In the aftermath of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing and a near-catastrophic conflict, Iran’s top representative in India speaks on war, global hypocrisy, and why dignity, not survival, defines a nation’s response.
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High polling percentages have alternately favoured both the LDF and the UDF, often resulting in the defeat of incumbents
Washington proclaims victory in terms of the many attacks mounted against Iran, while Tehran projects resilience, insisting it has absorbed the blows without capitulating and has returned the attack in almost equal measure.
US Vice President JD Vance has landed in Islamabad ahead of landmark negotiations with Iran, as Pakistan hosts a diplomatic effort aimed at preventing a return to wider regional conflict. With both delegations now in the Pakistani capital, hopes are rising for a breakthrough despite deep divisions and a fragile ceasefire.
Analysts are not surprised at Israel’s attempt to sabotage tomorrow’s much-anticipated meeting between the US and Iran in Islamabad
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In a post-war world marked by rising inequality and normalised violence, Dharamvir Bharati’s Andha Yug appears uncannily prophetic. The play reimagines an ancient tale as a modern tragedy, where moral and political collapse leads to an “Andha Yug”—a blind age defined not by incapacity, but by a wilful refusal to confront the horrors of war.
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Washington proclaims victory in terms of the many attacks mounted against Iran, while Tehran projects resilience, insisting it has absorbed the blows without capitulating and has returned the attack in almost equal measure.
Failure to stop the war will hurt not only the region, but the entire global economy
In the many endings that I picture, my mother and Ali end up stranded on roads, separated in different cities, looking for their belongings in the rubble, or chewing some meagre bread to quell their hunger
Caught between the fear of chaos and the fear of a stronger Iran, countries in West Asia confront a war with no safe ending
War, once the defining moral crisis of American youth, no longer commands the same fire
The deeper question to ask is not whether India can afford welfare but what happens without it
The political landscape of Kerala is undergoing subtle but important changes. Rising unemployment and aspirational breakdown among educated youth are fuelling mental health distress and driving large-scale migration out of Kerala.
While disenchantment among Dalits and Adivasis in Kerala reflects a shift in the Left’s orientation in the state towards an aspirational middle class, the unease among Muslims underscores the dilemmas of electoral balancing
A democratic law on transgender rights would begin by trusting the person—recognising self-identification without bureaucratic mediation
The author lost his classmate and close friend at a very young age and that loss continues to haunt him.
A boat accident in Yamuna River near Vrindavan has left 10 tourists dead, several injured, and five still missing, as rescue teams continue search operations after retrieving the capsized vessel.
US Vice President JD Vance has landed in Islamabad ahead of landmark negotiations with Iran, as Pakistan hosts a diplomatic effort aimed at preventing a return to wider regional conflict. With both delegations now in the Pakistani capital, hopes are rising for a breakthrough despite deep divisions and a fragile ceasefire.
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Directed by Shaneil Deo, Dacoit is a romance weighed down by ambition, where strong themes fail to find a convincing story.
Big Mistakes on Netflix may not make a lot of sense, but it is highly engaging. In a landscape crowded with self-serious prestige dramas and nostalgia content that teeters on the dark side, chaotic fun is always welcome.
Ahead of the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2, here is a look at films that dance between sumptuous and twisted aesthetics, while offering a sartorial treat.
Directed by Shaneil Deo, Dacoit is a romance weighed down by ambition, where strong themes fail to find a convincing story.
Big Mistakes on Netflix may not make a lot of sense, but it is highly engaging. In a landscape crowded with self-serious prestige dramas and nostalgia content that teeters on the dark side, chaotic fun is always welcome.
In this conversation with Outlook, Amit Dutta talks about the relationship between capital and cinema, the challenges of funding and distribution of independent films and other aspects of his filmmaking process.
During the Assam Assembly Elections 2026, Zubeen Garg’s wife Garima Saikia Garg and sister Palmee Borthakur cast their votes in Dispur. Their presence carried both civic duty and an emotional appeal, as they also renewed calls for justice in the singer’s death.
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Mohanlal, Prithviraj, Renji Panicker arrived early to cast their votes at the respective polling booths on Thursday.
Anam Abbas’s documentary chronicles the multi-city women’s marches across Pakistan on March 8, 2020, examining how mobilising and organising are complex tasks that require women to constantly navigate threats from different directions.
Artist and filmmaker Ali Cherri filed a civil complaint with the French War Crimes Unit against the Israeli army for a strike that killed his parents.
“Attacking a country’s infrastructure is a war crime,” said the two-time Oscar-winning Iranian filmmaker.
Renowned Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith Balakrishnan has been arrested in a sexual harassment case, reigniting concerns about women’s safety on film sets and the culture of powerful men protecting each other.
Salman Khan came out in support of Rajpal Yadav after an awards show host took a dig at his cheque-bounce case
On Jackie Chan's 72nd birthday, here is remembering how his cinema and legacy played a crucial role in bringing Hong Kong cinema to the most rural and remotest regions of South Asia and beyond.
10 recent and upcoming releases that examine flawed lives through humour, tension and emotional fracture.
In an interview for Outlook, casting director Nikita Grover reflects on her process in Kohrra and on how casting allows characters to be encountered as people rather than archetypes.
As the first English-language book devoted entirely to filmmaker Ashish Avikunthak, this volume, published by Bloomsbury Academic, offers a comprehensive engagement with his three-decade-long cinematic practice.
Ranbir Kapoor has rarely shied away from stepping beyond his comfort zone, often choosing roles that challenge him as a performer. But Ramayana will serve as a litmus test even for an actor of his calibre.
Shikha Jhingan's book 'The Female Playback in Bombay Cinema: Voice, Body, Technology', published by Orient Blackswan, engages us on film form, stardom and the changing relationship between body and voice.
The shock wears off to troubling, confused ends in Kristoffer Borgli's latest tonal rollercoaster
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