Nana Patekar: Trailblazer who challenged the 'hero' stereotype

India, Oct. 9 -- In his tribute to Nana Patekar on Thursday, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray did more than mourn an actor. He placed Patekar within the story of the city and socie... Read More

Trailblazer who challenged the 'hero' stereotype

Mumbai, Oct. 9 -- Nana Patekar, one of Indian cinema's most distinctive actors for over five decades, died at 75 after a severe cardiac arrest in Goa. For nearly five decades, Nana was the face of emo... Read More

Bridging Kathak and grief, borne by children in war zones, with the music of SOI

India, Sept. 6 -- Can grief be danced? Can an orchestra make absence audible? Kathak exponent and choreographer Aditi Mangaldas is attempting both, taking off from the silence left by children caught ... Read More

Bridging Kathak and grief, borne by children caught up in war zones, with the music of SOI

MUMBAI, Sept. 6 -- Can grief be danced? Can an orchestra make absence audible? Kathak exponent and choreographer Aditi Mangaldas is attempting both, taking off from the silence left by children caught... Read More

The Bombay I carry smelt of kerosene and wet cotton

MUMBAI, Aug. 10 -- Sai Paranjpye, 88, occupies a singular space in Indian film history. Neither aligned with mainstream Hindi cinema's spectacle nor entirely enclosed within the austere idiom of paral... Read More

The Bombay I carry smelt of kerosene and wet cotton

MUMBAI, Aug. 9 -- Sai Paranjpye, 88, occupies a singular space in Indian film history. Neither aligned with mainstream Hindi cinema's spectacle nor entirely enclosed within the austere idiom of parall... Read More

Patrons savour Poornima's memories

MUMBAI, July 29 -- The Maharashtra FDA's decision to suspend the FSSAI licence of Poornima restaurant, popular for its Udupi fare, in Mumbai's Fort area has turned what might have been a routine regul... Read More