From The Magazine
Looking For Women In Peshawar
Aditya Sinha on the real shortage in the tribal belt of Pakistan
Everything You Wanted To Know About Superstar Mohanlal
If you’re not from Kerala, or a Malayalam film buff, Suresh Nair introduces you to the reigning male deity, Mohanlal.
Kabul In The Good Times
We speak to three persons who remember, vividly, a Kabul that they knew and loved before the war of the last 20 years tore it apart.
“Why Pretend? I Am Not In Control” – Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan has made some bad decisions, been less than professional, and he’s owning up to all of it.
Dominique Lapierre’s Love Story
Is he the world’s best and highest paid ambulance chaser, or a deeply committed journalist with an ingrained ethic and finely tuned sense of outrage?
Monsoon Feast: The Making Of Monsoon Wedding
The author was a production coordinator, while her husband, Rahul…
The Drama in Mahesh Dattani’s Life
A profile in two voices of India’s most thought-provoking playwright in English.
For Subhash Ghai, The Final Curtain Is A Long Way Off
All the films, all the hits, all the women with names starting with M: the show still rolls on, for the Showman, says Anupama Shenoy.
Meeting Ashish Vidyarthi
He is a villain, please note. Or you’ll never get past the fact that he’s a really nice man.
Mumbai Confidential: The Nexus Between The Film Industry And the Underworld
The Bharat Shah case, and that of Nadeem Saifi, has blown the lid off Mumbai’s worst kept secret. Manjula Sen meets the people involved, including the cops and lawyers.
A Question Of Honour: The Samba Spy Case
Avtar Singh meets Capt RS Rathaur, one of the men who went to jail, without, as the Delhi High Court put it, a shred of evidence against him.
The Raghu Rai Moment
As Raghu Rai exits a self-imposed hibernation of many years, his work is entering a new phase, says Madhu Jain.