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India, April 19 -- Trust Gurinder Chadha to Punjabify Austen and cast Aishwarya Rai as Elizabeth Bennet. Rewatch to see how Babbar plays the mother as an unabashed loudmouth. She's taut as a bow, read... Read More


Listicle: 10 Jane Austen characters we've loved on screen

India, April 18 -- Anne Hathaway, Becoming Jane (2007). When Jane Austen died in 1817, her family censored many parts of her life and thought it's best she was remembered as docile Aunt Jane. But Hath... Read More


Listicle: 10 Jane Austen characters we've loved on screen

India, April 18 -- Anne Hathaway, Becoming Jane (2007). When Jane Austen died in 1817, her family censored many parts of her life and thought it's best she was remembered as docile Aunt Jane. But Hath... Read More


The state we're in: Author Rana Dasgupta talks awards, AI, and the decline of the nation-state

India, April 11 -- Tussling with a new book about the failure of the nation-state, British writer Rana Dasgupta, 53, was feeling like anything but a winner, when he got the call telling him that he ha... Read More


Maybe AI will create a new style all its own: Wknd interviews composer Steve Barakatt

India, April 4 -- He's never liked the idea of music being divided into genres. It divides people, says Steve Barakatt, 51. "And I believe that music is meant to communicate and unite. Inclusivity is ... Read More


John Vaillant: "Nature will burn the earth or flood it to make us stop"

India, March 31 -- In 2023, nearly 12 million hectares, almost as big as Nicaragua, burned to ash, emitting a copious amount of carbon dioxide. We are also losing forest cover, which is making the pla... Read More