Apr 08, 2023 There is perhaps hardly anyone better equipped to write this book. Amitava Nag is a well-known commentator on Bengali cinema and has previously written on the films of Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee’s oeuvre beyond Ray’s films, and a biography of Tapan Sinha. He has had a long personal association with him, the kind of access one can only dream of having with a leading film personality.
Aug 20, 2022 In 2016, India’s media and publishing industry employed 1.03 million people. By 2021, the number had fallen to 230,000. By 2022, India’s rank of the World Press Freedom Index fell from 133 to 150.
Apr 07, 2022 The genre has never taken root in Bollywood. Maybe because real-life horrors are enough to give us sleepless nights.
Feb 12, 2022 Bulgakov’s The Master & Margarita inspired Outlook’s recent issue on the politics of identity: “No ID, No Person.” Another popular line from the novel, ‘Manuscripts don’t burn’ resonates with two recent events
Dec 04, 2021 In the fifth and final installment of the Outlook Special series, author Uttaran Das Gupta makes us spend some time with the American soldier we met last week, who defected to the Eastern Bloc during the early years of the cold war.
Nov 20, 2021 In the third installment, author Uttaran Das Gupta is taking the readers through Berlin's Free Body Culture, the inward journey towards his father’s probable association with the Naxalite movement and much more.
Nov 28, 2021 One place in Berlin has preserves objects provoking memories of the erstwhile GDR is the interactive DDR Museum in the centre of the city.
Nov 07, 2021 Uttaran Das Gupta’s essay that stems from the personal constantly moves back and forth as the writer takes us along in his journey. We’re excited to present to our readers the first instalment of what’s going to be a multiple-part narrative essay.