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Interview: ‘Ritwik Ghatak was far ahead of his time, addressing issues that remain very real today’
A conversation with Shamya Dasgupta, editor of an anthology that celebrates the Bengali filmmaker’s birth centenary.
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Honey, they shrunk the Mohanlal phenomenon into ‘Lalettan’
Enter the toxic fan, undue praise, hero worship.
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Football: Goalkeeper in Spain suspended after being racically abused; team stages walkout from match
Cheikh Sarr was suspended for two matches in Spain after receiving a red card following an altercation with an opposition fan who racially abused him
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How India’s ambitious plan to curb unhealthy food failed
The Modi government in 2017 launched a plan to combat foods high in fat, salt and sugar. In the first part of a new series, we examine why it never took off.
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Review: Solid performances in ‘Heer Sara’ keep the film on track
Kartik Chaudhry’s Hindi movie stars Patralekhaa Paul and Maanvi Gagroo.
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The drama and determination behind a documentary on the making of ‘Paan Singh Tomar’
“But I am very happy that I could capture the vibe of the film.”Vignettes about how movies are made in India are few and far between. … What Ranjeeta Kaur has successfully done, despite the constraints and challenges, is to rescue a slice of film history from erasure.She’s a fan of making-of documentaries, especially
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RWAs in Indian cities need to learn better human resource management
. | Prakash Singh/AFP If Jane Austen was transported from 18th century pre-Victorian England to 21st century post-pandemic India, she would not have needed to look very far for a setting … meetings throw up a list of to-dos, a well-defined job description would help the office bearer get clarity on their main responsibilities, avoid accusations of overreach, and is far
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Listening at the entrance of a dimly-lit tunnel: Why you can’t trust online reviews
And consistent patterns show that people are far more likely to write reviews when they are very happy or very unhappy. … where algorithms reward engagement and extreme opinions dominate digital attention, we must rethink what “public opinion” really means.The real-world implications are immediate and far-reaching
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Sultan film review: Salman Khan finally grapples with a meaty role
Ali Abbas Zafar’s sports drama is a thinly veiled study of the dark star’s triumph over his off-screen troubles.
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Highest number of journalists dead since 1992 in year of media expansion but much less freedom
Today, we have access to more media than at any other time in human history. But this has not necessarily meant more reliable information.
2026-07-03