The uproar over the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, is a revealing moment in India’s uneasy engagement with caste.
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The current controversy around the UGC regulations is meant neither to promote social justice and equity nor hurt the interests of the dominant castes. It’s meant for the two to be at loggerheads and further consolidate their support behind the BJP-RSS combine
Without sustained political will Rohith Vemula’s legacy may remain symbolic rather than catalysing structural change in higher education
While the Nepal elections are broadly turning into an old guard versus Gen-Z battle, the Bangladesh contest remains between old guards
When the global trailblazer of performance art left the audience spellbound through her lecture on the politics, the pain, and the endurance that form the grammar of performance art
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The current controversy around the UGC regulations is meant neither to promote social justice and equity nor hurt the interests of the dominant castes. It’s meant for the two to be at loggerheads and further consolidate their support behind the BJP-RSS combine
Without sustained political will Rohith Vemula’s legacy may remain symbolic rather than catalysing structural change in higher education
The uproar over the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, is a revealing moment in India’s uneasy engagement with caste.
While the Nepal elections are broadly turning into an old guard versus Gen-Z battle, the Bangladesh contest remains between old guards
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Hansal Mehta’s Shahid finds even greater resonance in the present, with the use of laws that advocate Shahid Azmi fought against becoming even more draconian than when he was alive.
Ahead of Kennedy's OTT release on Zee5, actor Rahul Bhat opened up about his character, his bond with Anurag Kashyap, his upcoming projects and more.
Angela Schanelec, Anthony Chen, Alain Gomis are part of an eclectic bunch bringing new films to the 76th edition.
Marijana Jankovic’s Home, which had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, is an emotionally astute debut that is comfortable observing rather than being incendiary or confrontational.
Ahead of Kennedy's OTT release on Zee5, actor Rahul Bhat opened up about his character, his bond with Anurag Kashyap, his upcoming projects and more.
Angela Schanelec, Anthony Chen, Alain Gomis are part of an eclectic bunch bringing new films to the 76th edition.
Marijana Jankovic’s Home, which had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, is an emotionally astute debut that is comfortable observing rather than being incendiary or confrontational.
At a time when AI and augmented reality appear to be threatening artistic practices, originality and creative expression, a few practitioners associated with the India Art Fair 2026 are amalgamating age-old artistic traditions with cool interactive tech tools.
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In India, a film doesn't always get judged after release. Sometimes it's judged even before it reaches a theatre.
As Kumbalangi Nights marks seven years today, one is reminded of how its quiet canals, emerald stretches and lived-in community form a striking terrain to explore masculinity in its most unvarnished form.
Recipient of the Padma Vibhushan award last week, Rajam ji remains humble and grounded.
Jaspal Singh Sandhu returns with a morally charged prison thriller led by Sanjay Mishra, Neena Gupta and Kumud Mishra. The performances hold firm, even when the mystery loosens its grip.
On Ritwik Ghatak's 50th death anniversary, here's remembering the visionary filmmaker through the site-specific installation exhibition curated by Sovan Tarafdar, which engages with the filmmaker’s eight feature films through dialogues with eight contemporary artists.
2016 wasn’t a golden age. It had blind spots, compromises and safe, formulaic films. Yet, in 2026, as the industry becomes more risk-averse, it’s hard not to look back at that year with a pang of longing.
Bose Krishnamachari’s Pavilion of conversations inaugurated itself on February 4th, 2026 in STIR gallery Chhatarpur, New Delhi.
Mumbai doesn't pause for poetry, it drowns it in noise of survival, rhythm, and refusing to pause.
In this interview, music composer Shashwat Sachdev reflects on his inspirations, the art of collaboration as a shared search for truth, the importance of classical music and his work in Dhurandhar.
Hemant Chaturvedi's seven-year, 60,000 km journey captures the decay and nostalgia of India's iconic single-screen theatres before they disappear forever. His only regret, perhaps, was not making a photographic record of the 400 hotel rooms he stayed in during these trips
Veteran music director S. P. Venkatesh, a defining voice of Malayalam cinema’s golden era, passed away at 70 in Chennai.
During my recent visit to Benares, I found myself walking through a city reshaped by ambition, reordered by authority, and increasingly uncomfortable with the very rituals that had sustained it for centuries
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