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Talking a stand against forced marriages

Secrets of the Henna Girl

When UK-based writer Sufiya Ahmad was 14, one of her classmates simply didn’t show up to school on the first day of a new term. Everyone knew that she had been taken to Pakistan to be married off, but Sufiya didn’t think about it too much.

Not so impossible for Naomi

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In The Impossible, Naomi Watts plays Maria Belton, a woman torn apart from her husband and sons, while vacationing in Thailand when Tsunami hits in 2004.

He makes Maths simple for students

Gaurav Tekriwal

“Dimag ke bahar jaata hai” is a response Gaurav Tekriwal is used to hearing when he asks people what they feel about Math.

Documenting the building of one city

Madan Mahatta’s works are part of an exhibition curated by Ram Rahman

Before the rebellion of 1857, the East India Company began promoting the use of photography to document the areas under its control. This documentation had been previously done — and painstakingly so — by draughtsmen.

(T)reading the perfect path

Apart from her famous last name, there isn’t much that is imposing about Rohini Nilekani’s presence. Her stature is diminutive, her voice soft, and a smile that immediately puts you at ease.

Shruti’s ‘everywoman’

A well-known name in the world of fashion design, Shruti Sancheti is also an MBA, a teacher and a mother-of-two.

Story in a postcard

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A khidmatgar looks almost regal as he stands in his formal livery. A sweeper works in an oddly picturesque setting. An elderly woman stands tall, bearing pots of water on her head. They may be engaged in manual labour, but these figures have a certain dignity as they pose self-consciously in these images, rendered by an artist during the days of the British Raj.

A song and dance extravaganza

Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.”

Chopra’s leading ladies: Fragile, ethereal, but with core of steel

Kohl-rimmed eyes, translucent chiffon saris, long hair worn loose — from Rakhi in Kabhi Kabhi, Rekha in Silsila, Sridevi in Lamhe and Chandni, Madhuri Dixit in Dil To Pagal Hai and Katrina Kaif in Jab

Heroines ethereal, with core of steel

Kohl-rimmed eyes, translucent chiffon saris, long hair worn loose — from Rakhi in Kabhi Kabhie, Rekha in Silsila, Sridevi in Lamhe and Chandni, Madhuri Dixit in Dil To Pagal Hai and Katrina Kaif in Ja

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.