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Beyond Locomoting: A Mindful Exploration of Ladakh
5 November 2026
Beyond Locomoting: A Mindful Exploration of Ladakh
5 November 2026

In a recent visit to Ladakh, Navjot Khosla aims for a gaze beyond the touristy cliches, to be transformed instead by the sustainable models of growth, natural preservation, and the cultural heritage of the bioregion. By Navtoj Khosla

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5 November 2026
Nation of Auteurs: Introduction to a New Series on Indian Film Authorship
2 November 2026
Nation of Auteurs: Introduction to a New Series on Indian Film Authorship
2 November 2026

Welcome to ‘Nation of Auteurs’, a series composed of critical essays by academics, filmmakers, historians, and cinephiles, to examine the deep diversity of Indian film auteurs and illuminate the country’s wider cinematic landscape. By Ashish Dwivedi

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2 November 2026
Excerpt: “Served Cold from the Refrigerator” by Sutputra Radheye
30 October 2026
Excerpt: “Served Cold from the Refrigerator” by Sutputra Radheye
30 October 2026

Poetry by Sutputra Radheye: ‘my poems will be drunk, truthful / and blunt like your beauty that cuts / through my skin and draws graffiti / on my bones like tattoos’

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30 October 2026
Film/TV The Chakkar 19/01/20 Film/TV The Chakkar 19/01/20

Fear and Loathing – and fact and fiction – in MEHSAMPUR

Past and present, real and unreal, urban and rural, and life and death clash to present Mehsampur, Kabir Singh Chowdhary’s unforgettable film out of the Punjabi heartlands. A review by Karan Madhok

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Film/TV The Chakkar 06/01/20 Film/TV The Chakkar 06/01/20

The Decade in Hindi Cinema

Presenting: The Chakkar’s Top 10 favourite Hindi films of the 2010s - by Karan Madhok and Prateek Santram

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Film/TV The Chakkar 23/12/19 Film/TV The Chakkar 23/12/19

Why Netflix's LITTLE THINGS is a perfect showcase of Indian millennial relationships

The third season of Little Things forays into deeper issues in an Indian millennial relationship - writes Nidhi Choksi Dhakan

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Music, Literature, Film/TV The Chakkar 18/11/19 Music, Literature, Film/TV The Chakkar 18/11/19

Excerpt: ‘Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain’

‘Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain’ was published in 2016 - here’s an excerpt from this Akshay Manwani’s biography on Husain’s musical inspirations and influence on the history of Indian films.

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