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    India at Cannes 2024: A bumper year for independent, women-led cinema

    Prathap Nair
    29 May 2024 1:01 PM IST

    At Cannes this year, an eclectic range of stories provided an enriching glimpse of mostly female-led Indian independent filmmaking. Will this be a flash in the pan?

    Indian films at Cannes 2024
    Films
    The Gulf Migrant Archives in Kerala
    Features

    How ‘Vilkkanundu Swapnangal’ pioneered the prodigal Gulf migrants in Malayalam Cinema

    29 May 2024 9:35 AM IST
    All We Imagine As Light
    Film Reviews

    All We Imagine As Light review: Payal Kapadia’s bittersweet love poem to Mumbai

    28 May 2024 6:30 AM IST
    Pochampalli sarees
    Features

    Pochampally sarees stare at looming spectre of decline, struggle to retain glory

    27 May 2024 11:01 AM IST
    Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in an outfit designed by Falguni and Shane Peacock.

    Cannes 2024 fashion: Hits and misses, and a shoutout to Nancy Tyagi

    26 May 2024 6:30 AM IST
    Cleopatras by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

    How the seven Cleopatras set a new model for female power in ancient Egypt

    23 May 2024 8:46 AM IST
    Jenny Erpenbeck

    Jenny Erpenbeck becomes first German writer to win International Booker Prize

    22 May 2024 1:00 PM IST
    Everest Base Camp

    How I made it to the ground floor of the tallest mountain in the world, Mt Everest

    22 May 2024 10:30 AM IST
    Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen

    1994: The year average Indian woman gained confidence, embraced body beautiful

    21 May 2024 8:51 AM IST
    Readers Digest UK

    End of an era: Reader’s Digest UK ceases print publication after 86 years

    21 May 2024 6:30 AM IST
    The Spoiled Heart By Sunjeev Sahota

    The Spoiled Heart review: Class versus identity debate propels Sunjeev Sahota’s novel

    20 May 2024 6:30 AM IST
    Letters of Suresh review: Rajiv Joseph’s play spotlights a forgotten art form in post-Covid era

    Letters of Suresh review: Rajiv Joseph’s play spotlights a forgotten art form in post-Covid era

    18 May 2024 6:30 AM IST
    Alice Munro

    For Alice Munro, short story centered on the moment of catharsis, thrill of the unexpected

    18 May 2024 6:30 AM IST
    TCA Raghavan: ‘Sarojini Naidu saw the dilemma of nationalist Muslims clearly

    TCA Raghavan: ‘Sarojini Naidu saw the dilemma of nationalist Muslims clearly'

    17 May 2024 5:02 PM IST
    10 short story collections by Alice Munro that chronicle the woman experience

    10 short story collections by Alice Munro that chronicle the woman experience

    The Federal
    17 May 2024 8:08 AM IST

    Alice Munro's stories — centred on sisters, mothers and daughters, aunts, grandmothers, and friends — exemplify her virtuosity and command over the...

    Cannes Classics: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur scores a hat-trick with Shyam Benegal’s Manthan

    Cannes Classics: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur scores a hat-trick with Shyam Benegal’s Manthan

    16 May 2024 6:30 AM IST
    Nandini Satpathy: The Iron Lady of Orissa review: Remarkable story of a forgotten icon

    Nandini Satpathy: The Iron Lady of Orissa review: Remarkable story of a forgotten icon

    15 May 2024 6:30 AM IST
    Alice Munro

    Alice Munro, Nobel Prize-winning Canadian master of the short story form, dies at 92

    15 May 2024 2:00 AM IST
    Payal Kapadia’s Malayalam-Hindi feature, All We Imagine As Light

    India at Cannes 2024: Payal Kapadia’s film on Kerala nurses and other indies in competition

    14 May 2024 12:47 PM IST
    Tarun Tahiliani

    Tarun Tahiliani: Journey to India Modern review: The designer who made dhotis, saris fashionable

    13 May 2024 4:25 PM IST
    Choice by Neel Mukherjee

    Choice review: Neel Mukherjee’s novel of social ideas tackles individual agency with flair

    11 May 2024 10:30 AM IST
    Watch | Pallavi Rebbapragada interview: ’Nandini Satpathy is an inspiration for GenZ’

    Watch | Pallavi Rebbapragada interview: ’Nandini Satpathy is an inspiration for GenZ’

    10 May 2024 5:39 PM IST
    Dance to Freedom

    Dance to Freedom review: How courtesans helped India break free from colonial yoke

    10 May 2024 11:40 AM IST
    Mohammad Rasoulof

    Why Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to 8 years in prison

    9 May 2024 7:30 PM IST
    Ram Gopal Bajaj

    Ram Gopal Bajaj interview: ’Sensitising kids through theatre can reduce social inequality’

    9 May 2024 8:00 AM IST
    Heeramandi

    How Heeramandi suffers from Bhansali’s all-consuming obsession with grandeur

    8 May 2024 6:30 AM IST
    Aasmana, the Agave Bar at The Ritz-Carlton, Pune. Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton

    Tequila sunrise: How agave-based spirits are hitting a new high in India

    7 May 2024 10:35 AM IST
    Neeta Lulla interview: Why creating costumes for films is not just about aesthetics

    Neeta Lulla interview: Why creating costumes for films is not just about aesthetics

    6 May 2024 6:30 AM IST
    Never Never Land

    Namita Gokhale’s Never Never Land: Reading a Kumaoni novel in Kumaon

    5 May 2024 6:30 AM IST
    Knife review: Salman Rushdie’s gritty testament to the power of art, and love

    Knife review: Salman Rushdie’s gritty testament to the power of art, and love

    4 May 2024 1:12 PM IST
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