Featured Globally, Here Are 10 Indian Films Considered Among the World’s...
Every now and then, there comes a film that hits the bull’s eye with every emotion it evokes. Whether an evergreen comedy, a thriller that has you sitting on the edge of your seat, or a drama which...
View ArticleOde to a Legend: This Connection Between Mrinal Sen &‘Lagaan’ Will Surprise You
For Veteran Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen, the personal was always political. One of the forerunners of parallel cinema in India, Sen had the penchant for telling tales with a deep socio-political...
View ArticleRanveer-Alia’s ‘Gully Boy’ Inspired by the Rap to Riches Journey of These...
From the streets to the celluloid, this rapper duo’s powerful socio-political verses are soon going to be adapted into a Bollywood film, Gully Boy, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. Photo Source:...
View ArticleB’luru Artist Brings Alive Stories of Strangers On Vintage Love Letters &...
Letters belonging to strangers, bills, and worn, old diaries from the bygone era—these are of little value to most people. However, for those who nurse an affinity for anything vintage, these are...
View ArticleMeet The Only Indian At The Grammy Awards 2019: Mumbai’s very own Falguni Shah
India has a representative in this year’s Grammy Awards. Singer-songwriter Falguni Shah, who goes by the stage name of Falu, released an album on February 16, 2018, titled ‘Falu’s Bazaar’, which has...
View ArticleThe Pune Doctor Whose House Contains 22,000 of India’s Rarest Artefacts!
The Bajirao Road in Pune is abuzz with traffic, and shops on either side are attending to their customers. However, in the routine race to escape from the busy narrow streets, a treasure house of...
View ArticleNomads for 8 Years, This Duo Quit Their Corporate Jobs to Document Forgotten...
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. When I first came across the extraordinary journey of Akshatha Shetty and Piyush Goswami, I...
View ArticleDaughters Who Dared: How a 7-YO’s Question Created Stories of Inspiring Women
“Why are there such few Indian women who have achieved extraordinary things? Are extraordinary women only European or American?” Daughters Who Dared began in an attempt to answer this question from my...
View ArticleWhy It’s Important for #EkLadkiKoDekhaTohAisaLaga to Be a Typical Love Story
Homosexuality is not new in Bollywood in the broad sense. In films like ‘Fire’, ‘Margarita with a Straw’, ‘Fashion’, ‘Aligarh’ and ‘Kapoor and Sons’, homosexual characters are played in a positive or...
View ArticleHow an Andhra Duo is Using a Classical Dance Form to Empower Underprivileged...
In the southern parts of India, there is a long-standing tradition of temple grounds becoming the centre point for classical art forms to flourish. While this practice has more or less fizzled out with...
View ArticleOf IAF & Iconic Trains: 7 Facts About ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’ That You Didn’t...
On August 15, 1988, after the then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, finished his address to the nation from the Red Fort, a soulful melody took the nation by storm. For most Indians who watched the...
View Article#CoupleGoals: Assam’s ‘Nightingale’ Is An Example of What Unconditional Love Is
Some of the greatest love stories go unseen, unheard and undocumented, simply because they’re ordinary couples living their lives. So this Valentine’s Day, we try to give such stories a showcase—...
View ArticleExclusive: Pankaj Tripathi’s One-Of-Its-Kind Love Story Will Totally Win You...
Some of the greatest love stories go unseen, unheard and undocumented, simply because they’re ordinary couples living their lives. So this Valentine’s Day, we try to showcase such stories— everyday...
View ArticleInka Time Aayega: Liked Gully Boy? Then Check Out Northeast’s thriving Hip...
As a kid, growing up I hardly had shoes on my feet, But I’ve seen bullet holes on church walls and a body in my street, Follow me on a journey down memory lane homie, I grew up around killers throwing...
View ArticleExclusive: Meet a Child Prodigy Using His Talents to Raise Lakhs For Crucial...
One of Aarav’s artwork. When the Grammy-award winning sitar maestro, Ustaad Shujaat Khan started playing the evening ragas for the audience, Aarav Verma, standing close to him, picked up his...
View ArticleCheck Out How 100 Artists Turned Prayagraj Into India’s First ‘Street Art City’
On my first trip to Allahabad (now Prayagraj) in June 2018, I was struck by the city’s aesthetics – and sometimes by a lack thereof. I noticed that the city had a collection of heritage buildings with...
View ArticleDancing Her Dreams: Meet The Techie Who Quit Her Job To Become a YouTube Star!
“Taking a risk for my dream was the best thing that happened to me,” recalls this young dancing star. With more than four lakh Instagram followers and over 16 lakh subscribers on YouTube, Sonali...
View ArticleFirst Indian Stuntwoman Gets Her Own Biopic: Meet the ‘Sholay Girl’, Reshma...
This International Women’s Day, we introduce you to some truly incredible Indian women whose stories define resilience, courage and inspiration. #BalanceForBetter If there is one film that has...
View ArticleMeet The Art Professor & His Students Carving Some ‘Peace’ In A Kerala Town
Located in the heartland of Palakkad district in Kerala, Cherpulassery is a town that is off the tourist radar. Unknown to many, it played a crucial role during India’s freedom struggle. Another reason...
View ArticleRs 40 Lakh, 114 Looms & More: How 4 Designers Helped Kerala Weavers Post Floods
As one walks along the green roads, click and whoosh sounds grow louder. One can smell the yarn, the dye and the new cloth. Suddenly, the synagogue, the church, the temple and the mosque spread in a 10...
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