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    Nawaid Anjum
    About the AuthorNawaid Anjum
    Nawaid Anjum is the Features Editor at The Federal. He can be reached at nawaidanjum@thefederal.in
    How women musicians of Indian descent are rewriting global soundtrack of devotion
    The Eighth Column

    How women musicians of Indian descent are rewriting global soundtrack of devotion

    5 Jun 2025 1:00 AM
    Women in Picasso’s life: Six muses who loved and survived one of world’s greatest painters
    The Eighth Column

    Women in Picasso’s life: Six muses who loved and survived one of world’s greatest painters

    27 May 2025 1:53 AM
    Banu Mushtaq
    Features

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

    21 May 2025 1:06 PM
    Chef Shun Sato-Japanese-food
    Features

    Chef Shun Sato interview: What India can learn from Japan’s minimalist cuisine

    1 May 2025 8:50 AM
    How Ghibli trend has become the unwitting tool for propaganda in New India
    The Eighth Column

    How Ghibli trend has become the unwitting tool for propaganda in New India

    28 April 2025 1:00 AM
    Phule-Ananth-Mahadevan
    Films

    Ananth Mahadevan interview: ‘I want my films to speak the language of global cinema’

    27 April 2025 1:00 AM
    Jeyamohan talks about his memoir, Of Men, Women and Witches
    Videos

    Jeyamohan interview: ‘Devastated by my mother’s death, I found refuge in writing’

    23 April 2025 8:31 AM
    How Mughal emperor Aurangzeb became India’s favourite ghost
    The Eighth Column

    How Mughal emperor Aurangzeb became India’s favourite ghost

    7 April 2025 1:37 AM
    Manoj Kumar
    Films

    Manoj Kumar obit: How the actor-filmmaker gave patriotism a face on screen

    5 April 2025 3:54 AM
    Kunal Kamra
    Features

    Kunal Kamra: The stand-up comedian, satirist, and the man who won’t shut up

    26 March 2025 8:52 AM
    India Bartender Week: How Minakshi Singh is raising the bar for India’s cocktail culture
    Women's March

    India Bartender Week: How Minakshi Singh is raising the bar for India’s cocktail culture

    24 March 2025 5:18 AM
    Maahir Khan on ‘Buzz’ and Eric D’Souza
    Features

    Buzz: Maahir Khan on telling tattoo artist Eric D’Souza’s story through a documentary

    23 March 2025 4:22 AM
    Pico Iyer
    Features

    Pico Iyer interview: ‘It’s the best in others that I feel most strongly in silence’

    19 March 2025 1:00 AM
    Pico Iyer -Learning from Silence
    Features

    Pico Iyer interview: How to use language to bring silence into the conversation

    18 March 2025 1:00 AM
    Aamir Khan at 60
    Films

    Aamir Khan at 60: The ‘perfectionist’ who remains Bollywood’s grandmaster of surprises

    17 March 2025 8:30 AM
    Book on Nalanda University
    Features

    Abhay K. interview: ‘Nalanda gave birth to the idea of a university’

    14 March 2025 3:09 PM
    Michio Kaku
    Features

    Michio Kaku interview: The physicist who sees the future of everything

    14 March 2025 5:00 AM
    Gita Krishnankutty
    Features

    Gita Krishnankutty interview: ‘Simplicity of language is a hurdle in translation’

    13 March 2025 2:15 AM
    Harper Lee
    Women's March

    What Harper Lee’s new book reveals about her as one of America’s beloved writers

    11 March 2025 3:41 AM
    Shatbhi Basu
    Women's March

    Shatbhi Basu: The woman bartender who stirs glass ceiling, one cocktail at a time

    10 March 2025 10:25 AM
    Anupriya Sahu
    Women's March

    Anupriya Sahu interview: ‘Luxury is about how a furniture piece makes you feel’

    8 March 2025 6:55 AM
    Amrita Sher-Gil
    Women's March

    How Amrita Sher-Gil, India’s Frida Kahlo, redefined modern Indian art

    8 March 2025 1:00 AM
    Himmat Shah
    Features

    Himmat Shah obit: The sculptor who expanded boundaries of form, material

    6 March 2025 1:00 AM
    Adrien Brody-Oscars
    Films

    Oscars 2025: What Hollywood’s big night tells us about America and the Academy

    5 March 2025 1:00 AM
    Paul McCartney
    Entertainment

    Paul McCartney to look back on Wings, post-Beatles band of 1970s, in new book

    5 March 2025 1:00 AM
    Oscars 2025: Did the Academy play it safe by avoiding controversial films?
    Films

    Oscars 2025: Did the Academy play it safe by avoiding controversial films?

    3 March 2025 11:03 AM
    The Brutalist
    Films

    Oscars 2025: A look at the top contenders, and other films tipped to win

    2 March 2025 7:30 AM
    Olympe Ramakrishna
    Features

    Olympe Ramakrishna interview: ‘My work aims to tell a universal story of femininity’

    1 March 2025 1:00 AM
    Gene Hackman obit: How the everyman actor became a reluctant Hollywood icon
    Films

    Gene Hackman obit: How the everyman actor became a reluctant Hollywood icon

    28 Feb 2025 4:21 AM
    Anand Neelakantan on his latest book, ‘Many Ramayanas, Many Lessons, and the countless retellings of the Ramayana across ages
    Features

    Anand Neelakantan interview: ‘Each culture has made Ramayana its own’

    26 Feb 2025 1:00 PM
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