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A JUMBO-SIZED PROBLEM

THE ROGUE JUMBO’S TRANSLOCATION WAS ASUCCESS. BUT NOW HE HAS WANDERED INTO TAMIL NADU, GIVING THE FOREST DEPT THERE A JOLT

NYIFF BACK IN CINEMAS

The New York Indian Film Festival is back and ready to kick off in cinemas after three digital editions

AGRA STATE OF MIND

Kanu Behl’s second feature, Agra, which will debut at Cannes, explores the themes of insanity and male sexual desire

THE RANI VANISHES

ITALIAN JOURNALIST LIVIA MANERA SAMBUY PIECES TOGETHER THE SCINTILLATING TALE OF AMRIT KAUR, THE KAPURTHALA PRINCESS WHO WAS IMPRISONED BY THE GESTAPO

TO REVIVE A RIVER

800 MN GALLONS A DAY OF SEWAGE WATER FLOWS INTO THE MUSIIN HYDERABAD

EXTRAORDINARY MOVIES ABOUT ORDINARY LIVES

This book by Anirudha Bhattacharjee celebrates the feelgood cinema of Basu Chatterji

FOUND IN TRANSLATION

Meena Arora Nayak’s retelling of Vishnusharma’s Panchatantra seals her reputation as an inspired interpreter of classical Sanskrit tales

FOOLING THE POWERFUL

A CENTRAL AGENCY WAS KEEPING AN EYE ON SHERPURIA'S ACTIVITIES FOR MONTHS AND HAD ALERTED THE UP POLICE TOO

A TALE OF TWO GALLERIES

Art House and Gallery XXL are welcome—and very different—additions to the art spaces of Mumbai

GROWING NEW ROOTS

ABHISHEK’S YATRA ENCOURAGES THE DEMOCRATIC SELECTION OF PANCHAYAT POLL CANDIDATES

SHIFTING IMAGES

A new book of essays on Ganesh Haloi interspersed with previously unpublished illustrated folios and sketches

STAYING PAWAR

DESPITE PAWAR'S SHOW OF STRENGTH, THE ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM HAVE NOT DISAPPEARED

ON WHITE MAN'S LAND

Sonora Jha weaves a potent story about US academia and the realities of race, privilege and politics

A RETURN TO ROOTS

INDIAN-AMERICAN DJ-PRODUCER KSHMR'S UPCOMING ALBUM HAS DESI HIP-HOP FANS EXCITED

Pride And Politics

Rising lion numbers and corresponding human and industrial expansion have led to increased man-animal conflict in Gir. Everyone agrees the lions need to move. Whether it can be outside Gujarat is where things remain stuck

TRIP DOWN GHOST LANE

Rich characters and themes drive this intense tale by Shahidul Zahir about post-independence Bangladesh

Memoirs of a Parsi Daughter

THE INSPIRING STORY OF DOSEBAI COWASJEE JESSAWALLA, WHO BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST INDIAN WOMEN TO GET AN ENGLISH EDUCATION

ROGUE FAMILY

Homi Adajania's Saas Bahu aur Flamingo is an offbeat tale of four women involved in a shady trade

CUPID CALLING

Matchmaker Sima Taparia is on a roll with a new season of Indian Matchmaking on Netflix, brand endorsements, speaking engagements and, of course, loads of matchmaking

Scripting a Screen Epic

Noted Tamil author B. Jeyamohan talks about the challenges in adapting an epic literary work like Ponniyin Selvan into a film

West Meets East

Indian-American rapper and singer Raja Kumari's new album shows signs of her sonic and personal evolution

A VILLAGE SHOWS THE WAY

A small hamlet in Maharashtra takes a collective break from TV and smartphone screens to rediscover the simple pleasures of life

GEHLOT CRACKS DOWN ON CRIME

AS RAJASTHAN RECORDS A SPIKE IN EXTORTION, FIRING AND OTHER GANG-RELATED CASES, STATE POLICE FINALLY GO AFTER ORGANISED CRIME NETWORKS AND HISTORY-SHEETERS, BOTH ON THE GROUND AND ONLINE

KCR'S GRAND AMBITION

The BRS chief is hoping to win a third term for his party in Telangana even as he has one eye on the throne in Delhi. Is it just empty rhetoric or does the CM have a clear plan?

BATTLING THE GREENS

THE FOREST (CONSERVATION) AMENDMENT BILL WHICH SEEKS TO EXEMPT STRATEGIC PROJECTS ON THE BORDERS FROM GREEN LAWS IS WELCOMED BY THE MILITARY. WILL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS SURVIVE IN THE RUSH TO PRIORITISE NATIONAL SECURITY?

TB THE NEW DANGERS

THE RISE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES AND DEATHS DUE TO DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IS PROVING TO BE AN IMPEDIMENT TO INDIA'S AMBITION TO END THE DISEASE BY 2025. WHAT MORE DO WE NEED TO DO?

REFORMS IN ANUTSHELL

The Narendra Modi government had initiated the Make in India programme as 2014, its very first year, as early with the idea of turning the country into a leading global manufacturing and investment destination. But that wasn't going to be easy.

FIGHT TO THE FINISH

The untimely rains in the national capital have failed to douse the anger of the country's top wrestlers who have been staging a most dramatic protest at Jantar Mantar since April 23. In many ways, it's the fight of their lives.

A UNIQUE WATER MARK

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made another whirlwind trip to Kerala in the last week of April where he flagged off two pathbreaking projects, the state's first Vande Bharat semi-high speed express train and the inland Water Metro. The latter is an integrated ferry transport system which will cater to the Greater Kochi region.

DEADLY BUSINESS

On March 16, shortly after 13-year-old Tushar, a Class 6 student, went missing from his house in Patna's Kanhauli village, his father, Raj Kishore Pandit, received a ransom call on WhatsApp.