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Why was a horrifying rape at BHU hushed up?

The Hindutva brigade's silence on the rape may possibly be explained that this incident is an intra-Hindu affair for them.What is even more intriguing is that vocal gender activists have preferred......

AMU gender row: Reinforcing Muslim stereotypes

While the row over allowing women into the AMU library has been wrongly portrayed, it does not mean gender biases are non-existent in AMU. The campus does have its own share of all kinds of......

'Manto's predictions of Pakistan are shockingly accurate'

'Manto is the only writer to grasp what the project of Pakistan would eventually mean,' says Aakar Patel, who has translated a collection of Saadat Hasan Manto's essays in a just-released book Why......

Husain takes a back seat at art auctions

MF Husain may be synonymous with contemporary Indian art, surprisingly, his works are not the ones that fetch the highest bids at art auctions.According to the Osian 51-Art Index, Tyeb Mehta's......

The Most Memorable Goodbye Turns 50

'Garm Hava understands that the scorching, hate-filled, doubt-filled affair between Hindus and Muslims is our national love affair.' Sreehari Nair revisits M S Sathyu's classic film, featuring the......

'Basuda was a Master'

Shabana Azmi regards Basu Chatterjee as the true father of Middle Of The Road cinema. IMAGE: Shabana Azmi in Swami. "I loved the lines he wrote for his characters. They were so close to real life,......

When Rekha wanted to marry me

'Yes, seriously.''This was the time she was going through a bad phase; her personal life was a mess after her alleged affair with Amitabh Bachchan ended and her career was going nowhere.'A gripping......

Lesbian love in the movies

Bollywood has dealt with same sex relationships before, but homophobia runs deep. Depiction of homosexuality in Bollywood has a long way to go. Between caricatures mined for cheap laughs or......

Manto Review: A highly intelligent piece of work

'If Manto, the film, falls short of being a masterpiece, it's ironically because Nandita Das the filmmaker does not quite crack the Manto code herself: she doesn't quite see her subject with the......

PCB slashes match with India in PoK

Pakistan's Cricket Board (PCB) will not ask India to play a one-day match in Pakistan occupied Kashmir next year, board chairman Shaharyar Khan said on Monday.Last week the sports minister in......

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Why was a horrifying rape at BHU hushed up?

AMU gender row: Reinforcing Muslim stereotypes

'Manto's predictions of Pakistan are shockingly accurate'

Husain takes a back seat at art auctions

The Most Memorable Goodbye Turns 50

'Basuda was a Master'

When Rekha wanted to marry me

Lesbian love in the movies

Manto Review: A highly intelligent piece of work

PCB slashes match with India in PoK

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