by Rochona Majumdar
If Satyajit Ray’s early films were in part notable for their fully realised female characters, his 1970s Calcutta films could only see women through a male prism, argues Rochona Majumdar
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by Shrayana Bhattacharya
On a research project in rural Rampur, Shrayana Bhattacharya met a teenage girl for whom SRK opened a window into a different life
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by Preksha Sharma
Having grown up in border towns, Preksha Sharma found herself drifting back to this uncertain, liminal space in adulthood, setting down roots in shifting sands
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by Parni Ray
Erasing a life to begin again is a trope that has characterised many an ‘irresponsible’ man (and few women). But is it even possible anymore, wonders Parni Ray
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by Anjali Doshi
Anjali Doshi reflects on the unattractive display of hyper-nationalism by Indian cricket fans at the recently concluded World Cup
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by Payoshni Mitra
Athletics federations rely on dodgy science to define who gets to compete as a woman, to create the illusion of a level playing field, argues Payoshni Mitra
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by Jai Arjun Singh
What strange alchemy makes sports fans relate so passionately, so personally, to young, God-like millionaire athletes, wonders Jai Arjun Singh
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by Anil Nauriya
Our history is a battleground. What we remember and what we forget, writes Anil Nauriya, is essential to the control of the national narrative
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by Stephen Alter
Stephen Alter on an expedition to the ‘great snow-covered mountain’ in search of a bird revered by the Lepcha people
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by Ananya Vajpeyi
In a moment of personal flux, Ananya Vajpeyi finds solace in the Turkish capital, its past and its present. And its connections to her home city of Delhi
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