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Academic Freedom Index, India now ranks as “completely restricted”, its lowest score since the mid-1940s. | Photo: A still from the movie The Two Popes. Robert Francis Prevost became the first pope from the United States on Thursday (May 8, 2025), picking the papal name Leo XIV after cardinals from around the world elected him as…
(L to R) Zeenat Aman as Maji, Jagdish Rajpurohit as Girdhari in The Royals. | Photo Credit: Supriya Kanthak/Netflix Set in the fictional town of Morpur, the recently-released The Royals has been received rather poorly by reviewers. ‘There are queer royals, royals having affairs, and royals who would rather be a chef. Though just portraying…
A poster for ‘Little Thomas’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Little Thomas, a Goa-set comedy drama film headlined by Rasika Dugal and Gulshan Devaiah, has secured three nods at the upcoming 25th edition of the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF). The Kaushal Oza directorial has earned nominations for best actor, actress, and best debut…
The Indian diaspora in the U.S. spent approximately $100 million a year to watch Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali and other Indian language movies released in U.S., said, Producers Guild of India on Monday (May 5, 2025). | Photo Credit: VIVEK BENDRE The Indian diaspora in the U.S. spent approximately $100 million a year to…
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan speaks at the session ‘Studios of the Future: Putting India on World Studio Map’ at the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 in Mumbai on Friday (May 2, 2025) | Photo Credit: PTI Actor Aamir Khan on Friday (May 2, 2025) tore into Indian cinema’s ‘flawed’ business model, averring…
Last week, poet Aamir Aziz accused Anita Dube, one of India’s leading contemporary artists, of using his words without permission in four artworks exhibited at Vadehra Art Gallery in New Delhi. The phrase in question, Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega (Everything will be remembered), became a rallying cry during the 2019-2020 protests against the Citizenship Amendment…
At The Chanakya, an upscale shopping mall in Delhi’s Chanakyapuri, a vibrant red storefront — associated with 260-year-old French luxury crystal brand Baccarat — catches your attention even before you head to its flagship boutique on the second floor. As you move closer, the Solstice chandelier greets you. Composed of hollow branches in blown cabled…
What is a museum, really? A building that houses objects? A temple of knowledge? A vault of the past? Or a theatre of the present? The answers are as complex as the institution’s foundational contradiction. Museums claim to preserve and protect, but they also curate and construct. The question of publicness is key. For most…
Manasi Ghosh | Photo Credit: @SonyTV/X Manasi Ghosh, a contestant from Kolkata, was crowned the winner of the 15th season of Sony’s popular reality competition, Indian Idol, on Sunday (April 6). With the win, the 24-year-old singer takes home a trophy, Rs. 25 lakhs cash prize and a car. Manasi defeated Subhajit Chakraborty and Sneha…
A still from ‘Warfare’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Warfare, a war drama by acclaimed director Alex Garland, is set to be released in Indian theatres on April 11. Garland, known for hit movies such as Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men and Civil War, has co-written and directed the movie with former US Navy SEAL Ray…
