
Searching For the Dickens of the Hindi Cinema Screen
Speaking to an audience in the year 1937, the legendary British author Graham Greene remarked, as astutely as ever, “We look in vain for pictures

Speaking to an audience in the year 1937, the legendary British author Graham Greene remarked, as astutely as ever, “We look in vain for pictures

Parties and social occasions don’t interest me. I’d rather curl up with a book. Sanjay Leela Bhansali Like the best of storytellers, Sanjay Leela Bhansali

“Our interest’s on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, The tender murderer, The superstitious atheist… We watch while these In equilibrium keep The

He redefined Indian cinema like no one before or after has been able to, with movies that are as enchanting today as they were decades ago. Today, let’s explore Satyajit Ray and his brand of cinema.

In this essay, Sneha Pathak shares her journey of becoming a translator, translating her father’s stories, finding stories to translate, and how her love for

Team P3 is at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2024 as they share notes on what to expect. Purple Pencil Project is at the Jaipur Literature

Team P3 curates a list of fascinating legends that remain a great Indian mystery to date. India is a land bursting with folklore and legends

Rahul Vishnoi dissects the popularity of a timeless detective fiction Devotion of Suspect X, recently remade into a film titled Jaane Jaan for Netflix India.

Akshaya Ganesh explores the male gaze in Indian mythologies as she takes us through the various books by Indian writers and how they define the

Homosexuality and queerness have had a long-term relationship with literature, even truer when it comes to the Indian subcontinent. Whether present as whispers in the
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