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Desh ke liye kya kar sakte ho…Happy Republic Day to everyone. May we cherish all that our Constitution has given us & take our country to greater heights. Jai Hind

Labor and Love: 8 Documentaries by Deepa Dhanraj • Coming to the Channel 3/1! Curated by Devika Girish, this series brings work from the Yugantar Film Collective together with Dhanraj’s documentaries—all of them invaluable, on-the-ground records of India’s feminist movement.

This Oscars, both Kartiki and Shaunak are winners, their independent work marking an epoch for Indian documentary filmmaking. With Sushmit Ghosh wrote a op-ed reflection about this time, those before and after all of us. #AllThatBreathes #TheElephantsWhisperers

On World Storytelling Day remembering a delightful story of a group of people - the last of the oral storytellers. 1/10

I'm in Vulture making a case for my favorite cinematic medium: Indian nonfiction. I loved making this list of eight titles, which I argue, are worthy entry points to the remarkable slate of Indian docus — left out of mainstream discourse for far too long. vulture.com/article/best-i…

For my @NotebookMUBI debut, I reported on the long-standing & recent systemic obstacles that limit Indian documentaries from realizing their vision & the price that a new crop of filmmakers pay to make politically charged Indian non-fiction right now: mubi.com/notebook/posts…

Writing With Fire has been nominated for a Peabody Award. This film, for me, has been a journey, a conversation and a reflection. And all of this continues, so grateful and humbled. Peabody Awards Writing With Fire Independent Lens

This editions’s Counter Culture column is a dispatch from the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center & the grotesque spectacle with which it announced itself. For Frontline frontline.thehindu.com/columns/counte…

A Peabody Award is coming home. Grateful, grateful. Peabody Awards Writing With Fire

"Writing With Fire is a meditation on power...The kind of power that is deeply rooted in the very fertile resilience of a woman's voice." Co-directors Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh share thanks in this beautiful video for their gripping doc about India's only all-female newspaper.

Almost everything under these vast stretches of clouds is under water - homes, fields, livestock, roads. Getting in touch with friends and family in some parts has been impossible. Heart goes out to everyone dealing with this chaos.

Did the Writing With Fire screening light up your screen this weekend? Well, our subscribers witnessed the indomitable spirit of Khabar Lahariya, the Dalit women-run newspaper, along with its digital shift. Followed by a chat with directors:Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh.

After the sucess of “Bachchan Back to the Beginning” & “Dilip Kumar - Hero of Heroes”, FHF is back with another blockbuster festival - “Dev Anand @ 100-Forever Young” - to commemorate the 100th birthday of the evergreen star.

Delighted for Writing With Fire’s theatrical release in Japan. Playing in cinemas across 20 prefectures all over the country…and so stoked with the love that’s pouring in! 🫶🏾🇯🇵

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Notes from sauntering around and speaking at the Kerala Literature Festival in Kozhikode. Orwell in Malayalam is my prized buy. Words, films, provocations, mango fish curry. There’s something all consuming about a lit fest that sits looking out into the sea.

In Chennai, Writing With Fire is screening at PK Rosy Film Festival at Vaanam Arts Festival organised by நீலம் பண்பாட்டு மையம் during Dalit History Month. Sitting with some very important films and perspectives from our times. Thanks for the invite pa.ranjith.