Smriti Irani's Modi Mistake

It sent shock waves in the party -- a political greenhorn had taken on Modi in his home turf of Gujarat.Smriti had clearly tried to choose sides, in this case Vajpayee's camp.Many felt that this......

'Nobody in the government has the right to dictate what I should do'

'Even the President does not have the power to overrule the ECI.' A revealing excerpt from T N Seshan's Through the Broken Glass: An Autobiography. IMAGE: Then chief election commissioner T N......

'They wanted to strike terror in India'

'The entire idea behind the serial bomb blasts was to strike fear in the minds of Indians.''I don't think the blasts were targeted to derail the Indian economy; the idea behind the blasts was......

One Needs Courage To Do What Prannoy Roy Did

Today, when news organisations and their owners have stooped before the powers that be when they were only asked to bend, Prannoy still stands tall, asserts Sanjay Ahirwal, former managing editor,......

Will Kangana Make A Good Politician?

Entertainers can be good politicians if they treat the citizens as the audience, and treat their job like a live show, and work hard to make sure the audience likes them, asserts Sandeep Goyal.......

Looking At 1999: 25 Years Ago In Bollywood...

1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......

The Powerful Short Film Winning Hearts

'Rapists do have families.''I wanted to see how a father or mother would deal with it.''They go through shame as well and get discriminated from the rest of the village.''Why don't we show it that......

Why Mala Sinha Almost Said No To Pyaasa

'My character Meena seemed like a selfish, cold, heartless woman, who abandons her lover because he is moneyless.' IMAGE: Mala Sinha in Pyaasa. Mala Sinha, who turned 86 on November 11, is the......

Wrestling restarts, elections get fair, wrestlers get a voice

WFI ensures Sports Code is followed in state unit polls, set to resume National Camp from March 27 IMAGE: The WFI will resume national camp from March 27, after after almost 16 months with Sonepat......

When India Hosted The First Asian Games

Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources. IMAGE: A glimpse of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the venue for the......