India’s love for visual storytelling explains the success of comic books & cartoons. At first, pictures were part of a performance; with comic books, they became part of literary works for reading.
The Bengali Night, La Nuit Bengali, a film starring Hugh Grant, has a decades old back story; read the fascinating story here.
A reader shares his love for writers who have had an impact on his life.
Indian immigrant communities have tightly held on to their anti-black beliefs. Will this colonial hangover ever fade out?
Master Sun advising rulers not to mobilise forces when in a rage. Wars, he writes, should not be fought over a slight.
The English translation of Fool Bahadur – a novel by Jayanth Pati, written in Magahi – is a delightful read.
Kalidas was the first talkie to be screened in Madras with songs in Tamil and Telugu. Here’s how & why it was made.
In his latest book, The Golden Years, Ruskin Bond masterfully narrates the joys of living a good long life.
The consummation of any grand strategy warrants a coherent leadership, leading into the future while managing the present tasks.
The Harambee Factor, authored by Gurjit Singh, must be compulsory reading for those in charge of policy in Africa & India.
The Kamasutra is Vatsyayana’s gift to the world.
The evolution of India’s spy films shows how geopolitics influence storytelling & popular culture.
The first feature film, Raja Harishchandra, came fourteen years after Bhatavdekar produced the first film & twelve years after Sen’s film, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves.
A correct understanding of the past is necessary for those who want to work for peace and goodwill in the subcontinent.
Regardless of all the talk about diversity, Brown people are subject to stereotypes.