Devika Rani: Thunderbird
Where does one begin? The delightful performances, the quest for love against all odds, the dogged…
2012
Shanti Mallick: The Battle Hymn
History is often created, but not recorded. Year 1983. The year when India won the first…
For Your Eyes Only
Ever noticed how, in the last decade the view outside our windows has gone progressively downhill?…
In Defense of Stalin
The fact that Stalin needs to be defended at all is reason enough to analyze the…
Irfan Habib: The Professor
If you were to chart out 3 major watershed events in the history of the Left…
Defending the Indefensible, AFSPA in service of torture, (un)democracy
The potency of the AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) imposed in the north-east for over…
Thoughts that Kindle Suchitra Pillai
Movies, singing, theatre- which is the most stimulating? Definitely theatre. The spontaneity and immediacy of it…
Editorial for February ’12
There we are. With the forty second issue of our magazine. And that grumpy old (and…
Another Country, Another Real Estate Mafia
2011 was a momentous years for fans of Arrested Development, an American TV comedy series with…
Abdullah’s dream, Kashmir’s nightmare
On December 11, 2001, angry youth tried to set ablaze the Firdous cinema, just ten days…