Throwing Light
Insights into the neglected history of Indian documentaries
The Caravan / October 2016
Independent journalist and writer, Mumbai. Email me at taran.khan@gmail.com
Insights into the neglected history of Indian documentaries
The Caravan / October 2016
The Blockbuster Rise of Ranveer Singh
The Caravan / February 2016 / Profile
How Manish Mundra became an unlikely champion of Indian independent cinema
The Caravan / October 2015 / Profile
The late but unstoppable rise of Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Caravan / August 2012 / Profile
Why Bollywood aspirants chase Shanoo Sharma
Caravan / March 2013 / Profile
Inside the world of an Afghan film star
Caravan / November 2011 / Profile
How Southasia’s dominant film industry is embraced but also appropriated by Kabulis. - See more at: http://himalmag.com/encounters-bollywood-kabul/?currentPage=all#sthash.5HTF1unM.dpuf
Himal / September 2014 / Essays
An interview with Afghan director Siddiq Barmak
The Hindu / April 2006
Five Afghan women make a film on their fluid, intensely personal and complex relationship with their chadoris, or veils
The Hindu / October 2006
Interview with Walter Salles, director of Motorcycle Diaries
DNA / February 2007
Kabul Dreams, the rock band from Afghanistan, have a new EP
Rolling Stone / January 2014
At Tepe Naranj, an archaeologist is working to preserve the remnants of an ancient monastery—and the memory of Afghanistan’s Buddhist past
Guernica / March 2016 / Essays
How do those who seek refuge from Kabul, seek Kabul elsewhere
Berfrois / November 2014 / Essays
Mapping the city through books, the author discovers a Kabul made entirely of words
Caravan / April 2011 / Essays
Farkhunda's murder has sparked an outpouring of grief as the country acknowledges that it still in flux
www.scroll.in / March 2015
Two days before the attacks on Paris, there was a remarkable moment of resistance against terror in Afghanistan
Scroll.in / November 2015
The many obstacles of videography in an Afghan wedding hall
Himal Quarterly / January 2016
Despite wars and prohibitions, old and young musicians keep a spirit of defiance in the country's soundtrack.
Indian Express Eye / May 2012 / Essays
Reflections after the attack on a Kabul institution, the Taverna du Liban restaurant
Himal / January 2014
A spot of idyll near war-ravaged Kabul
The Indian Express Eye / May 2015 / Travel
Ancient and alive, torn but warm. A travel guide to Kabul
Outlook Traveller / January 2011 / Travel / [Pdf , 917 KB]
Despite the “barely-there” nature of the shameez, it was a garment that in its very delicacy was loaded with meaning.
Fountain Ink / August 2015
A library in the Muslim enclave of Mumbra near Mumbai provides young women with a safe space to read and dream
thewire.in / June 2015
Little Women, Fewer Men
Scroll.in / March 2014 / Anthology
Why purging the Urdu writers works from textbooks is a bad idea
Sabrang / December 2015
Dharavi is dotted with enterprises run by women who are the primary breadwinners
Aljazeera.com / October 2013
Mumbai book club breaks up cloistered routine for women
Womens E News / January 2009
As the drive to 'develop' a Bandra maidan picks up, some users protest the replacement of their unfettered open space with a cookie-cutter park.
DNA / March 2008 / [Pdf , 198 KB]
A stamp was issued in his honour recently, but Mumbai seems to have forgotten Majaz
DNA / April 2008 / [Jpg , 227 KB]
Interview with Enrique Penalosa, (then) mayor of Bogota, on public transport as a key factor in planning cities
DNA / November 2009
Explore the spiritual heart of Ethiopia along its heritage-packed northern circuit
Outlook Traveller / May 2011 / Travel / [Pdf , 809 KB]
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