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‘Main Waapas Aaunga’ and the Cruelty of Returning Too Late
24 October 2026
‘Main Waapas Aaunga’ and the Cruelty of Returning Too Late
24 October 2026

Partition is not so much a mere plot device in Imtiaz Ali’s Main Waapas Aaunga, but a ghost that continues to haunt the people who survived it—in memories and regrets. By Deepansh Duggal

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24 October 2026
Judging the Cover: An interview with award-winning book designer Bena Sareen
21 October 2026
Judging the Cover: An interview with award-winning book designer Bena Sareen
21 October 2026

Bena Sareen, winner of the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize, speaks about her latest honour and the “huge responsibility” of designing a memorable literary cover. By Chittajit Mitra

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21 October 2026
The Fraught Relationship Between Reality and Spectacle in Telugu Cinema
18 October 2026
The Fraught Relationship Between Reality and Spectacle in Telugu Cinema
18 October 2026

The problematic representation of women in many recent Telugu blockbusters like Peddi and the Pushpa films have stoked controversy. When mainstream commercial cinema consistently turns the sexualisation of women into entertainment, who should be responsible for the world these images help create? By Sumithra Prasanna

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18 October 2026
Heroes and “Heroes”: AK VS AK and the blossoming of Meta-Cinema in Bollywood
Film/TV The Chakkar 24/02/21 Film/TV The Chakkar 24/02/21

Heroes and “Heroes”: AK VS AK and the blossoming of Meta-Cinema in Bollywood

Vikramaditya Motwane’s AK vs AK asks more questions about reel and real than any other film in recent memory. How much of real life inspires cinema? How far can cinema piggyback on what’s happening in the outside world? By Urmi Bhattacheryya

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Sita and Draupadi: The Unmaking and Remaking of India’s Mythological Heroines
Literature The Chakkar 09/05/20 Literature The Chakkar 09/05/20

Sita and Draupadi: The Unmaking and Remaking of India’s Mythological Heroines

In the comparisons between Sita and Draupadi, Urmi Bhattacheryya argues how the trope of ‘the other woman’ has hurt feminism in Indian mythology.

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Empowered Women of Indian Mythology: Sudha Murty’s THE DAUGHTER FROM A WISHING TREE
Literature The Chakkar 06/03/20 Literature The Chakkar 06/03/20

Empowered Women of Indian Mythology: Sudha Murty’s THE DAUGHTER FROM A WISHING TREE

Sudha Murty’s book is rich and empowered offering of many women, many goddesses, many warriors, and many queens, all coming together to tell you one thing: that they’re makers of their own destinies - writes Urmi Bhattacheryya

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