The festival, which originally emerged with the specific intention of promoting inter-ethnic interaction and preserving the cultural heritage of the Nagas, is losing its uniqueness in its bid to please a wider audience.
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A social media influencer's video urging women to “reclaim” the R-word has sparked an online debate. Many Dalit feminists warn that a casteist slur cannot be rebranded through online trends without understanding its history.
In "The Court of the Dead", Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro rework Greek myth through a story of monsters as outsiders, inclusion, and the struggle for belonging in modern fantasy.
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India’s six-decades old Maoist movement surged in the first decade of the century, but entered a downward spiral thereafter
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The future of the Left in India will be decided by the ability of the movement to rebuild and deepen its links with the working people.
Dalit thinkers argue that caste as a dimension of social oppression was sidelined in communist practice. Intellectuals within the communist fold acknowledge that this neglect may be central to the crisis the Left faces today
The Maoist doctrine of agrarian armed struggle influenced sections of India’s Left since the 1940s and posed a major security threat to the State, only to crumble rather rapidly in 2025
The Modi-Putin summit may not have produced dramatic outcomes, but it has reaffirmed the durability of a relationship that has weathered geopolitical storms
It is not the lack of civic sense, but caste pride that is responsible for the Indian cleavage
This memoir is a beautifully crafted ode to the Himalaya as well as a cry from the heart about its continuing destruction
Social media caricatures and campus crackdowns often distort the idea of a “Comrade”. Here’s what the word truly means in lived political struggle
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The brothers, who fled to Thailand after the 6 December fire that killed 25 people, face an Interpol Blue Corner Notice and have requested four weeks’ protection from arrest.
Numerous interview slots which were slated for 2025 have been shifted to March 2026 triggering uncertainty among applicants.
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The rebel Iranian filmmaker recasts the need for revenge through a darkly comic lens in his Palme d’Or-winning latest.
Five countries have already withdrawn from the 2026 edition in protest at Israel's inclusion.
As films confront caste with new clarity, the real test lies not in representation but in whether society is willing to face what the screen reveals.
Saali Mohabbat walks boldly into the feminist-crime space, with a quiet fury, even if its ideas don’t always cut as deep as its intentions. And while Chopra’s debut hits and misses some punches, it carries an emotional undercurrent that lingers.
Five countries have already withdrawn from the 2026 edition in protest at Israel's inclusion.
As films confront caste with new clarity, the real test lies not in representation but in whether society is willing to face what the screen reveals.
Saali Mohabbat walks boldly into the feminist-crime space, with a quiet fury, even if its ideas don’t always cut as deep as its intentions. And while Chopra’s debut hits and misses some punches, it carries an emotional undercurrent that lingers.
With Dhurandhar, the propaganda machine seems to have pulled off its most unintended magic trick yet. In trying very hard to demonise the Muslim villain, it has accidentally made him cool. And the internet cannot resist a cool villain.
In 2025, the shift has been more genre-driven, with women helming horror-thrillers, feminist dramas and even superhero narratives—signalling both creative risk and audience appetite.
To his credit, Rajinikanth made the transition from cinema that was made for single screens and their unruly audiences to new-age films in which we see his young, VFX version
Jigar Nagda’s film arrives at a moment of acute relevance as India faces an environmental crisis with rising pollution levels and rapid depletion of natural reserves fanned on by government apathy and greed.
The relationship between leftist politics in Bengal and its cinema was layered and uneasy, mirroring the left’s own history in the state.
Kumar revolutionised not just on-screen performances with his naturalised style of acting as opposed to over-the-top dramatics, but also challenged the unwritten rules that shaped the nayak in a Hindi film and kept him distinct from the khalnayak.
Dileep's acquittal in assault case: Parvathy has now addressed the messages she has been receiving from the supporters of the survivor.
In an environment hostile to critical accounts of the Indian state, some filmmakers in Bombay cinema are turning to the legacy of popular film conventions and infusing them with sharp political commentary.
Tagore’s career spanning Ray’s artistry, commercial stardom, political responsibility, and late-life reinvention demonstrates that longevity in cinema is never a matter of survival alone. It is shaped by curiosity, self-respect, and an ability to adapt without contorting oneself.
Haynes’ first collaboration with Julianne Moore birthed uncanny dimensions of illness without cause or cure.
If masculinity and femininity are two sides of a coin, then Mammootty’s Stanley exists on the edges of that coin. His heavy, dominant body towers on the margins of the screen as he tenderly twins with a devouring femininity that facilitates the rhythmic and cool procession of killing.
In a politically volatile environment that strips women of authority over both their interior and exterior worlds, films on girlhood focus on steadily turning the gaze inward to reclaim their selfhood.
How much of the drama and masala portrayed in Hindi cinemas courtrooms is actually authentic and have things gotten better?
Dhurandhar (2025) ultimately unfolds as an expansive, intense, yet uninventive Pakistan-fixated thriller that bites off more than it can chew but is tailor-made to (unfortunately) certainly sway the masses.
George Clooney sleepwalks through a strangely anemic treatise on fame and family ties
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