Slowly, this world, rooted in research, textured with historical detail and fragrant geographies, and shaped by its own social frameworks, became complete enough for me to dwell in it for years.
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The Kuldeep Singh Sengar court order is not just a judgement—it’s an indication of where the Republic stands.
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You remain hopeful some judge will see through the absurdity of the charges. You also caution yourself about the perils of nurturing such hopes, writes Umar Khalid after spending 15 months in Tihar jail as an undertrial.
A meditation on love, memory and migration, where the search for home becomes less about a place and more about building belonging through care and shared histories.
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A moving portrait of Chapal Bhaduri, the last great female impersonator of Bengali theater, whose struggle for artistic identity mirrors the shifting gender and cultural landscape of Kolkata’s stage.
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We dedicate this issue to those who venture into the elsewhere, to people made of paper and to those who imagine and dismantle entire worlds for the sake of love.
A hidden inner refuge guides us, preserving the clarity and calm the outer world cannot offer.
In Dreams. There is no Alice. There is no Wonderland. There is wonder. And there is arousal. Of the imaginary. A tactility in the text that conveys the illicit and the unmentionable.
Márquez’s Macondo And Gandhi, Still Undeciphered
Despatches from the forgotten village
It is difficult to discern the difference between real space and fictional space. The writer needs the artistic skill to fuse the two.
Amid aggressive public discourse and political pressure, literature survives as a quiet retreat—preserving silenced voices, resisting instant reactions, and allowing writers the freedom to wander, reflect, and reinvent meaning
Today, as we struggle to push back against poisonous ideas of the divine, even as we struggle to find love and sahanubhuti to navigate our very harsh realities, the film does what the very best art should–it presses sharply on our pain points and briefly manages to release them.
The acts of breathing in and out become compositional devices—intervals through which rhythm and exhaustion surface as material conditions for speaking and being.
Violence is endlessly recyclable. Stop torture. Stop bulldozer injustice. Remember that we live in one world. Remember that the body forgets nothing, nor does the earth.
Some homes break free from the linear passage of time, from codes that perform perfection, from everything that is a supposition or an assumption.
True longing alchemises us. As the experience of incompleteness eats into our innards, it births us, gradually, into a new wholeness. And one day, it would seem, we no longer see any conflict between earth and sky, now and forever. The divide has been healed. We are home. Elsewhere is right here.
A meditation on love, memory and migration, where the search for home becomes less about a place and more about building belonging through care and shared histories.
An essay tracing lost memories of Bhojpuri women who migrated under indenture from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to Suriname in the 19th century
A hasty, forgetful walk through Osnabrück transforms streets where past and present meet in moments of reflection, and timelessness.
This space which I want to create, unlike that of the real world, has to be open to possibilities, to dialogues, to alternate viewpoints, and defined by an underlying sense of respect.
In the end, a place in a story is true not because it exists on a map, but because it is the only place that specific character could have ever been born in.
To engage with landscape today is to reject superficial beauty and cultivate inner vision — a deliberate peeling back of layers to reveal the stories of struggle embedded within.
In ‘A Space Odyssey,’ Yousuf Saeed examines humanity, control, and hope among the last survivors of a ruined planet.
Every once in a while, along comes a story that shakes our self-assurance, and forces us to reconsider humanity. If fantasy and science fiction offer alternative visions for humanity, they also warn of the pitfalls of going in the opposite direction.
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Over five years after the February 2020 violence, seven activists remain in custody under UAPA as the courts weigh the line between protest and conspiracy.
US President says PM Modi knew Washington was unhappy with India's ongoing imports of Russian oil.
Welcoming Bangladesh Cricket Board's decision, government sports advisor Asif Nazrul said that he has requested the country's information and broadcasting ministry to ensure that broadcast of Indian Premier League there is suspended
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Film music from the 70s can be characterised through Burman’s perennially popular upbeat tunes that have outlived the films. However, seldom mentioned are his compositions that are soft, reflective and thoughtful, etched in film history just as permanently.
Once a thriving parallel industry, Bollywood’s lookalikes have gone from single-screen staples to social media sensations
Today, as we struggle to push back against poisonous ideas of the divine, even as we struggle to find love and sahanubhuti to navigate our very harsh realities, the film does what the very best art should–it presses sharply on our pain points and briefly manages to release them.
The Housemaid (2025) offers a guilty pleasure with its unhinged narrative turns—delivering a sense of mischievous satisfaction that is hard to resist.
Once a thriving parallel industry, Bollywood’s lookalikes have gone from single-screen staples to social media sensations
Today, as we struggle to push back against poisonous ideas of the divine, even as we struggle to find love and sahanubhuti to navigate our very harsh realities, the film does what the very best art should–it presses sharply on our pain points and briefly manages to release them.
The Housemaid (2025) offers a guilty pleasure with its unhinged narrative turns—delivering a sense of mischievous satisfaction that is hard to resist.
Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar's film creates a surreal, dream-like world to explore identity and the courage required to accept oneself and others.
Kochi Biennale Temporarily Halts Tom Vattakuzhy’s Supper at a Nunnery Following Catholic Church Protest
Overall, ‘Ikkis’ proves to be a fantastic palate cleanser to the nationalistic drama genre, balancing the appetite for action with the very real human costs of war.
The defining mood of films and shows in 2025 wasn’t hope or despair, but emotional untidiness.
Outlook's Picks 2025: Five Indian films that mattered more than box office—from Lokah's superhero revolution to Bad Girl's honest coming-of-age. Discover the year's most powerful, provocative, and heartfelt cinema.
For Sen, cinema could never be alienated from the society it claimed to mirror.
A hundred years later, Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin reminds us that the most effective propaganda does not announce itself. And perhaps that is exactly why, even now, some would rather we didn’t watch it at all.
Rajesh Khanna’s downfall was as dramatic as his rise to the top. Perhaps he was a victim of his own image or was carried away by all the adulation. Whatever the reason, he was dethroned before he was ready to abdicate.
Shaikh may not have been in any rush to make a career in the movies, but his roles made a mark on generations to come.
In the Khan-trio, Salman’s superstardom has frayed the most.
Wright delivers a film that functions efficiently as studio entertainment, while sidestepping the discomfort that once made King’s story sting. For a story about running for one’s life, it rarely feels like it’s risking anything at all.
Paula Beer’s soft, unforced presence effortlessly fits into the German auteur’s latest.
Legendary actor and director Mohammad Bakri passed away on Wednesday at the age of 72, according to his family. He had been suffering from heart problems.
The exclusion of six films from IFFK has triggered an uneasy debate about censorship, compliance, and what an international film festival owes its audience.
Beyond mainstream year-enders: Outlook's Picks 2025 spotlights provocative festival films from Berlin to Cannes that pushed cinema's boundaries. Discover the bold, daring works that redefined storytelling and impressed global juries.
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Drawing on personal history and the turbulent political landscape of Assam and the Northeast, Dhiraj Rabha creates layered installations that challenge official narratives and expose the power structures that underpin them.
Ongoing Venezuelan Crisis Unlikely to Disrupt Oil Supply Chain to India
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