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
Poem by Anju Devadas R D: ‘someone once said / the soul is lighter than breath / but the soil keeps secrets / the sky cannot hold.’
New visions of the past, fresh perspectives on the present, and big questions for the future. From Barkha Dutt and Nandita Iyer to Ramachandra Guha and Neerja Chowdhury, Saurabh Sharma previews the most-anticipated Indian non-fiction releases in 2022.
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