To Be A Gentle Coloniser
Translating Ismat Chughtai’s work is a task fraught with danger, writes Tahira Naqvi. It’s not just…
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Woman
By Ismat ChughtaiWoman…woman…woman… Very good, disloyal, loyal, this and that, and god knows what else. In…
My Gori
Madhuja Mukherjee finds her favourite Ismat character in this photo essay.Ismat Chughtai needs no introduction. Born…
Be My Rail Gaadi
Films like Neeraj Ghaywan’s ‘Masaan’ give one hope for the future of the film industry. It…
Where Reason Ends
Harper Lee’s much-anticipated ‘Go Set A Watchman’ might not measure up to the masterpiece it was…
Turning the Tables
Sujoy Ghosh’s much-hyped short film fails because he misses the cultural nuances of the myth of…
The Sound of Silence
‘Asha Jaoar Majhe’ isn’t a film about two individuals so much as it is one about…
A Place Called Home
MG Vassanji believes that we should tell our own stories. His book on East Africa, part-history,…
Saare Jahaan Se Achchha
The deification of Salman is the only discernible objective for Kabir Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’. Bajrangi…
Oxi-Dokie: A Short History of the Greek Crisis
Despite a historic “No” vote earlier this month, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has capitulated to the…