The Lives Of Others A woman’s right to safe and legal medical termination of pregnancy gets the religious-minded into a funk. Even in a progressive country like America, the Catholic…

Three To Tango The plays Abhishek Pattnaik writes have unusual ideas, but he is an excellent actor too. His performance as a middle-aged Oriya professor in Two Adorable Losers was brilliant, even…

The Devil Wears Bataa is a catchy title, and those familiar with the work of playwright-director Meherzad Patel would already know that the play is a comedy, and this genre tops…

Saffron Courage When Havildar Ishar Singh—played by Akshay Kumar– the protagonist of Anurag Singh’s Kesari, is about to go into a battle that will result in the death of his small regiment,…

Hazy Picture Ritesh Batra’s much-acclaimed film The Lunchbox, was about the unlikely connection between a middle-aged man and a lonely young woman. His latest, Photograph, could be described in the same words, only…

Land Of Half Lives News footage coming out of Kashmir is full of violence, and soldiers watching over an uneasy calm that could blow up in their faces if they…

Another Toilet Katha The problem of a lack of sanitation exists in India, and Toilet : Ek Prem Katha brought it to the notice of mainstream cinema audiences, while documentaries continue to…

There are sighting all over the city—these slim, smart-looking, young women in khaki, guarding the women’s compartment in local trains, onbandobast duty at rallies, pacifying female complainants at the police station.…

Stormy Weather Florida is known as the pensioners’ paradise, where elderly people retire, to get the benefits of its beaches and warm weather. However in Lauren Groff’s book, made up of…

Random Acts Of Cruelty Kristen Roupenian’s extraordinary short story Cat Person, published in the New Yorker, was so popular, that she followed it up with a collection of twelve witty and wicked stories,…