On Saadat Hasan Manto's 100th birth anniversary, National Award-winning lyricist Prasoon Joshi talks about the writer who he first couldn't fathom and was prohibited from reading and yet went on to......
'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......
'Many Indians are not voting mostly on the basis of issues like the economy and their own well-being as measured by data provided by the government.''They seem to be as concerned and perhaps more......
Sunil Sethi caught the coronavirus. This is what happened next.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com After eight days and nights in a Covid hospital following an attack of some severity,......
'The defence minister should concentrate on acquiring a bigger stick, rather than brag of using terrorists as State policy,' says Aakar Patel. Defence ministers should carry a big stick, but speak......
Sejal Shah’s flatly-narrated timeline would probably serve better as a documentary, observes Sukanya Verma. Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s gift to embody individuals committed to their ideology......
Nandita Das returns to the Cannes International Film Festival, choosing a peach zari sari for her first appearance. This time, she was present for the curtain raiser of her new film Manto. With......
Sreehari Nair introduces you to three promising movies coming up. IMAGE: Radhika Madan and Sanya Malhotra in Pataaka. For their sheer curviness, very few Hindi film writers can match Vishal......
After conquering Bollywood through performances as diverse as a colonised villager (Lagaan), a dyslexic teacher (Taare Zameen Par) and a man with short-term memory loss (Ghajini), Aamir Khan is......
Check out what's happening in Cannes here! Photograph: Pierre Suu/Getty Images for HP Nandita Das was in Cannes for the curtain-raiser of her second film as director, Manto. Nawazuddin Siddiqui,......
'My speculation is that the BCCI believes it is dangerous for credible insiders to stay outside its area of influence. It wants people like these three cricketers inside the tent rather than......