How Modi-Shah Can Be Beaten

To beat BJP, you either deny them a critical mass of Hindu vote or build a regional leader and party strong enough to protect their turf, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party......

Where are the leaders who can inspire our youth?

'Are moving towards a political culture that provides more space for violence and a paranoid political rhetoric,' asks Nitin Desai. Fifty years ago the American historian Richard Hofstadter wrote a......

The Lahore Summit: The Nuclear Angle

'All this talk of 'tactical nuclear weapons' or a limited nuclear war are 'false flags'! It looks like India and Pakistan are slowly but surely inching towards this realism,' says Colonel Anil A......

When Kerry had Dunkin' Donuts breakfast in Islamabad!

United States Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Dunkin' Donuts store in Islamabad in the Pakistani capital on Tuesday to a get a ‘little slice’ of the popular American breakfast......

Facebook exploring 'sympathise' button

Facebook is considering giving its users a less cheery alternative to the 'like' option: a 'sympathise' button. Many people come across a sad status update from a friend while browsing the popular......

'Budget 2012-Neither too cruel, nor too kind'

As it turned out, the FM was neither too cruel nor too kind, writes Ajit RanadeThe finance minister, in the middle of his speech, said "I must be cruel, only to be kind", quoting Hamlet.Whatever he......

A biz guru cracks the Indian code!

It's day four of our journey into the heart of India's culture, and we're holed up inside the sprawling Bangalore Oberoi hotel. Somehow, this immaculately manicured property blocks out the......

Baahubali 2 Review: Rajamouli keeps winking, and we keep falling for it

Baahubali: The Conclusion doesn't enlarge the scope of the first film or deepen its meaning. However, it does expose the smallness of its many ideas, even as it redeems most of its campy elements,......

Review: A Death in the Gunj: Minor achievement, minor disappointment

Despite its many problems, A Death in the Gunj is an important work, says Sreehari Nair. It is a fact well established that a man at his angriest reveals expressions of his mother. Betray a man's......

X: A piece of kitsch with incidental joys and a lot to crib about

'Mistaking carnality for sensuality, X rings as too literal-minded and too talky, with a technique that just about drains any real density or genuine playfulness that may exist beneath all the......

Beowulf: Spectacular animation

The tremendous success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Harry Potter movies and the Shrek series points to an increasing demand for fantasy blockbusters. Renegade director Robert Zemeckis......

Tursunov wins Indianapolis final

Russian third seed Dmitry Tursunov won his second career title with a 6-4 7-5 victory over Frank Dancevic of Canada at the Indianapolis championship on Sunday. The 27th-ranked Tursunov had been in......

For flag and country

The biggest event in cricket has just got over in South Africa. Every cricket-loving person in the world would have watched the proceedings seriously for the past two months. We all saw a lot of......