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A Sonic Life in the Himalaya: ‘Sketches from the Top of the Hills’
7 August 2026
A Sonic Life in the Himalaya: ‘Sketches from the Top of the Hills’
7 August 2026

Singer-songwriter Ady Manral introduces his music documentary from Landour, a visual EP rinsed with the lush sights and sounds of monsoon in the Himalayan foothills.

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7 August 2026
The Unsettling Politics of Violence and Music in ‘Dhurandhar’
4 August 2026
The Unsettling Politics of Violence and Music in ‘Dhurandhar’
4 August 2026

With brutal carnage presented with celebratory beats, Dhurandhar: The Revenge pushes viewers towards a stony insensitivity, creating a sense of heightened tempo and exhilaration without moral recoil. By Abin Chakraborty

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4 August 2026
“Until the Last Light” – Three Poems by Sindhuri Rao
30 July 2026
“Until the Last Light” – Three Poems by Sindhuri Rao
30 July 2026

Poetry by Sindhuri Rao: ‘Keep everything you bought here— / your eager dreams, / hanging garments, / obedient smiles, / unpressed rages, too. / “Be our guest.”’

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30 July 2026
“Break the Barriers!” – An Interview with Usha Uthup
Music The Chakkar 11/06/26 Music The Chakkar 11/06/26

“Break the Barriers!” – An Interview with Usha Uthup

Continuing a five-decade-long singing career, Usha Uthup speaks about staying relevant with changing times, meme culture, radical self-love, and covering Miley Cyrus. By Deepansh Duggal

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Tales from a Bloody Baisakhi
Literature The Chakkar 25/10/22 Literature The Chakkar 25/10/22

Tales from a Bloody Baisakhi

Set around the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Navtej Sarna’s Crimson Spring is a tragic retelling that details individual lives shattered by this dark chapter in history. By Shreemayee Das

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The Past Superimposed upon the Present: Shoojit Sircar’s SARDAR UDHAM
Film/TV The Chakkar 26/11/21 Film/TV The Chakkar 26/11/21

The Past Superimposed upon the Present: Shoojit Sircar’s SARDAR UDHAM

It’s impossible to watch the biopic Sardar Udham without identifying how the past still haunts India’s present, how old imperialism continues in the form of the new state. By Karan Madhok

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