'No hate calls from Kashmir mosques on January 19, 1990'

'These statements which you are telling me were never uttered from mosques on that day.''And if this had happened, I would have got the report as the chief secretary of J&K.' IMAGE: Kashmiri......

Can Modi Win A Simple Majority?

2019 was the BJP's breakout year, when it stretched the boundaries of what was thought possible and ended up with 303 seats on its own steam.Now it is forced to play defence, on a pitch queered by......

A Tale Of Two Poorams

If you have an appetite for crowds and the visual spectacle of many focused on one task or activity, a pooram will engage you, notes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: The materials used on caparisoned......

Bahubali Wives Charge Up Bihar Contest

The RJD has fielded six women candidates, some of them are wives of bahubalis. IMAGE: Heena Sahab (in blue scarf), the late gangster Mohammad Shahabuddin's wife, is an Independent candidate from......

Bengal's tea industry seeks a new flavour

The alpona (artwork) on the steep, winding road leading to Makaibari bears testimony to the visit of G20 delegates for the second tourism working group meeting in April last year. Photograph:......

What Jaddu Said After Casting His Vote

IMAGE: Rivaba and Ravindra Jadeja after casting their vote. Photograph: Kind courtesy royalnavghan/Instagram   Ravindra Jadeja and his wife Rivaba Jadeja cast their vote in Gujarat's Jamnagar......

Meet India's Paris Olympics-bound relay teams

Redemption, fulfilment of a father's dream, a big step in a nascent career and justification of choices made early in life -- Olympic qualification meant different things to the different members......