Has Sanatana Dharma Met Its Electoral Match In Caste Census?

It is not much of an issue just now, but it could become one if the idea of a caste census captures the socio-political imagination, going beyond electoral tags and identities, predicts N Sathiya......

Anyone who kills cows is deemed to rot in hell: Allahabad HC

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has expressed hope that the Centre will take an appropriate decision to ban cow slaughter and declare it as a 'protected national animal'.......

Bihar BJP MLA stirs row with comments on Hindu gods

In an embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar, one of its MLAs has been accused of hurting Hindu sentiments by pointing out that even those who did not worship Goddess Lakshmi,......

Over 1,200 gifts of Modi go under hammer, NCC card among most sought after

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Cadet Corps alumni card, multiple models of the upcoming Ram temple in Ayodhya and a statue of the mascot of the recently-held Chess Olympiad in Chennai......

Diwali extravaganza for buy-now, pay-later biz

The ‘buy-now, pay-later’ (BNPL) juggernaut continued to roll on during the festive season with multiple players seeing disbursals grow by more than 100 per cent compared to Diwali last......

'The world wants you to be completely beaten in bankruptcy'

'What Siddhartha’s life teaches us is something very true about life; that life is a circle, and what goes up will come down. What is on top today will come down tomorrow, and what is down......

It's raining billionaires in these countries, India ranks third!

Image: A worker displays a miniature 22 carat gold replica of the historic Taj Mahal. Photograph: Babu/Reuters     The world is home to a record number of 2,089 billionaires. The past......

Is India's stock market truly national?

Image: Bollywood actress Kajal Agarwal attends the Muhurat Trading session at the Bombay Stock Exchange. Photograph, courtesy: BSE Our stock exchanges no longer belong to one state or one......

Lataji: 'Ganesh Chaturthi Is Not The Same'

'It's time we stop thinking only about ourselves.''Whether it is love or wealth, give generously.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Subhash K Jha   India's most accomplished icon, Lata Mangeshkar,......

Video: Listen to Pehla Nasha, UNPLUGGED!

'We don't make films which have scope for great music anymore.' IMAGE: Jatin Pandit with his son Raahul Jatin. Making the most of the lockdown, Jatin Pandit dropped a song on the coronavirus......

'Till yesterday, you were glowing in your exalted place like a queen'

'The very fact that she survived her migration to Bollywood, where many young lives have been sacrificed or abandoned to the streets, bears testimony to her grit, determination and good fortune,'......

What would Satyam Shivam Sundaram be called today?

What if these old classics were made in today's times?Sukanya Verma figures it out. Bollywood movie titles have gotten a lot zanier in the last decade or two. Who knows what some of our best-known......