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# Mahita Gajanan

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## Mahita Gajanan


Mahita Gajanan is an editor at TIME. She covers culture.


## Mahita Gajanan


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* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74592c14b5cec59a/6998c731c8dcb49224b502f3/Best-Books-So-Far-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 6, 2025  
### [The 14 Best Books of 2025 So Far](https://time.com/7291593/best-books-of-2025-so-far/)  
From Amy Griffin's The Tell to Katie Kitamura's Audition, these are the best fiction and nonfiction ...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![SHOT 4_454](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70d4f967ca54112e/6998c6641500fb13bbaa63b2/SHOT-4_454-1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 6, 2025  
### [Shah Rukh Khan on Making Met Gala Debut](https://time.com/7282970/shah-rukh-khan-interview-2025-met-gala/)  
Shah Rukh Khan spoke with TIME about attending the 2025 Met Gala and his hopes for the future of mov...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Love is Blind Haunting Moments](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70a57416d46c4749/698a4d1516d884660ac3db04/Time.com-Love-is-blind-1.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 2, 2024  
### [Most Haunting Moments on 'Love Is Blind'](https://time.com/6899710/love-is-blind-most-haunting-moments/)  
From the wine-drinking dog in Season 1 to a post-breakup jet ski ride in Season 6  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Cast members from Martin Tisha Campbell, Martin Lawrence, Tichina Arnold and Carl Payne onstage during the 75th Emmy Awards on Jan. 15, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt016525278fe3d082/698a43e4011682bb40983cca/the-emmys-reunions-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 16, 2024  
### [See Iconic TV Casts Reunite at the Emmys](https://time.com/6555751/emmys-tv-show-reunions/)  
At the 75th Emmy Awards, casts from popular TV shows reunited, including Game of Thrones, The Sopran...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![American game show host Bob Barker on the set of his 'The Price is Right,' on Dec. 4, 1985.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10cb24412f6b575e/698a1712b3fce315840c7add/bob-barker-2021-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 26, 2023  
### [Bob Barker, Iconic Host of 'The Price Is Right,' Dies](https://time.com/5723021/bob-barker-dies/)  
The animal rights activist hosted the popular game show for more than three decades  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
* ![Sinead O'Connor plays the guitar on stage in a black and white photograph](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaff378c502b03478/698a3f0b22fb856c08e2ee50/Sinead-OConnor-1990.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2023  
### [The Legacy of Sinéad O'Connor on SNL](https://time.com/6298448/the-controversial-saturday-night-live-performance-that-made-sinead-oconnor-an-icon/)  
The singer, who has died at 56, is remembered for her legacy as a protest artist, perhaps best exemp...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![David Hyde Pierce](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab5b5640e5c472cc/698a30ad457a521a06d664d7/david-hyde-pierce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2022  
### [David Hyde Pierce on Playing Paul Child in _Julia_ and Whether He'd Ever Return to _Frasier_](https://time.com/6163441/david-hyde-pierce-julia-child/)  
On playing the husband of famed TV chef and cookbook author Julia Child on HBO Max&apos;s Julia  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![inventing-anna](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt451e993c5c1face4/698a21f2011682743f9817f3/INVA_102_Unit_12863R.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 31, 2022  
### [Here's Everything New on Netflix in February 2022—and What's Leaving](https://time.com/6143577/new-on-netflix-february-2022/)  
From 'Inventing Anna' to 'jeen-yuhs'  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Landscapers](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb404c49fb8ed541d/698a207e16d88426d3c3a20f/olivia-colman-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 9, 2021  
### [The True Story Behind HBO’s Gripping True Crime Drama _Landscapers_](https://time.com/6126862/landscapers-true-story/)  
Olivia Colman and David Thewlis star in this miniseries based on a couple on the run from a double m...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Emily in Paris](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b515bc69d16889f/698a2042096a948f7c6ac071/emily-in-paris.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 1, 2021  
### [Here's Everything New on Netflix in December 2021—and What's Leaving](https://time.com/6124740/new-on-netflix-december-2021/)  
From Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Lost Daughter' to a holiday edition of 'The Great British Baking Show'  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
* ![Paul Rudd, left, and Will Ferrell in 'The Shrink Next Door'](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt442b2ac552ab4c8a/698a1e9ab3fce379850c880b/The_Shrink_Next_Door_Photo_010102.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 12, 2021  
### [The True Story Behind _The Shrink Next Door_](https://time.com/6116776/the-shrink-next-door-true-story/)  
Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell star in the new Apple TV+ series adapted from a podcast  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![lularoe-founders](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79ad7c6d225cb2dc/698a1cc709208fdf9741843c/Lularich-founders-1.jpeg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 10, 2021  
### [Amazon Docuseries _LuLaRich_ Breaks Down the Chaotic Story of Deception Behind Multilevel Marketing Company LuLaRoe](https://time.com/6096777/lularich-true-story-amazon/)  
The new Amazon docuseries 'LuLaRich' breaks down the ways in which women were lured into a promise t...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac217ffde9df9973/698a1c55656a3f29eebdb91f/beautiful-world-where-are-you-fall-preview-2021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 3, 2021  
### [Sally Rooney and the Millennial Novel](https://time.com/6094903/sally-rooney-millennial-novel/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![bob-ross-doc](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte852e7f8536a6fec/698a1c3e86f68eb2366f03de/bob-ross-doc.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 27, 2021  
### [Who Controls Painter Bob Ross' Legacy?](https://time.com/6092758/bob-ross-documentary-netflix/)  
A new documentary reveals less about Bob Ross the man and more about the struggle to control Bob Ros...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![sandra-oh-the-chair](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6530e2cd120d49cb/698a1b94db2987fd2a266c14/sandra-oh-the-chair.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 3, 2021  
### [Everything New on Netflix in August 2021](https://time.com/6086928/new-on-netflix-august-2021/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)

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