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The Whale has stereotypical scenes of fat bodies, though its makers claim to establish the humanity of obese souls. However, the lead actor Brendan Fraser does a remarkable job, opines MUHAMMED NOUSHAD. “Do you ever get the feeling that people are incapable of not caring?” asks a dying Charlie, an excessively obese man, in The Whale, to his only friend
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‘Songs for Iftar’ was an online series of songs from across the Muslim world, curated by MUHAMMED NOUSHAD, in the month of Ramadan in 2023, for Kagrart and Sideratul Muntaha. This is an attempt to capture the musical tradition of various Muslim communities in a representative manner – in terms of ethnicity, genre and styles. 01. Kashmir | Faheem Abdullah
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Kayalpattinam has invited all sorts of people and civilizations to its erstwhile bustling seaport. MUHAMMED NOUSHAD visits the historic town and meets its people to narrate its fascinating tale of the past and the present. ‘It’s a small town with an excessive baggage of history’, a few well-meaning friends had warned me, before I set off my journey to Kayalpattinam. The
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NAJWAN DARWISH, well-acclaimed Arabic poet from Palestine, talked to Muhammed Noushad in 2019 on his poetry and politics. Photographs by Shafeeq Thamarassey. Najwan Darwish has published eight poetry books and has been translated into over 20 languages including English and Spanish. He is also the cultural editor of Arabic daily Al Arabi Al Jadeed. He has been traveling across the
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Nomadland raises critical concerns about the economy, lifestyle and perceptions of happiness, writes MUHAMMED NOUSHAD. In Nomadland, the analogy of a motor home is that of a lifeboat. The economy is Titanic, unstoppably sinking thanks to the wreckage. The sinking could be slow, too slow to notice or acknowledge, but it’s inevitable. When Bob Wells, the charismatic vandweller and minimalist who plays himself in
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