Astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar used to travel 80 kilometers every week from the Yerkes Observatory to the University of Chicago, where he taught a course attended by only two students. When asked why he spent his time this way, the professor replied…

Proud of the Columbia Journalism students!

Satyajit Ray's storyboards for Pather Panchali.

When people ask for writing advice, I suggest they look at writers' outlines, notes — and Ray's notebooks. The best 'writing class' you could ask for.

'Not to have seen the cinema of Satyajit Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.'

― Akira Kurosawa

(Remembering Satyajit Ray on his 103rd birth anniversary)

I haven’t seen anyone talk about the relatively new #AnthonyHopkins film #OneLife . Beautiful, emotionally moving account of a British man who saved 600 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Another #SchindlersList sort of a story. Still playing in theaters in India.

🚨❗️🆘 More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in the past six months. #StopSendingArms to Israel or risk complicity in committing war crimes and genocide! #CeasefireNOW #AllOnYouBiden #BidensLegacy

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Take a bow ⁦Kiran Rao⁩ Loved Laapataa Ladies. Clever, witty, fun. Presses all the right buttons. Says all the things we want to hear. And, O yes, a story without a villain. Lots of never seen before actors and @RaviKishan, in a charming role. Watch on ⁦@Netflix.

Hello President Biden and Hillary Clinton. Presenting two Hamas terrorists to you!

Pro-terror rioters! Damn this right-wing publication!

First it was the case with the directors of #MyFavoriteCake @Berlinale and now this Festival de Cannes. Iran cannot continue like this as the world watches. Until then its filmmakers will keep producing remarkable films despite the censorship and political pressures.

When #SatyajitRay took a trip to Agra with #AkiraKurosawa , #MichelangeloAntonioni and film writer #PeterCowie . bit.ly/3TK6Ybr

In the past few years have talked to many journalists and podcasters about my book #IrrfanKhanTheManTheDreamerTheStar . But this is definitely the best conversation I have had about the Irrfan and his films. Thanks The Mohua Show! bit.ly/44nbEuK

For personal and professional reasons, I haven't been vocal about Palestine on this platform. But after yesterday, I want to make a few things clear for the record. (1/6)

Good Morning!

BREAKING: The students at the University of Manchester are setting up Gaza encampment, responding to the worldwide calls for showing solidarity with Palestine.