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R Benedito Ferrão
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‘Sheikh Abdullah’s story shows fraught centre-state relations’: Historian Chitralekha Zutshi
An interview with the author of Sheikh Abdullah’s biography, ‘The Caged Lion of Kashmir’.
R Benedito Ferrão
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Interview: In ‘Abundance’, a history of sexuality and the Gomantak Maratha Samaj
The Samaj’s history shows how caste and sexuality could also be malleable, disposable and usable categories, says Professor Anjali Arondekar.
R Benedito Ferrão
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Interview: The South Asian Catholic aesthetic of artist Angelo da Fonseca’s Indian Madonnas
Savia Viegas, who has curated the exhibition ‘Angelo da Fonseca’s Indian Madonna’, talks about the intersecting themes and political subtext of his artwork.
R Benedito Ferrão
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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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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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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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Interview: Watercolourist John Pereira on bringing the hues of Goa to life on canvas
The artist speaks about documenting life from ‘Once Upon a Time in Goa’ in the coastal state, which has for long been grappling with burdens of tourism.
R Benedito Ferrão
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Vamona Navelcar (1929-2021): A canvas across three continents
The artist lived and worked in India, Portugal and Mozambique, died on October 18.
R Benedito Ferrão & Vishvesh Prabhakar Kandolkar
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‘This is Not the Basilica’ explores how an iconic Goan monument became a victim of its own fame
Vishvesh Kandolkar’s installations focus on the Bom Jesu church, which holds the remains of St Francis Xavier.
R Benedito Ferrão
Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Interview: Author Peter Nazareth on working with Idi Amin, the Goan diaspora in East Africa and more
Nazareth, who was born to Goan parents in the African country, has spent most of his life as an educator in the United States.
R Benedito Ferrão
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40 years after AIDS, remembering Dominic D’Souza, the first Indian diagnosed with HIV infection
D’Souza’s legacy as an activist far outstrips the treatment it receives in the film ‘My Brother… Nikhil’.
R Benedito Ferrão
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From jazz to hip hop, Afro-South Asian music collaborations reflect imagined, more liberatory worlds
A conversation with Elliott Powell, author of ‘Sounds from the Other Side: Afro-South Asian Collaborations in Black Popular Music’.
R Benedito Ferrão
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