COVER STORY
"Nobody has answered the key question. Should Richard Gere be hanged?"
Outlook Magazine - 21 May 2007
A man of law is again the architect of a new politics. The parties piggyback on the people.<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=40 target=_blank> Updates</a>
The Grand Old Man of Indian art has made a new home for himself-- away from controversies-- on the Gulf shores, in Dubai. But given half a chance, he'd still prefer Mumbai
What's the one contemporary issue on which they'd want to make a film? Would they act in a Pakistani film?What could Bollywood do to foster nationalism? Lata Khubchandani talks to Young Bollywood on all things Indian.
First, dream was never too far from nightmare. Then we lapsed into pure slumber.
Karunanidhi finishes 50 years in politics. Who after him? <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=330 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Regulatory bodies wince at a proposal for parliamentary control
A man of law is again the architect of a new politics. The parties piggyback on the people.<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=40 target=_blank> Updates</a>
The Grand Old Man of Indian art has made a new home for himself-- away from controversies-- on the Gulf shores, in Dubai. But given half a chance, he'd still prefer Mumbai
It's high time. A frivol-minded judiciary must be reeled in.
What's the one contemporary issue on which they'd want to make a film? Would they act in a Pakistani film?What could Bollywood do to foster nationalism? Lata Khubchandani talks to Young Bollywood on all things Indian.
First, dream was never too far from nightmare. Then we lapsed into pure slumber.
Karunanidhi finishes 50 years in politics. Who after him? <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=330 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Cinema in the South found self-expression in language
Feminine? Yes. But today's bold heroine doesn't fight in tandem.
OTHER STORIES
Bollywood has been loath to ruffle feathers, explore the nation's upheavals like Partition
Pakistani identity vs Bollywood swamp, it's an uneven war
The Sangh parivar has found a new hero in the fake encounter accused cop Vanzara
In the murky world of Gujarat police, what's truth, what's not? <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=91 target=_blank> Updates</a>
War films are truer when realised via personal dilemmas
A playful reverie about the changing faces of the Indian middle class, as reflected by Bollywood
Fifties' films etched the hopes, birth pangs of a new India
Stars survive in a wispy, staged world. Politics is too real.
There is an alarming political unanimity on pro-rich growth economics
Don't plan a holiday to hyperspace just yet-- but allow the mind its excursions
Small memories of 1857, but lost to indifference. Time we made amends.
The actor on the label 'neo-patriot', on nationalistic cinema, fundamentalism, divisive politics, identity issues and much else besides.
What makes rival publishing houses see eye to eye? And what you didn't know about about the reluctant autographer ...
The novel lurches fitfully from one episode to the other, reducing tragic history to a two-dimensional farce.
The prose is unpretentious. The characters seem real, and the novel makes an easy read.
History a la journalism-- lithe, synthesised, free of clutter, a few scoops too
Austere, inward micro-patriotism: Mother India left a difficult legacy. We mostly need less abstract enemies.
An awful jam in the air and on ground. Keep your seatbelts on.
On the eve of India's 60th year of Independence, a look at Bollywood's nationalist cinema. Viewers poll on all-time favourites in the genre.
In these divisive times, the Hindi film industry has been a remarkably secular and inclusive space. But their take on patriotism throws up questions, and uncomfortable ones at that.
