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    Sholay at 50: How Ramesh Sippy’s film captured India’s angst and anxieties

    Amborish Roychoudhury
    18 Jun 2025 8:01 AM IST

    Released during Emergency, the harmless crookedness of Sholay’s heroes, Jai and Veeru, was refreshing to the angry and frustrated populace in the India of the mid-1970s

    Sholay
    Films
    Sitaare Zameen Par
    Films

    RS Prasanna on Aamir Khan and how directing Sitaare Zameen Par changed him

    18 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Sidhu Moose Wala-The Killing Call
    Entertainment

    The Killing Call: BBC documentary unravels why Sidhu Moose Wala was killed

    17 Jun 2025 7:17 AM IST
    Frederick Forsyth
    Features

    How Frederick Forsyth, a war correspondent, became the thriller legend

    15 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Nayakan-South Indian cinema

    From Nayakan to Thug Life, how gangster drama in South cinema has evolved through decades

    14 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Boeing 787 Dreamliner

    How Boeing 787 Dreamliner became a game-changer for long-haul flights

    13 Jun 2025 6:01 PM IST
    Second Chance-Subhadra Mahajan

    Second Chance: Subhadra Mahajan’s moving film tackles the trauma of heartbreak, abortion

    13 Jun 2025 7:06 AM IST
    Frederick Forsyth

    10 bestselling, cold-blooded political thrillers by Frederick Forsyth you must read

    10 Jun 2025 4:32 PM IST
    Bakra Eid

    Bakra Eid: How sacrifice of animals is not cruelty, but an act of piety in Islam

    7 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Vijay Mallya

    How Vijay Mallya brought down Kingfisher Airlines by trying to kill Air Deccan

    6 Jun 2025 6:43 PM IST
    Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan in a still from Mani Ratnam

    'Thug Life' review: OG gangster's comeback fails to create an impact

    5 Jun 2025 4:20 PM IST
    butterfly

    India’s bees and butterflies are vanishing, and taking our future with them

    5 Jun 2025 6:55 AM IST
    Em dash: A stylish punctuation mark you’re wrong to accuse of being AI-generated

    Em dash: A stylish punctuation mark you’re wrong to accuse of being AI-generated

    1 Jun 2025 1:02 PM IST
    Benyamin

    The Second Book of Prophets review: Benyamin reimagines Jesus as an angry young man

    1 Jun 2025 6:39 AM IST
    Radhika Apte

    Sister Midnight review: Radhika Apte’s phenomenal descent into marital madness

    Poulomi Das
    31 May 2025 12:37 PM IST

    Karan Kandhari’s film, which premiered at Cannes last year, is a surreal, sensory odyssey through marital dread, urban malaise, and a woman’s stubborn...

    Tai Chi China Martial art

    Tai Chi gains ground in Chennai as a path to health and calm

    31 May 2025 10:53 AM IST
    Tamil Nadu summe festival-flower show

    Photo feature: Tamil Nadu flower shows face criticism for ignoring local flora

    31 May 2025 6:27 AM IST
    Sebastião Salgado

    How Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado made human suffering visible

    30 May 2025 7:26 AM IST
    Queens Head

    Why Queen’s Head in Taiwan’s Yehliu Geopark, a tourist hotspot, is slowly eroding

    29 May 2025 1:47 PM IST
    The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and his Kingdom of Clay by Christopher Clarey, Hachette India, pp. 320, Rs 499

    The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and his Kingdom of Clay review: A tennis legend’s secrets

    28 May 2025 1:15 PM IST
    Banu Mushtaq on kannada language controversy

    How Banu Mushtaq has broken through Kannada short story canon with International Booker

    28 May 2025 9:00 AM IST
    Rapper Vedan

    How Vedan, the rapper, has become a voice of defiance for Kerala’s youth

    25 May 2025 7:45 AM IST
    Bollywood-Khans

    How Bollywood hides its representation crisis, bigotry behind superstardom of Khans

    24 May 2025 5:29 PM IST
    menus inspired by movies

    How Bangalore chefs, restaurants are serving up menus inspired by movies, shows

    24 May 2025 10:51 AM IST
    Cannes 2025

    Homebound review: A heartbreaking tribute to migrants’ plight during lockdown

    23 May 2025 4:08 PM IST
    Banu Mushtaq

    What Banu Mushtaq’s International Booker win means for Indian literature in translation

    21 May 2025 6:36 PM IST
    Sentimental Value

    Cannes 2025: 10 standout films from around the world you need to know about

    21 May 2025 11:53 AM IST
    Aranyer Din Ratri-Cannes

    India at Cannes: Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri plays to a full house

    20 May 2025 3:35 PM IST
    Nuclear Now

    Oliver Stone’s Nuclear Now: How nuke energy could help cool a warming planet

    20 May 2025 1:25 PM IST
    Satyajit Ray

    Why Satyajit Ray’s films continue to touch our lives even today

    18 May 2025 1:36 PM IST
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