We’re told that the high AQI in Mumbai will last just for a short while. What no one tells us is that its impact — especially on children — is anything but temporary. It’s not just damaging to their lungs and immunity, but even their growing brains are at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s, dementia, autism, or ADHD.
In the month we mark legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak’s birth centenary, here’s an excerpt from a new anthology of essays on him. An actor recounts what it was like to work with the auteur whose work went largely ignored during his lifetime, but now places him among some of the greatest in the world
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