Curator of the first Indian Indigenous Films: Cinema from the Margins section at the International Film Festival of Melbourne 2026, Meenakshi Shedde dissects Indigenous cinema as a doorway to a new world

Altogether, a very rich and diverse haul of films, of which we can be justifiably proud.

When I did a life skills workshop for the Eklavya India Foundation, Nagpur, last week—for mainly Dalit and historically marginalised students — I was delighted to discover real phatakas among them 

Part II of my exploration of The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF, that mines a rich lode of fantastic, anti-caste, Dalit futurism and Adivasi futurism

Discovering my foodie side in Goa—Shubhra Shankhwalker’s Goan Saraswat home cooking in Camurlim, and cakes named Bolo Sans Rival and Toucinho do Ceu

Should you discuss with an  ageing parent the subject of mortality, of death?  If yes, what is a good way to do it? And when? 

On her birthday, Amma played Jheeni re jheeni on keyboards; the next day, she was playing Raag Yaman Kalyan on the new melodica

The Malayalam film Footage is a cautionary tale on today’s social media-driven times, and the consequences of Covid

Sthal is a superb follow-up to Sairat, that explores women's agency in marriage and life

Arjun Talwar’s film Letters from Wolf Street, that was in the Berlinale’s Panorama, is a funny, insightful documentary, seeing Poland from the viewpoint of an Indian artistic immigrant

Meenakshi Shedde

Why celebrating Indian indigenous films is important

TIFF breaks S Asia records

Eklavya’s Legacy

Blaft’s rich anti-caste SF

An oasis in Goa

I’ll see you down the road

Amma’s 98th birthday

Revealing footage

Sthal: marriage as low-hanging fruit

Charming doc of Wolf Street

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