.

Pellissery's women continue to express the beauty in our common humanity. And often, these women go so far into expressing our hopes, desires, absurdities and follies that they end up acting at variance with the ethical prescriptions of our age. And this, I believe, is precisely why they remain "invisible" to a whole bunch of viewers, says Sreehari Nair.

In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.

Sharmaji Namkeen is Rishi Kapoor's swansong and show. His cinematic memories are coloured in liveliest hues of celebration and happiness, observes Sukanya Verma.

'From a teenager who struggled with low self-esteem to representing India at Miss Teen Universe, I've really worked hard to become someone I'm proud of.'

Relationship problems? Let Love Guru help.

A year marked by more lows than highs for Hindi cinema, here's a recap of the best and worst in 2021.

Kota Factory finds success in a winsome cast as they lend heart to its moods and mundanity, notes Sukanya Verma.

Mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take charge of your life.

Mental health and life coach Anu Krishna offers advice on how to take control of your life.

'Why did your generals try to grab a few square kilometres of Indian territory in Ladakh?' 'And what happened to the hard work that you and Prime Minister Modi put into the Wuhan and Mamallapuram meets?' Claude Arpi writes a letter to Xi Jinping, China's self-styled supreme leader, who turns 68 today, June 15.

Amit Mistry was a wicked actor, someone who could chance a broken arm, who could take deep dives, who could ram his head into walls, all without bothering about the outcome. And, as with that closing bit, the knowledge of where he might have arrived at eludes us now, observes Sreehari Nair.

Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale.

If you think the film is gutsy, you are simply being blind to the truth that the whole men-are-worthless slant is saleable right now, argues Sreehari Nair.

Aseem Chhabra lists the best non-Hindi language films he watched in 2020, with the hope that they will have a wider reach in the new year.

'Some Indians take the extreme view that everything was known to our ancients, but others go to the opposite extreme and consider everything Indian was superstition and rubbish.' 'Indian science was perhaps more rational than the European science of the time.'

'I never thought an invisible character like Radhiya would get me that much visibility.'

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.

What Director Mahesh Narayanan captures perfectly in C U Soon is the texture of our online conversations, observes Sreehari Nair.

'My father could have gotten more due. He was capable of much more.' 'But he was always thankful.'

'My father could have gotten more due. He was capable of much more.' 'But he was always thankful.'

'It's a performance that puts the Bachchan hysteria to shame,' observes Sreehari Nair.

'Since Piku, Irrfan seemed content in delighting us with his finesse than striking a nerve.' 'Now, why was this so?' 'Why did our No 1 soul-searching actor suddenly decide that he'd rather be a heart-warmer?' 'Did those journeys take too much out of him?' asks Sreehari Nair.

On World Health Day, Bollywood stars posted pix and videos with beautiful messages and stories.

Sreehari Nair lists some movies, documentaries, recorded-performance films, and literature and music suggestions that might help.

The Gita teaches you to be truthful, refrain from criticism and manage your emotions wisely.

'Dibakar Banerjee isn't simply giving a particular fascistic regime the finger.' 'Here, he wants to offer us a preview of the invisible forces and human tendencies that drive fascism, blind conformity, and mass hysteria,' says Sreehari Nair.

Sreehari Nair presents his Top 20 movies of the decade.

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Bollywood, right here!

'When my school principal heard that I took science in college, he slapped me hard.' 'I had once told him I was interested in arts.' 'He asked me if I wanted to be a doctor.' 'When I said no, he asked why I took science then.' 'My father said he would change his name if I survived science for more than two months.'

'Kumbalangi Nights is a movie that respects women, but most importantly, it's a movie that loves them,' says Sreehari Nair.