Raj Kapoor’s works told us that perhaps cinema’s most radical offering is its stubborn faith in the universality of human ...

Sebastião Salgado, a legendary photographer, leaves behind a vast legacy of black-and-white images capturing social and ...

As minority politics collapses and ethnic tensions simmer, a new study urges the Anura Dissanayake-led NPP government to ...

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In an interview, Michael Kugelman decodes Pakistan’s UN elevation, India’s diplomatic push, and the risks of Kashmir conflict globalisation.

An in-depth analysis of how Raj Kapoor’s films reflected shifting national dreams, evolving masculinity, and the changing ...

Awara speaks back to the law by confronting its bias against the urban poor and asserting their dignity—raising powerful ...

Nasreen Munni Kabir reflects on Raj Kapoor’s cinema, his iconic partnership with Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and how their art shaped India’s moral and political lens.

In Raj Kapoor’s early films, the hero’s innocence is not that of someone inexperienced but of someone who has emerged ...

Vikramaditya Motwane’s Jubilee draws inspiration from Raj Kapoor’s life and legacy—but recasts history through a modern lens ...

Watching “Awara” and “Shree 420” in a dark hall reveals Raj Kapoor’s unmatched power as a song-performer and director. A rich ...

Hindi cinema in the 1950s was a national cinema addressing a large public, but it was still a middle-class cinema and ...