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'Our fight is not against the puppet Eknath Shinde'

'Our fight is against his political masters, the BJP and Devendra Fadnavis.' IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde confers with Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. Photograph: ANI Photo  ......

23 things Raj Thackeray says about Modi

How has Raj Thackeray, who is as much a businessman as politician, been able to pull it off, when most Opposition politicians live in fear of IT and ED and CBI, asks Krishna Prasad after attending......

'BJP not sole proprietor of Hinduism'

Kamal Nath argued that Modi had 'overexposed himself': By constantly pushing his own image on social media and on TV, attaching his name to multiple promises, Modi had become the face rivals could......

When will this hatred end?

Junaid was my son.He was son and brother also to the people on the train compartment of his last journey.He was son or brother also of those at the railway station where he breathed his last......

'More people must speak up against toxic polarisation'

'The problem here is not that one community's deity has suddenly become another community's meal.''Hindus and Muslims have been peacefully coexisting with their cows for centuries now.''The problem......

Elon Musk says he 'killed' Twitter's 'official' label just hours after rollout

Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, said he has "killed" the new 'official' label for certain verified Twitter accounts just hours after the feature was visible on multiple handles of governments,......

From Mata to Menace: How the holy cow may end up 'eating' votes

Thanks to the increased thrust on cow protection, the enforcement of the ban on cow slaughter and the relentless crusade by cow vigilantes, the agrarian ecosystem from Haryana to Uttar Pradesh has......

How cow slaughter ban is hurting Indian economy

Deepak Lal looks into the economic origins of cow slaughter bans and their questionable utility In the mid-1960s I and a group of friends from Oxford rented a house from Robert Graves, the poet......

Unable to sell cattle, farmers have a beef with Modi's BJP

Farmer suicides have nearly doubled in the drought-hit Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Image: The impact of the beef ban has been significant. Photograph: Reuters     A ban on the......

Beef ban hits Indian farmers, traders

Indian farmer Nitin Tarode wants to sell his old bull to help pay for his sister's wedding after his income was hit by patchy rainfall.  But he has struggled to find a buyer who will pay a......

Can you watch 425 films in a year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020. IMAGE: Danesh Razvi and Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy. It was the year of staying at home and watching films......

2018's 10 Best Moments In Hindi Films

Aseem Chhabra picks the scenes that left him impressed this year. As the year closes, critics and film writers come up with their favourite lists. But even in those remarkable films, there are......

Pixar's desi star who may win an Oscar

'John Lasseter gave me such good advice. He said the reason why he wanted me to tell the story was because it was about my dad and me. He said if it is a father and son story, it will relate......

TV's Outsourced: pleasant but not magical

If you watched the pilot of the NBC series Outsourcedon Thursday in the US, and felt the show was not funny and the situations not really engaging, then check out the 2006 film of the same name......

If a film's set in India, you'll spot a cow!

I don't know if it's sacred, but it's a cow alright. I call the game cow-spotting. These days, if it's a film set in India, sooner or later you'll find the cow. Cows holding up traffic are......

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