Sukant Deepak

Independent journalist, co-founder: Elsewhere -
Previously with India Today, IANS, HT. Words in Scroll, The Quint, The Tribune

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Filmmaker Ridham Janve's 'Hunter's Moon' that won him the 'Best Screenplay Award' at the Shanghai International Film Festival tells me that its sensibility was moulded as much by the landscape as by purpose.
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Rohan Kanawade’s ‘Cactus Pears’ unfolds over the 10-day mourning period following the death of protagonist’s father. @sukantdeepak writes in @thetribunechd #SpectrumTheTribune

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Rohan Kanawade, whose Marathi film ‘Sabar Bonda’ has been selected for the FIPRESCI-India Grand Prix Top 10 Indian Films of 2025, reflects on the state of independent cinema in India. Sukant Deepak writes in #SpectrumTheTribune
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Kader Attia, first non-Indian curator of Kochi Biennale (2027) tells me bringing together psychoanalysis, psychiatry, history, architecture, cinema and cooking; & seeing art through the lens of poetry will make real bridges in the harbour city of Kochi
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@neelammansingh @mahimkajerry @speakingtiger14 @HarperCollinsIN And you will be missed, Neelam ji.

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Hello Chandigarh, hope to see you on June 7. Jerry will be signing books after the event (books will be available at the venue). Time : 6:30 pm on June 7 (Sunday). At Government Museum and Art Gallery auditorium, Sector 10, Chd.

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Where Spanish author Javier Moro tells me what keeps him fascinated about India, and how the government seems least interested in conserving heritage. In India Today magazine, today.
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Ankur Hooda’s critically acclaimed Haryanvi film, ‘The Calf Doll’, started with this idea — what is left when you are no longer in possession of what has defined your life? Sukant Deepak writes in #SpectrumTheTribune

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Author @PicoIyer tells me that Iran is the subtlest and endlessly fascinating place. "You can feel the 5,000 years of history there. Despite suffering for so many years, they have maintained their dignity"
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Sculptor Hasseena Suresh's works speak politically through colour and symbolism -- several shades in her sculptures refer to histories of power, violence, resistance, and memory.

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Prabhash Chandra’s ‘Alaav’ is a captivating power of slow, repetitive frames of daily life. Sukant Deepak writes in @thetribunechd #SpectrumTheTribune

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‘Sound on My Skin’, acclaimed artist Shilpa Gupta’s 35-minute motion flapboard installation at her ongoing solo exhibition ‘Listening Air’ in Kochi, explores the sensory interplay between sound and body, writes @sukantdeepak  for #SpectrumTheTribune

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At the Kochi Biennale, Pallavi Paul’s installation ‘Alaq’ talks about faith and science in the time of virus, hate. Sukant Deepak writes in @thetribunechd #SpectrumTheTribune @kochibiennale @sukantdeepak
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Sunita Williams, who has escaped earth’s gravitational pull multiple times, says her family & her dogs are the magnetic force that will now keep her heart grounded in her Houston home, writes Sukant Deepak in #SpectrumTheTribune

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Artist Shilpa Gupta who works on the themes of dissent, censorship and borders tells me that the politics in her work is ‘she’. “Nothing is by design,” she says.

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Anusha Rizvi’s new film ‘The Great Shamsuddin Family’ drives home her point that Indians can find humour in the most morose situations, writes Sukant Deepak for The Tribune @thetribunechd #SpectrumTheTribune #Reflections

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