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Why ‘Dil Se’ is a movie masterpiece

WHEN Dil Se was released in cinemas on August 21 1998, it surprisingly didn’t do well at the box office in India and received negative reviews....

Zanib Mian: ‘I want to educate through non-preachy, real stories’

AUTHOR Zanib Mian said she wanted to give readers “a window into the lives of everyday Muslims” with her new children’s book, Meet the Maliks...

Sherlyn Chopra: Different kind of daring

WHETHER it is stripping down or making shocking remarks, Sherlyn Chopra has never been far away from controversy. But now, she is making news...

‘Tongues and Bellies’: Anthology turns the page on Asian narrative ‘stereotype’

HOW do you write about sex? This was the question put to Reshma Ruia, the co-founder of a south Asian women’s writing collective, The Whole...

‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’ turns 40: Making of a cult comedy classic

EXACTLY 40 years ago, a fabulous low budget film far removed from commercial Hindi cinema took everyone by surprise. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro not only became...

Shelina Janmohamed: ‘Why is empire a question of morality unlike the Greeks?’

WHEN author Shelina Janmohamed couldn’t find any relevant books on the British empire for her two young daughters, she decided to write her own...

Sita Walker: For God and the greater Good

BEING a high school English and literature teacher in Australia closely connected Sita Walker to writing. The immense experience of teaching story writing for 20...

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