In a powerful stride towards a more inclusive society, the city of Pune is set to host the Inclusion Run on April 5th, 2026. Organised to coincide with World Autism Awareness Day, the event aims to move beyond awareness to actively champion the inclusion of neurodiverse individuals in every facet of community life. The run is the brainchild of two dynamic Pune-based entrepreneurs: Soma Gupta, Founder of Ghumakkad, an inclusive experiential platform; and Dr Rashmeet Kaur, Founder of My Sensory...

There is a particular kind of silence that follows soldiers home. Not peace. Not relief. Just silence — the kind that carries unfinished battles inside it. Subedar  builds itself around that silence. Sometimes it listens to it closely. Sometimes it drowns it in noise. Directed by Suresh Triveni, the film places a retired soldier at the centre of a world where the enemy is no longer across the border but right next door. And in the middle of it all stands Anil Kapoor — ageing, restless, and...

Some films narrate an issue. And then some films force you to sit with it. Assi  firmly belongs to the latter. Directed by Anubhav Sinha and written by Gaurav Solanki and Sinha himself, the film is mounted under the banner of Benaras Media Works. It arrives as a hard-hitting courtroom drama that doesn’t aim to comfort its audience — it challenges them. The Premise At its core, Assi  addresses the alarming rise in rape cases in India. But instead of relying on melodrama or sensationalism, the...