Here’s an interview with a Columbia protester named Ava where she talks about why she’s there, anti-Semitism, and the historical echoes of this movement.

A review of my book on Soumitra Chatterjee in Anandabazar Patrika. The book is available on Amazon and other online stores. OmBooksInternational Shantanu Chaudhuri

Discovered this dancer…New York based Ishita Milli. Electric

youtu.be/U-ysW7kDpvs?si…

For book lovers…here are 4 outstanding books that I loved reading this year.

I really feel fortunate to have worked with such immensely talented music directors in my films. Gratitude .🙏🏼 Mayookh Bhaumik, Alokananda Dasgupta, Indraadip Dasgupta, Shantanu Moitra, Bikram Ghosh, Mirjam Skal, Sagar Desai and Debojyoti Mishra.

Our film ‘The Scavenger of Dreams’ is an official selection in competition at the New York Indian Film Festival. This is a film which is very close to our hearts. I am proud of my team who worked in this for over 3 years…
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A New York Times report says that “Almost all of the most watched movies on streaming services are movies that were first released theatrically.” I do agree. The buzz of a successful theatrical release has a much longer tail-compared to a weekend buzz of a streaming only release.

Why Did U.S. Planes Defend Israel But Not Ukraine?
And what lessons others might draw from that fact:
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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“Parama: A Journey with Aparna Sen” is an official selection at the Asian Film Festival of Vienna. After its world premier at Rotterdam earlier this year thrilled by the journey of this film and to showcase the film worldwide.

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I love discovering new directors and authors…in that vein my new discovery is the wickedly funny Belgian director Quentin Dupieux. He reminds one of the bizarre humor of Luis Bunuel or Roy Andersson. #MUBI

Books are the solace of life…

The trailer for the Washington DC Film Festival where Kabuliwala is screening. So proud to see a Bengali film in there…youtu.be/x80F34llbRE?si…

One of the best obituaries that I have read…on Nobel winner Daniel Kahneman who passed away recently. Its written by his coauthor Cass Sunstein. So relevant - not only for academia but the world that we live in now.

This important essay by Cass Sunstein isn’t just about Danny Kahneman, and it’s not just about money making us happier. It’s about intellectual humility, truth-seeking and the need for civility, empiricism and collaboration with those we’re sure are wrong. Fantastic essay in…

Syllabus for Jhumpa Lahiri’s course on ‘Diaries’ which she taught at Barnard College….

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want your children to be very intelligent, read them more fairy tales”- Albert Einstein.