CULTURE
Mir Taqi ‘Mir’, 300 Years on: The Startlingly Modern Pioneer of Urdu Ghazal
Born in 1723, Mir Taqi Mir displayed an ingrained and refined aesthetic sensibility in depicting various facets of the human condition -- especially love...
Actress Swara Bhasker Marries Political Activist Fahad Ahmad
Fahad, who is a Mumbai-based political activist, graduated from the Aligarh Muslim University and completed his M.Phil in social work from the Tata Institute...
Bollywood is Obsessed with Pakistan. We’d Be Flattered if it Weren’t So Nasty: Fatima Bhutto
The Guardian
IF recent Bollywood films are any indication, it is fair to say that India’s film industry is obsessed with Pakistan. Obsessed. Like standing outside your...
SRK: India’s Biggest Star is a Unifying Figure Across Multiple Religious, Linguistic Faultlines
Shah Rukh Khan's latest film Pathaan was an event akin to a national celebration, shrugging off boycott calls by Hindu hardliners and packing out theatres with...
From ‘Mission Majnu’ to ‘Pathaan,’ How Bollywood Packages Islamophobia
Usama Masood
Well before wars and political agendas skewed the landscape, the American film industry has been fraught with Islamophobia since the Golden Age of...