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100 years of Ritwik Ghatak

Ritwik Ghatak was often called the ‘enfant terrible’ of Indian cinema. | Illustration: Soumyadip Sinha His films showed Calcutta as a place of hope and refuge for migrants. To Ghatak, the city was also a character, and one different from the Calcutta in Satyajit Ray or Mrinal Sen’s films. His life and contributions have been unique. There…

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In a village of silence, her violin continues to sing for 80 years

S. Meenakshi Subramanian performing on a violin during an interview with The Hindu at her house Mathirimangalam in Nagapattinam district. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The eerie silence of the narrow Madathu Theru (street) in Mathirimangalam, in the Mayiladuthurai district, is suddenly broken by the delicate strains of a violin. Ninety-one-year-old Meenakshi Subramanian is…

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