Manoj Bajpayee (Photo: Meetesh Taneja | Costume Stylist, Fashion Concept and Direction: Krish Khatri) The elemental intensity of Bajpayee makes him a class act on the big screen and a formidable force on OTT. The art and attitude of an original MANOJ BAJPAYEE IS INSTANTLY AMUSED BY MY SUGGESTION THAT HE is India’s Anthony Quinn, … Continue reading Manoj Bajpayee: The Irresistible Phenomenon and Undisputed King of OTT
‘Regional’ movies are more national than ‘national’ movies, says Manoj Bajpayee
Manoj Bajpayee (Photo: Getty Images) Do you think there will be films made separately for the OTT platform and for theatres? Or do you think one will cannibalise the other? I want both to coexist and provide competition to each other. That is my personal opinion. Problems arise when there is just one medium, which … Continue reading ‘Regional’ movies are more national than ‘national’ movies, says Manoj Bajpayee
Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund: ISI’s Man in Kabul
A hardliner with no constituency or charisma, he epitomises a Taliban controlled by Pakistan (Illustration: Saurabh Singh) There are two Taliban leaders from Kandahar with the same name: Mullah Mohammad Hassan. Both had occupied the post of the governor of Kandahar. Both were close associates of the dreaded founder of the outfit, Mullah Mohammed Omar. The … Continue reading Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund: ISI’s Man in Kabul
UNHCR Stays Silent in The Face of Protests and Pleas by Afghan Nationals in New Delhi
Many Afghan nationals protesting outside UNHCR's office in Vasant Vihar, Delhi, are women who have been spending day and night for the past nine days along with their kids and elderly parents in scorching heat and occasional rain. You can see mosquito bites all over the faces of the kids. Now, their presence here has … Continue reading UNHCR Stays Silent in The Face of Protests and Pleas by Afghan Nationals in New Delhi
Hazaras, the Most Unloved, Excluded and Abused People of Afghanistan, Speak Out
Those who have fled the Taliban regime recall the trauma of exclusion, disclose worst fears for those left behind The destroyed statue of Hazara leader Abdul Ali Mazari (Photo: Twitter) In Delhi’s Ashram area where she has lived for the past three years with her family comprising parents, brothers and husband, Rabia (name changed) serves me … Continue reading Hazaras, the Most Unloved, Excluded and Abused People of Afghanistan, Speak Out
‘ISI didn’t plan the Taliban victory. The US facilitated it,’ says Author & Filmmaker Adrian Levy
(Illustration: Saurabh Singh) Adrian Levy has never stayed back this long in London since he was 16, he says. The Covid-19 pandemic has confined him to his London home from where he currently gives interviews on the latest among several books he has co-authored with Cathy Scott-Clark who, these days, is tied up with an … Continue reading ‘ISI didn’t plan the Taliban victory. The US facilitated it,’ says Author & Filmmaker Adrian Levy
We can’t do business with Taliban, say India-funded Salma Dam builders
Several businessmen, including a senior executive of a company that co-built the Salma Dam in Afghanistan, state that it is unlikely that they will do any business in the landlocked nation with the Taliban returning to power. The dreaded militant outfit aims to establish a theocracy in Afghanistan. Salma Dam is officially called the Afghan-India Friendship Dam, located in Chishti … Continue reading We can’t do business with Taliban, say India-funded Salma Dam builders
SOS Appeal: Fearing for her life, Afghan TV anchor Shabnam wants to leave Afghanistan
Shabnam Khan Dawaran, whose video exposing the Taliban went viral, says she continues to receive death threats Shabnam Khan Dawaran, 24, was a TV anchor with state-run RTA channel until the Taliban stopped her from working SHABNAM Khan Dawaran, the 24-year-old Afghan TV anchor whose video about the harrowing ordeal of being stopped by Taliban … Continue reading SOS Appeal: Fearing for her life, Afghan TV anchor Shabnam wants to leave Afghanistan
Who’s fair game under the Taliban?
People run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021 (Photo: AP) While the power elite are safe abroad, common folk of Afghanistan hope against hope that their worst fears don’t come true SEATED at his friend’s pharmacy in Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar, home to many refugees from Afghanistan, Jamil, who … Continue reading Who’s fair game under the Taliban?
The Indian Left may have shrunk politically, but it is still an intellectual force to reckon with
(Illustration: Saurabh Singh) WHEN INDIA WON freedom in 1947, communists were already in power across large swathes of Europe thanks to Joseph Stalin’s puritanical worldview and expansionist politics. Having steered World War II to a triumphant win at a huge cost along with the Allied Powers, the Soviet Union under his watch had the bandwidth … Continue reading The Indian Left may have shrunk politically, but it is still an intellectual force to reckon with
