Donald Trump is a blank sheet of paper

'You can ascribe any ideology to him, and it will be equally right or equally wrong.''Even though the comrades on the Left will never admit it, he seems as much Stalinist as capitalist,' says T V R......

Obama's Rise and Rise: Camelot or Bust?

There certainly is a buzz around Barack Obama. His string of ten straight victories over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries has startled both pundits and average voters. I am yet to be......

A whiff of the Manchurian Candidate

Part I of Rajeev Srinivasan's column: Presidential peccadilloes: Obama's macaca and the UPA's chutzpah It is a fair question as to whether there is a whiff of a Manchurian Candidate in the Indian......

Presidential peccadilloes

There was a mild flap when Senator Barack Obama, candidate for the US Presidency, exhibited his own 'Macaca Moment.' Obama's team displayed the ugly edge of racism behind the blow-dried......

Coming soon: Hitchcock, Freddy Mercury on screen!

Raja Sen lists 10 promising biopics that he's excitedly looking forward to.There appears no better way to guarantee an Oscar nomination than by doing a biopic. After being enthralled by Michelle......

How I Won the War gets new life

Viewers back in the late 1960s might have had some reasons not to appreciate the brilliant farce How I Won the War. Though it was released at the time of the phenomenal success of the Beatles, it......

Which of these stars will bag an Oscar this year?

None of the male Best Actor Oscar nominees are featured in a big hit. Even as Crazy Heart is expanding across America and will soon open abroad, it could still be an arthouse hit -- that means it......

need a charismatic Indian actor to play Pi Patel

After Jamal's triumph at the world box-office, isn't it time to finally greenlight the movie about the coming-of-age saga of Pi Patel? Entertainment Weeklywrote this week that the spiritual and......