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Citizens worried about govt’s plan to convert 4 reserved forests into eco-parks The state government’s move to convert a large part of the four reserved forests in the City into conventional parks has not gone down well with environmentally conscious citizens. While some ask why the forest department is doing the Municipal Corporation’s job of creating public spaces, others are worried about the concrete structures the administration might build as part of creating eco-parks. The forest department, however, maintains that it would not pour an inch of concrete in the forest. On Saturd...

The life and times of Devika Rani: Kishwar Desai on the fame, struggles of one of Hindi cinema's first heroines Devika Rani's contributions to the pioneering studio Bombay Talkies went beyond acting. She took full control of it following the death of Himansu Rai, her husband. Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe January 31, 2021 10:04:46 IST Bombay Talkies, set up in 1934 by producer Himansu Rai and Devika Rani, was a pioneering film studio which revolutionised filmmaking in India. Apart from giving a space ...

New Delhi– Dubbed the “greatest literary show on Earth”, the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) returns in a virtual avatar from February 19-28 featuring a spectacular line-up of speakers from across the world, consisting of writers, poets, playwrights, thinkers, politicians, journalists, cultural icons and recipients of major literary awards including the Man Booker, the Pulitzer, JCB Prize for Literature, Commonwealth, European Union Prize, the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. The programme is vast and kaleidoscopic, with themes ranging f...

The Longest Kiss: Devika Rani’s unusual story mirrors formative years of Bombay's film industry and its elite mores Kishwar Desai’s biography of arguably Hindi cinema’s first female superstar registers historical moments in the nascent Bollywood of 1930s and 40s 20 Jan, 2021 In many ways, the particularity of an epoch and the place often creeps into a biographical sketch. This is the case in The Longest Kiss: The Life and Times of Devika Rani by Kishwar Desai, an account of the unusual journey of arguably the first female superstar of Hindi cinema. The historical register of B...

BAD BOYS Actors who despite a few transgressions remain our much-loved heroes It is often said that Bollywood works to a formula. The hero meets heroine, cupid strikes, vamp and villain try to break them up, but at the end of 18 reels, all issues are resolved, the baddies are vanquished, and the winsome-twosome live happily ever after. This time-tested plot usually plays out with the same set of actors, cast in a mould, and rarely does the designated nayak turn into a khalnayak or vice versa. In this scenario, when a poster boy in the industry gambles with his career to take a walk on the wil...