Q IS A STORYTELLER JUST FINISHED HIS NEW FILM ZEWEL WHO HAS
Hina IS A FILM EDITOR AND A PRODUCER WHOSE FILMS HAVE PREMIERED AT FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE
VIRTUAL production in films and video games share an intricate and intimate relationship. In fact, a famous real-time creation tool, Unreal Engine, which makes virtual production possible, was first used in a first-person shooter game, Unreal.
We have been filmmakers for a long time, but a story we both loved made us consider 3D video game as a medium. There’s an Indian novella, Sultana’s Dream (1905), by Rokeya Shahkawat Hossain, a futuristic story where a little girl Sultana wakes up in a feminist utopia. It’s a sci-fi dream, with solar energy, flying cars, and a society where all beings in nature are equal. Hossain described a circular system, predicated on equality, compassion and learning as opposed to the pyramid system of patriarchy we still suffer from. It set us thinking: how to adapt her radical vision for a contemporary audience.
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The 'Invisible' Dalits
The debate over sub-categorisation of castes is likely to shape the political discourse in the upcoming state elections
Caste Census: To Conquer Or Conserve?
The caste census is generating heated debate, but even its most ardent proponents are not able to articulate a plan about how to use the resulting data
THE FATEFUL COMEDY
Actor-director Rajat Kapoor talks about adapting Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov into a Hindi play
Mad Hatter
When a leader takes off his topi and holds it in his hands while appealing for votes, it signals something extraordinary
Circle Within Circles
The caste question in Muslims.
Backward March
The Maratha reservation question may continue to mire the next government in the state
The 69% Exception
Quota within quota: lessons to be learned from Tamil Nadu
United Indifference
The perils of tweaking tribal identities
Two Nations, Two Destinies
The widely differing balance of power between the military and civilian leadership in India and Pakistan has significantly impacted democracy in the two countries
Crème de la Crème
The mainstream society thinks reservations are against right to equality. It’s high time they are seen in the context of right to justice.
