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Soorarai Pottru Director Sudha Kongara On The Women In Her Films, Working With Mani Ratnam, And Drohi
Her latest movie with Suriya has got good reviews, but the director says her heart still beats for her first film Drohi.
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Non-Fiction Writing Has Begun To Thrive In India: NIF Book Prize Jury Chair
Political scientist Prof. Niraja Gopal Jayal, chair of Indias richest literary prize for non-fiction, says accessibility for a broader audience is an important consideration.
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Suriya On Soorarai Pottru, Why He Took The OTT Call, And Working With Gautham Menon Again
The actor, whose new movie will release on Amazon Prime Video this week, also spoke about his recent public statements and what money means to him.
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Leesa Gazi On Hellfire: Once A Woman Realises What Its Like To Feel Free, She Cant Willingly Go Back
The writer-filmmaker on the inspiration behind Hellfire, a chilling book about the horrors of patriarchy.
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I Spend Weeks Hunting For The Perfect Word: Dharini Bhaskar On Writing Sentences That Hold Music
These, Our Bodies, Possessed by Light, Bhaskars debut novel, has been shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature.
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We Need More Mental Health Professionals, Govt Funding: Raashi Thakran, Woman Behind New 24/7 Govt Helpline Number
Thakran, who lost her brother to suicide, says we can make a change only when we educate ourselves on mental health concerns and learn to be vulnerable.
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Covid Spread In Rural India Won't Be As Rapid, But Will Last Longer, Says Epidemiologist
Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan on what Covid-19 spread in India could soon look like, and why testing should now be targeted to the elderly and people with co-morbidities.
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Naseeruddin Shah On Dancing With Mithun, Acting In Bad Films And What Gives Him Hope
The actor, who hasn't shied away from critiquing the present dispensation, talks about finding meaning through art and what bad films taught him about acting.
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Independence Day Interview: Arundhati Roy On The Fight To Preserve Indian Democracy
Describing the Modi government as a 'tyrannical minority hiding inside this confected majority', Roy said the current regime represented a moment of rupture in the history of independent India. "We have not yet seen the formal re-writing of the constitution, but we have seen the constitution being entirely set aside," she said.
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How Karunanidhis Biographer Traced His Rise To The Top Of Tamil Nadu Politics
Tamil writer Vaasanthi, who has written a gripping biography of five-time Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, explains how she charted the Dravidian leaders life.
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