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Nawaid Anjum
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Nawaid Anjum is the Features Editor at The Federal
From ‘Pakeezah’ to ‘Heeramandi’: How tawaifs are portrayed on celluloid
The Eighth Column

From ‘Pakeezah’ to ‘Heeramandi’: How tawaifs are portrayed on celluloid

1 March 2024 9:23 AM IST
Jayant Kaikini interview: ‘If you get lost in life, stories will find you’
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Jayant Kaikini interview: ‘If you get lost in life, stories will find you’

17 Feb 2024 6:30 PM IST
Cleopatra
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Valentine’s Day: Six famous, unforgettable love stories across time and history

14 Feb 2024 12:07 PM IST
Valentine’s Day: If you’re a single seized by loneliness, watch how you feel
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Valentine’s Day: If you’re a single seized by loneliness, watch how you feel

14 Feb 2024 6:30 AM IST
Mani Shankar Aiyar interview: Defeating Modi key to keeping Constitution sacred
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Mani Shankar Aiyar interview: Defeating Modi key to keeping Constitution sacred

31 Jan 2024 1:07 PM IST
Perry Garfinkel
Features

Why Perry Garfinkel is on a lifelong journey to becoming Gandhi

30 Jan 2024 4:01 PM IST
Watch: Jeo Baby interview: I make films to express my feelings through art
Features

Watch: Jeo Baby interview: I make films to express my feelings through art

29 Jan 2024 1:35 PM IST
How recent novels chronicle the suffering brought by coronavirus pandemic
The Eighth Column

How recent novels chronicle the suffering brought by coronavirus pandemic

26 Jan 2024 6:30 AM IST
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni interview: How Sudha and Narayana Murthy kept their dream alive
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni interview: How Sudha and Narayana Murthy kept their dream alive

18 Jan 2024 3:25 PM IST
Why India, the land of Salim Ali, should be worried about its disappearing birds
The Eighth Column

Why India, the land of Salim Ali, should be worried about its disappearing birds

12 Jan 2024 10:34 AM IST
Chitralekha Zutshi interview: Sheikh Abdullah was a flawed but a compelling figure
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Chitralekha Zutshi interview: Sheikh Abdullah was a flawed but a compelling figure

10 Jan 2024 11:39 AM IST
Watch: Sahar Zaman interview: Why singer-actor Talat Mahmood will remain timeless
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Watch: Sahar Zaman interview: Why singer-actor Talat Mahmood will remain timeless

6 Jan 2024 4:23 PM IST
2023 Hollywood films
Entertainment

2023: A year of trials, tribulations, and triumphs for Hollywood

31 Dec 2023 5:00 PM IST
Manreet Sodhi Someshwar: ‘History is nothing if it’s not the history of common people’
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Manreet Sodhi Someshwar: ‘History is nothing if it’s not the history of common people’

30 Dec 2023 4:32 PM IST
Chandan Gowda interview: ‘Freedom was never absolute at any point of time’
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Chandan Gowda interview: ‘Freedom was never absolute at any point of time’

26 Dec 2023 3:25 PM IST
Tales of the precariat: How cinema is missing the ire in the soul of working class
The Eighth Column

Tales of the precariat: How cinema is missing the ire in the soul of working class

25 Dec 2023 6:30 AM IST
Shweta Singh Kirti on Sushant Singh Rajput: ‘We have not found closure’
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Shweta Singh Kirti on Sushant Singh Rajput: ‘We have not found closure’

21 Dec 2023 7:26 PM IST
How Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla captures the loneliness of Elvis Presley’s wife
Entertainment

How Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla captures the loneliness of Elvis Presley’s wife

18 Dec 2023 3:06 PM IST
Kunal Purohit interview: How Hindutva pop has taken a life of its own
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Kunal Purohit interview: How Hindutva pop has taken a life of its own

16 Dec 2023 2:35 PM IST
Men in zenana to wonder water balloons: All that happens in the otherworlds of women sci-fi writers
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Men in zenana to wonder water balloons: All that happens in the otherworlds of women sci-fi writers

8 Dec 2023 8:13 AM IST
Gita Krishnankutty interview: Why writing remains a struggle for MT Vasudevan Nair
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Gita Krishnankutty interview: Why writing remains a struggle for MT Vasudevan Nair

2 Dec 2023 3:43 PM IST
Lev Grossman interview: Fantasy is the language of the unconscious, the dreams
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Lev Grossman interview: Fantasy is the language of the unconscious, the dreams

30 Nov 2023 11:59 AM IST
Why George Orwell and history cancelled his wife Eileen from his literary farm
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Why George Orwell and history cancelled his wife Eileen from his literary farm

24 Nov 2023 6:30 AM IST
How Vir Das punches in the face of power in Emmy Award-winning show, ‘Landing’
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How Vir Das punches in the face of power in Emmy Award-winning show, ‘Landing’

21 Nov 2023 6:01 PM IST
Prahlad Kakar interview: How advertising thrives on hiding facts
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Prahlad Kakar interview: How advertising thrives on hiding facts

18 Nov 2023 4:52 PM IST
The Beatles: Five unforgettable albums by the Fabulous Four
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The Beatles: Five unforgettable albums by the Fabulous Four

9 Nov 2023 6:30 AM IST
How Britney Spears, betrayed by family, took back control of her life
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How Britney Spears, betrayed by family, took back control of her life

6 Nov 2023 6:30 AM IST
Gieve Patel: A polymath who teased out art from the everydayness of life
Features

Gieve Patel: A polymath who teased out art from the everydayness of life

4 Nov 2023 5:26 PM IST
How Israeli writers across time have explored the Palestinian issue
The Eighth Column

How Israeli writers across time have explored the Palestinian issue

3 Nov 2023 12:48 PM IST
Watch: Sudha Bhardwaj interview: ‘Social contradictions get magnified inside prisons’
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Watch: Sudha Bhardwaj interview: ‘Social contradictions get magnified inside prisons’

2 Nov 2023 6:27 PM IST
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