Compassion In The Time of Coronavirus

'Tragically, compassion is in short supply in our ancient capital city, as the horrific violence in recent weeks testified,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Volunteers serve lunch to......

Violence in the name of faith won't be tolerated: PM

'I want to assure the country that no country, no government can tolerate anybody taking the law into their hands, whether it is an individual or a group.' Talking tough, Prime Minister Narendra......

Why questions raised by Gunter Grass need to be debated

Late German writer Gunter Grass smokes a pipe during a news conference in Madrid. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters The celebrated German novelist and poet always wrote against the grain and, as his......

When Amitav Ghosh issues a warning, it's time to listen

'We know many things are going to happen.'People should be preparing for sea level rise, for increased cyclonic activity, for drought.''One reason I wrote the book is to alert people to the......

'Cinema's Greatest Challenge Is Reels'

'I don't know how long cinema will survive.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Goutam Ghose Goutam Ghose is one of India's most celebrated contemporary film-makers. He has bagged multiple National Film......

Watch The Best Of Satyajit Ray On OTT

Had he not taken his final curtain call on April 23, 1992, Satyajit Ray would still, undoubtedly, have been making movies. His films still dazzle with their technical artistry and are relevant even......

Buddhadeb Dasgupta passes away

Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepti Nabal/Instagram Eminent film director Buddhadeb Dasgupta, who had been battling kidney ailments for quite some time, died at his residence in Kolkata early on......

'Buddhadeb was the god of cinema'

'I have the qualification every actor would love to have: A Buddhadeb actor.' Nawazuddin Siddiqui feels privileged to have worked with Buddhadeb Daspupta in one of the director's final films.......