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    Nawaid Anjum
    About the AuthorNawaid Anjum
    Nawaid Anjum is the Features Editor at The Federal. He can be reached at [email protected]
    How Sam Mendes’ quartet of films on The Beatles aims to tell Fab Four’s whole story
    Films

    How Sam Mendes’ quartet of films on The Beatles aims to tell Fab Four’s whole story

    17 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Wuthering Heights
    Films

    “Wuthering Heights”: How Emerald Fennell reworks Emily Brontë’s novel about destructive love

    14 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Manoj Naravane
    Features

    As MM Naravane’s memoir sparks interest, his thriller makes it to Amazon bestseller lists

    10 Feb 2026 3:21 PM IST
    Ghooskhor Pandat
    Films

    Ghooskhor Pandat: Why row over Neeraj Pandey-backed Manoj Bajpayee cop drama is a non-issue

    6 Feb 2026 12:53 PM IST
    Dalai Lama’s Grammy-winning spoken-word album ‘Meditations’ is an urgent call for oneness
    Features

    Dalai Lama’s Grammy-winning spoken-word album ‘Meditations’ is an urgent call for oneness

    2 Feb 2026 4:25 PM IST
    Grammys 2026
    Entertainment

    Grammys 2026: The Dalai Lama wins first award, Kendrick Lamar makes history

    2 Feb 2026 1:30 PM IST
    Melania
    Entertainment

    How Amazon’s $75 million documentary on Melania Trump became a colossal disaster

    31 Jan 2026 7:53 PM IST
    Arijit Singh
    Entertainment

    Why Arijit Singh has quit playback singing at the peak of his Bollywood career

    30 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Sanjay Leela Bhansali
    Films

    Why Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been roped in for cinema’s first Republic Day tableau

    25 Jan 2026 8:35 PM IST
    Sinners
    Films

    How Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, with 16 Oscar nods, marks a turning point for Black-led cinema

    24 Jan 2026 7:13 PM IST
    Oscars: Geeta Gandbhir’s two nods put focus on Indian-origin documentary filmmakers
    Entertainment

    Oscars: Geeta Gandbhir’s two nods put focus on Indian-origin documentary filmmakers

    23 Jan 2026 7:54 PM IST
    AR Rahman
    Entertainment

    Why the backlash against AR Rahman is unfair and an act of cultural illiteracy

    21 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    wellbeing through water
    Features

    How big lifestyle brands are tapping the idea of wellbeing through water

    19 Jan 2026 1:40 PM IST
    Freedom at Midnight
    Entertainment

    Freedom at Midnight: How Nikkhil Advani’s Partition series has sparked a war over history

    16 Jan 2026 11:15 AM IST
    water crisis
    Features

    How India’s water crisis is not just due to climate change, but also governance failure

    8 Jan 2026 9:50 AM IST
    Books of 2026
    Features

    2026 reading list: All the books everyone will be talking about this year

    5 Jan 2026 1:23 PM IST
    Films of 2026
    Films

    Most anticipated films of 2026: Hollywood bets big on franchises, adaptations, auteurs

    3 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Salman Khan
    Films

    Salman Khan at 60: Portrait of a superstar of Hindi cinema who became his own genre

    27 Dec 2025 3:50 PM IST
    Christmas preparation
    Features

    Turkey, plum cake, gingerbread desserts: How big hotels are doing Christmas this year

    25 Dec 2025 12:12 PM IST
    Christmas films
    Films

    Ho Ho hold that remote: 10 Christmas films worth re-watching this holiday season

    25 Dec 2025 9:00 AM IST
    Dhurandhar: How Aditya Dhar’s lavish spy thriller pushes nationalist propaganda
    Films

    Dhurandhar: How Aditya Dhar’s lavish spy thriller pushes nationalist propaganda

    24 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    The Great Shamsuddin Family
    Film Reviews

    The Great Shamsuddin Family review: A tender portrait of middle-class Indian Muslims

    16 Dec 2025 10:35 AM IST
    MGNREGA workers
    India

    Why Centre’s plan to remove Mahatma Gandhi from MGNREGA has triggered a political storm

    14 Dec 2025 3:30 PM IST
    Bigg Boss 19
    Entertainment

    How Bigg Boss, one of the oldest reality shows, has turned into a ‘scripted farce’

    8 Dec 2025 7:07 PM IST
    Badshah
    Entertainment

    How Badshah, set to headline London’s O2 Arena, became India’s superstar rapper

    7 Dec 2025 2:38 PM IST
    Jafar Panahi
    Films

    How Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi keeps reinventing against the state’s repression

    6 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Auto Queens-Chennai-auto drivers
    Entertainment

    Auto Queens: A chronicle of Chennai’s women auto drivers, their solidarity and struggle

    2 Dec 2025 9:25 AM IST
    How ITC Maurya’s Avartana reinvents South Indian cuisine with flair
    Features

    How ITC Maurya’s Avartana reinvents South Indian cuisine with flair

    23 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Aranya Sahay-Humans-in-the Loop-AI
    Films

    How Aranya Sahay’s Humans in the Loop spotlights rural, invisible workers training AI

    20 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Kanu Behl interview: ‘Agra is a film about desire and sexual repression’
    Entertainment

    Kanu Behl interview: ‘Agra is a film about desire and sexual repression’

    13 Nov 2025 7:20 PM IST
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