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Untying Breastfeeding: Tongue-tied babies? Here comes the solution Just as giving birth, pregnancy and menstruation are phenomena that no man can ever experience, so also is breast-feeding. But what...
Human Cinema—The Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Highs and lows in the career of the humane ‘econo-miser’ K.V. Rammesh is a business manager by profession, and his passions are 3M—not the company,...
Mitron, Review: Food-truck’s mixed menu, part tasty, part insipid Meaning ‘friends’, mitron is among the most favourite opening words when the current prime minister of India addresses an audience....
The Predator, Review: Autistic liberty Fourth instalment in the franchise and third in chronology, The Predator again plays with that one word. Remember Predator (1987), Predator 2 (1990) and...
Love Sonia, Review: Sister’s sibling search sifting sordid sex surroundings Official statistics show that there hundreds of thousands of sex workers in India, and many of them are below 18. Being a...
Laila Majnu, Review: Crazy lovers in serene Kashmir Transposed from ancient Arabia to modern Kashmir, the tale of doomed lovers Laila and Majnu is retold by brothers Imtiaz Ali and Sajid Ali....
3rd LIFFI: Picturesque mountains, interesting films, small crowds Lonavla (also spelt Lonavala) is a hill-retreat about halfway from the two biggest cities in Maharashtra, Pune and Mumbai. It takes...
Gali Guleiyan (In the Shadows), Review: Shadow boxing in labyrinthe thin A year after being shown at Busan and the Mumbai International Film Festival, Gali Guleiyan emerges from the shadows and...
Halkaa, Review: Doing it in the open! Precisely the presumption of the makers of the film. Precisely the bane of filmgoers and film-critics. Furthering the cause of Swachh Bharat (Clean India), a...
Once Again, Review: Loneliness, Lunchbox and Love Films in which the actors speak softly, there are no item songs, no fights and no villains, no double entendre, no ghosts, no claptrap dialogues and...