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Assi: Counting Without Looking

Assi: Counting Without Looking

1 March 2026 10:17 PM IST
In ‘Assi’, violence is not merely committed. It’s administratively managed through selective sight by families, institutions and even the camera itself
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Anubhav Sinha on society’s response to rape: Have we become so numb?

Anubhav Sinha on society’s response to rape: Have we become so numb?

24 Feb 2026 9:38 PM IST
His latest, ‘Assi’, starring Taapsee Pannu, Kani Kusruti (of ‘All We Imagine as Light’ fame), Revathi and others, is an uncompromising and at times didactic exploration of rape culture in India
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Unconventional films can’t survive without audience support: Taapsee Pannu

Unconventional films can’t survive without audience support: Taapsee Pannu

20 Feb 2026 11:26 PM IST
The ‘Assi’ actress drops exciting update regarding ‘Haseen Dillruba’ franchise
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Extravagance feeding off adversities
"Thomas Manuel’s Opium Inc." | Extravagance feeding off adversities

Author: Thomas Manuel

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: 595

Opium Inc: How A Global Drug Trade Funded the British Empire’ is not just a magnum opus on opium,...

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For a greater good
"Bike Ambulance Dada" | For a greater good

Author: Biswajit Jha

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 250

Now that Karimul had a bike, he was no longer dependent on his cycle to ferry a patient. The bike...

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First signs of trouble
"The Banker Who Crushed His Diamonds" | First signs of trouble

Author: Furquan Moharkan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 350

In September 1957, a Punjabi family in Delhi was blessed with a baby boy—a boy who would go on to...

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Politics of citizenship
"ON CITIZENSHIP" | Politics of citizenship

Author: N Ram, Romila Thapar, Gautam Bhatia and Gautam Patel

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 499

India might have awakened to ‘life and freedom’ at the stroke of the midnight hour separating 14...

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Crisis on multiple fronts
"Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis" | Crisis on multiple fronts

Author: Arun Kumar

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 499

By mid-March, the government realized that a lockdown had become inevitable to control the spread of...

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Religious awakening
"Making of a Hindu Patriot" | Religious awakening

Author: J.K. Bajaj and M.D. Srinivas

Publisher: Haranand Books

Price: 1995

Gandhiji’s Hind Swaraj is grounded in Dharma, which is often but inadequately translated as...

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A Culinary Smorgasbord
"Vegetarian Cuisine from the Himalayan Foothills" | A Culinary Smorgasbord

Author: Veena Sharma

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 750

It is not for nothing that the Garhwal region of the Himalayas is referred to as deva bhumi, the...

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Of universal appeal
"Suralakshmi Villa" | Of universal appeal

Author: Aruna Chakravarti

Publisher: Picador India

Price: 650

From the author of Jorasanko and Daughters of Jorasanko, comes another novel Suralakshmi Villa. This...

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Is dissent necessary?
"Voices of Dissent" | Is dissent necessary?

Author: Romila Thapar

Publisher: Seagull Books

Price: 499

Dissent is, in essence, the disagreement that a person or persons may have with others, or, more...

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In her own voice
"Lata Mangeshkar in Her Own Voice" | In her own voice

Author: Nasreen Munni Kabir

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 695

Nasreen Munni Kabir (NMK): In which year did you move to Bombay? Lata Mangeshkar (LM): In 1945....

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India’s irrepressible gadfly
"Rebels with a Cause" | India’s irrepressible gadfly

Author: TT Ram Mohan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 599

In early 2014, Arundhati Roy wrote a lengthy introduction to one of B.R. Ambedkar’s most powerful...

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Indo-China relations Soft Power conundrum
"One Mountain Two Tigers: India, China and the High Himalayas" | Indo-China relations Soft Power conundrum

Author: Shakti Sinha

Publisher: Pentagon Press LLP

Price: 795

Soft Power has moved from being an academic concept to a political buzzword, particularly in the...

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A fun watch

"Pati Patni Aur Woh" | A fun watch

Director: Mudassar Aziz

Star Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar, Ananya Panday

The interesting thing about the reimagined “Pati Patni Aur Woh” is its setting. Version 2019 is...

Of Shashi Tharoor’s wit and little else

"One Mic Stand" | Of Shashi Tharoor’s wit and little else

Director: Sapan Verma

Star Cast: Shashi Tharoor, Bhuvan Bam, Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadha

Skip to episode five and watch Shashi Tharoor and Kunal Kamra’s gigs if you are in speedwatching...

An engaging sequel

"Maleficent" | An engaging sequel

Director: Joachim Ronning

Star Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil is the sequel to the 2014 released, dark fantasy adventure film,...

Laugh while it lasts

"Dream Girl" | Laugh while it lasts

Director: Raaj Shaandilyaa

Star Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Annu Kapoor, Nushrat Bharucha

Put a Bollywood leading man in a woman’s garb, and watch the box-office rock. Kamal Haasan did it in...

Smugly, aa, unrelatable kitsch

"Game Over" | Smugly, aa, unrelatable kitsch

Director: Ashvin Saravanan

Star Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Vinodhini, Ramya Subramanian

With all the trappings of its genre tropes, the film Game Over starts with a promise. But to accept...

Modi biopic not historical, but mythological

"PM Narendra Modi" | Modi biopic not historical, but mythological

Director: Omung Kumar B

Star Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Manoj Joshi and Suresh Oberoi

This is not the Narendra Modi biopic that we’ve all been waiting for. The one that shows this...

Powerful and compelling

"City Of Dreams" | Powerful and compelling

Director: Nagesh Kukunoor

Star Cast: Priya Bapat, Sidharth Chandekar, Eijaz Khan and Vishwas Kini

What starts off seeming to be a take-off on Mani Ratnam’s most recent political drama Chekka...

Wrapping up in style

"Avengers: Endgame" | Wrapping up in style

Director: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo

Star Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth

“Part of the journey is the end,” as Tony Stark aka Robert Downey Jr asserts in the movie,...

‘Criminal Justice’ better than ‘Sacred Games’

"Criminal Justice" | ‘Criminal Justice’ better than ‘Sacred Games’

Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vishal Furia

Star Cast: Vikrant Massey, Pankaj Tripathi, Mita Vashisht, Jackie Shroff and Pankaj Saraswat

Only 15 minutes into this crime drama, and I was hooked. This, despite having seen the BBC series of...

A charming Disney fare

"Dumbo" | A charming Disney fare

Director: Tim Burton

Star Cast: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin, Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins, Roshan Seth, DeObia Oparei, Sharon Rooney, Phil Zimmerman, Douglas Reith, Joseph Gatt

Director Tim Burton’s Dumbo is a live-action film inspired from Disney’s 1941 animated classic of...

A slow, immersive character-driven film

"“First Man”" | A slow, immersive character-driven film

Director: Damien Chazelle

Star Cast: Ryan Gosling, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Ciaran Hinds, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit, Ethan Embry, Lukas Haas, Shea Whigham and Pablo Schreiber

Based on the book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen, this film directed by...

A genial comedy

"Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi" | A genial comedy

Director: Mudassar Aziz

Star Cast: Diana Penty, Ali Fazal, Sonakshi Sinha, Jimmy Shergill, Jassi Gill, Piyush Mishra, Jason Tham

There is a cause for excitement every time Harpreet Kaur aka ‘Happy’ runs or escapes.This sequel...

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