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Mustansir Dalvi
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The Art of Solitude: How Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ speaks to an architect
Is everything still plumb? So it seems, but oh! The lights have just gone out.
Mustansir Dalvi
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Astronauts at Azad Maidan: A Bombay boy recalls his role in the first moon landing
Images of spacesuit-shod astronauts were everywhere. Astronaut, Armstrong, Aldrin, America all became Indian words.
Mustansir Dalvi
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How Kader Khan changed the way Hindi film dialogue was written
From the mid-1970s until the turn of the century, Kader Khan toiled to bring an authenticity to the spoken word in films.
Mustansir Dalvi
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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‘Cosmopolitician’: Eight poems by Mustansir Dalvi that merge dreams and reality
In his second book of poetry, the translator and poet defies expectations of style and thought.
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UNESCO tag for Mumbai precinct shows heritage isn’t just for the museum. You can walk through it too
For too long, the issue of heritage and implementable heritage legislation has been restricted only to specific buildings.
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Amitabh Bachchan was a part of my growing up years, which is why I will never watch ‘Sooryavansham’
The transformation of the angry young man into the smug patriarch is tragic for hard-core fans of the actor, who turns 75 on October 11.
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Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Vinod Khanna conquered Hindi cinema by just being there
When not playing the villain, Vinod Khanna played straight man to the more garrulous co-stars.
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The demolished Hall of Nations was a terrific example of a young country’s Make in India spirit
It is ironic that a structure built to celebrate Indian expertise will be replaced by an architectural complex for which global bids will be sought.
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The new horse statue in Kala Ghoda embodies Mumbai's efforts to create a false memory
Unlike other Indian cities, Mumbai seems particularly phobic of any signs of its colonial past.
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The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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‘La La Land’ and the difference between their musicals and our song-and-dance films
Hollywood uses the song as a hyphen, Bollywood as a semi-colon.
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Rajinikanth in Hindi cinema: We awaited his wanton assault on our senses and were not disappointed
We look back on the Tamil superstar's Mumbai years.
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Building the nation: What's shaping India's new architecture?
Curators Rahul Mehrotra, Ranjit Hoskote and Kaiwan Mehta discuss the ideas behind their State of Architecture exhibition now underway in Mumbai.
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The Field
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May