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Nawaid Anjum
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Nawaid Anjum is the Features Editor at The Federal
Shyam Benegal obit: Cartographer of Indian psyche whose frames mapped our stories
Films

Shyam Benegal obit: Cartographer of Indian psyche whose frames mapped our stories

24 Dec 2024 10:55 AM IST
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Features

Books yearender 2024: Return of Upamanyu Chatterjee, the sharp-eyed chronicler of Indian ennui

21 Dec 2024 6:30 AM IST
Zakir Hussain
Features

Zakir Hussain obit: The maestro who made the tabla sing and do all the talking

16 Dec 2024 1:42 PM IST
Awara-Raj Kapoor
Films

10 films by Raj Kapoor, the ’greatest showman’ who dreamed in cinemascope

14 Dec 2024 3:40 PM IST
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Márquez’s magical fever dream limns time, love and memory
Features

One Hundred Years of Solitude: Márquez’s magical fever dream limns time, love and memory

13 Dec 2024 8:45 AM IST
Raj Kapoor
Films

Raj Kapoor at 100: The showman who held up a mirror to a nation’s hopes and despair

12 Dec 2024 9:08 AM IST
Ministhy S.
Features

Ministhy S. interview: ‘Malayalam script has pristine originality, poetry and lilting melody’

7 Dec 2024 6:30 AM IST
The Book of Exodus by V. J. James
Features

V. J. James interview: ‘Literature must forewarn about consequences of human actions’

5 Dec 2024 9:10 AM IST
Ukrainian director Lesia Diak: ‘I feel like we are all on trial; war is testing our humanity’
Programmes

Ukrainian director Lesia Diak: ‘I feel like we are all on trial; war is testing our humanity’

1 Dec 2024 8:00 AM IST
Lesia Diak
Films

Ukrainian director Lesia Diak interview: ‘We’re all on trial; war testing our humanity’

30 Nov 2024 6:30 AM IST
Sambhal violence: As hate is normalised, we as a nation need to feel again
Opinion

Sambhal violence: As hate is normalised, we as a nation need to feel again

29 Nov 2024 12:30 PM IST
Why we must rage against the tyranny of monumentality, reclaim the small
The Eighth Column

Why we must rage against the tyranny of monumentality, reclaim the small

29 Nov 2024 6:58 AM IST
Taylor Treadwell
Films

Taylor Treadwell interview: ‘Challenge with drama, comedy is finding the right rhythm’

28 Nov 2024 6:30 AM IST
Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.2 million banana
Opinion

Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.2 mn taped banana unpeels the art world’s rot

26 Nov 2024 6:30 AM IST
Ramachandra Guha interview: No govt ever consults environmentalists | Interview
Videos

Ramachandra Guha interview: 'No govt ever consults environmentalists' | Interview

25 Nov 2024 4:18 PM IST
Vishy Ayyar-American Warrior
Films

Vishy Ayyar interview: American Warrior actor on playing an MMA fighter in immigrant drama

23 Nov 2024 1:50 PM IST
Swara Bhasker
Opinion

In defence of Swara Bhasker: Why she should not be vilified for her choices

21 Nov 2024 6:30 AM IST
Beyond apocalypse: As COP29 goes on, how climate fiction showcases our relationship with Earth
The Eighth Column

Beyond apocalypse: As COP29 goes on, how climate fiction showcases our relationship with Earth

18 Nov 2024 6:30 AM IST
Sabarmati Express, Godhra carnages: The wounds that remain hard to heal
Opinion

Sabarmati Express, Godhra carnages: The wounds that remain hard to heal

17 Nov 2024 6:30 AM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman
Opinion

No, Nirmala Sitharaman, patriarchy isn’t a ‘leftist jargon’; it’s the system we live in

16 Nov 2024 6:30 AM IST
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Features

British writer Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for space novel ‘Orbital’

13 Nov 2024 7:30 AM IST
Shah Rukh Khan
Films

Shah Rukh Khan: The King of Bollywood who wears humanity like a second skin

11 Nov 2024 1:15 PM IST
Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses unbanned in India: Why it must be read
Features

Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses unbanned in India: Why it must be read

8 Nov 2024 8:20 PM IST
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. Photo: Instagram
Entertainment

Dua Padukone Singh | Why are celebrity babies expected to serve as cultural icons?

7 Nov 2024 4:30 PM IST
Iran protest
Features

How the protest by Iranian woman who stripped is not just about bodily autonomy

6 Nov 2024 10:00 AM IST
‘Telugu cinema has a young male gaze to it’: Mukesh Manjunath
Videos

‘Telugu cinema has a young male gaze to it’: Mukesh Manjunath

4 Nov 2024 4:19 PM IST
Rohit Bal
Features

Rohit Bal, the designer who created a new lexicon of fashion in India

4 Nov 2024 8:00 AM IST
How Arab women writers approach identity, memory, and power in fiction
The Eighth Column

How Arab women writers approach identity, memory, and power in fiction

4 Nov 2024 7:35 AM IST
Maroon 5
Entertainment

How Maroon 5, which make their India debut on December 3, made it big

1 Nov 2024 1:01 PM IST
Diwali-earthen diyas
Features

How a young Muslim heart found hope and a life lesson in Diwali lights

31 Oct 2024 6:30 AM IST
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