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Movies Which Leave Questions Unanswered

New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- they start with a problem and end with an answer. We expect the story to wrap up neatly so we can walk away feeling satisfied. But some of the greatest films ever made do the exa... Read More


Peace for Sale?

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- When Donald Trump unveiled his proposed "Board of Peace" to oversee Gaza's post-war transition and reconstruction, the question many diplomats quietly asked was not whether Gaza ... Read More


Two Regimes, Two Choices

New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- One of the most consequential political successes of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) has little to do with oil prices, megaprojects, or geopolitics. It lies... Read More


'Ashadha Ka Ek Din' & 'Cinema Paradiso': Two Faraway Stories, One Shared Loss

New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- Human emotions transcend boundaries of language, culture and even time and space. A Hindi play portraying the emotional vulnerability of a celebrated poet finds a striking resona... Read More


Abdi: A Quintessential Lakhnavi Qissago

New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- In Muzaffar Ali's 'Gaman', Ghulam Hasan (played by Farooq Sheikh) drives his taxi through the bustling, overwhelming streets of Mumbai when he finds himself trapped in a massive c... Read More


Debunking Muslim Stereotypes

New Delhi, Jan. 2 -- For much of Hindi cinema's history, Muslim characters have occupied a narrowly defined moral and visual frame. In earlier films, they appeared either as upright allies - Inspector... Read More


Diaspora's Moral Unravelling

New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- This is a textbook example of chickens coming home to roost. For decades, Indians were widely regarded in the West as "ideal immigrants." In the United States, especially, Indian... Read More


Conflict's Dangerous Spillover

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- Thomas Friedman in his The New York Times column "This Israeli Government Is a Danger to Jews Everywhere," had warned that the way Israel is fighting the war in Gaza under Prime ... Read More


A Pardon Too Late

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "shot himself in the head-not the foot-" by seeking a presidential pardon in the corruption cases against him. He now risks becoming... Read More


Women's personal choices in social media: A disproportionate public property?

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- Like a golden fish trapped in a glass bowl, Indian cricket icon Smriti Mandhana has become the unwilling focus of a national obsession. Her recent 'Instagram' post - a calm but fi... Read More