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Bengali film has provoked fresh debate on death penalty

Dhananjoy shows how the police, the judiciary and the State can err in sending a poor security guard to the gallows. GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN The debate on death penalty continues to rage. And why not? For more than 60 per cent… Continue Reading →

Pahlaj Nihalani’s removal marks the end of an anachronistic tool in the hands of an uncultured brigade

 Indrajit Hazra If there is one thing that irks a regime — however much it may deny it and makes a virtue out of being an unsophisticated boor – it is being accused of being an unsophisticated boor. Things have… Continue Reading →

#IStandWithDhanya – Actors, it’s time to take responsibility for the horrific world you’ve created #Vaw

Indian women are well acquainted with stalking, harassment, and assault because Indian men are bombarded by pop culture heroes who tell them that behaviour is ok. Rega Jha Imagine opening up Twitter to see strangers theorising about the exact shape… Continue Reading →

Documentary film producer Divya Bharathi arrested, let off on bail

Divya Bharathi. She was held in an 8-year-old case Divya Bharathi, 28, producer of noted documentary film, Kakkoos, on the plight of manual cleaning of night soil, was on Tuesday arrested by Madurai police to execute an arrest warrant issued by… Continue Reading →

Condemn the Arrest of acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker Divya Bharathi

    courtesy facebook     Statement by CPI – ML Liberation The CPI(ML) condemns the arbitrary and illegal arrest of documentary filmmaker and CPI(ML) Liberation member Divya Bharathi by the Tamil Nadu police yesterday. Comrade Divya, whose most noted recent… Continue Reading →

Open Letter From Lutyenswood

– Indrajit Hazra To whomsoever it may concern, Over the last few days, a lot has been said and writ ten about the skit on the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards stage on July 14 by Karan Johar, Varun… Continue Reading →

One Minute Films on Women and Freedom – Submission deadline 5 August 2017

Context: The India of today has travelled much from the India of 1947. Yet much more needs to be done to realise the freedoms guaranteed by our constitution. How free are women after 70 years of Indian Independence? As India celebrates… Continue Reading →

Kangana Ranaut’s open letter : If Saif Ali Khan’s opinion on genetic inheritance is right, I would be a farmer back home

In her open letter, Kangana Ranaut shares her perspective on nepotism after reading Saif Ali Khan’s letter on the issue. She also requests people to not misconstrue this and pit the Rangoon co-stars against each other. Here is what all… Continue Reading →

Pahlaj Nihalani lists the *exact* cuts in Amartya Sen documentary #Censorship

Here are the six words that Pahlaj Nihalani has ordered to be removed from the film: Criminalities India Hindu Cow Used, these days Banal While there has been an intellectual uproar over the cuts ordered by the Central Board of… Continue Reading →

मोदी जी – मेरा कुछ सामान तुम्हारे पास पड़ा है #Poem

by Darab Farooqui मेरे कुछ बुरे दिन तुम्हारे पास पड़े है – 2 भाईचारे से कुछ भीगे दिन रखे हैं और मेरे इक आह में लिपटी आस पड़ी है वो आस भुला दो, मेरा वो सामान लौटा दो – 2 मेरे… Continue Reading →

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