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The dream series: Lost on the Island
I often have deep and complicated dreams, but I rarely take the time to record them, let alone share them. Yet, something about last night’s dream stayed with me.
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A Meditative Exploration of Power and Identity in Satyajit Ray’s Kanchenjungha
In Kanchenjungha, Ray doesn’t offer easy resolutions. The film ends on an ambiguous note, with the family gathering for dinner, their internal conflicts unresolved, the future uncertain.
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Life unfolds by the Padma in Goutam Ghose’s cinematic masterpiece
Through its careful balancing of realism and poetic beauty, the film becomes a profound meditation on the human condition, as unyielding and ever-changing as the river that gives it its name.
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Neel Akasher Niche and the Sublime Intersection of Politics and Poetic Cinema
Neel Akasher Niche explores the unlikely bond between a Chinese hawker and a Bengali woman under colonial rule. It captures resistance, solidarity, and was notably the first film banned in India
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Mrinal Sen’s Kharij and Its Cinematic Genius
Watching Kharij felt like stepping into a quiet storm—no melodrama, just a stark, unsettling reminder of everyday complicity. It left me questioning my own moral blind spots long after it ended.
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