Veteran film producer Pahlaj Nihalani.

Nation

Veteran film producer and ex-CBFC chairman Pahlaj Nihalani passes away at 76

From BAFTA glory to NYIFF triumph — Boong continues its winning run.

Entertainment

Manipuri film ‘Boong’ wins big at New York Indian Film Festival, bags 3 awards

Suman Kalyanpur (1937-2026)

Entertainment

Suman Kalyanpur (1937-2026) and the twilight of music’s golden age

Suman Kalyanpur

Nation

Veteran playback singer Suman Kalyanpur passes away at 89

Photo courtesy: Facebook/Bashir Badr

Nation

‘My music, my films, my poetry — all begin with Bashir Badr’: Vishal Bhardwaj

Anik Dutta, the celebrated Bengali filmmaker.

Entertainment

Anik Dutta: The maverick leaves his mark with few films, rare courage

Photo courtesy: Facebook/Bashir Badr

Art and Culture

AMU entrance: When Bashir Badr failed a viva on a couplet he himself had written

Eid prayers at Brigade Parade Ground instead of the traditional Red Road, Kolkata, 28 May

Nation

A subdued Eid in Kolkata

Dr Bashir Badr, 1935-2026

Art and Culture

Bashir Badr, the poet who humanised the Urdu ghazal

Jawaharlal Nehru during a visit to Gaza in 1960

Tribute

‘Jo Meri Tarah Jiya Karte Hain Kab Marte Hain’: Sahir, Kaifi and their poetic farewell to Nehru

Shereen Ratnagar

Nation

Remembering a fearless historian of the Indus: Shereen Ratnagar and the burden of rational enquiry

Part of the play's poster

Art and Culture

Kaifi Aur Main: When poetry, politics and love share the stage

Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016)

Art and Culture

‘I wanted to fill this unpardonable gap’