'I will not go unless I am handcuffed'

Aditi Phadnis remembers the former prime minister on her 102nd birth anniversary. IMAGE: Indira Gandhi on a visit to the US in March 1966. Photograph: Bettmann/Getty Images/Kind courtesy......

'The RSS is deeply uncomfortable about Gandhi'

'Actually, the RSS is deeply ambivalent and uncomfortable with Gandhi as well as also Ambedkar, but it is not politically wise to oppose these two.''So Nehru is the main and only target.'  ......

Friend, sister, supporter... and wonderful human being

Shahnaz Anklesaria Aiyar was a formidable journalist. More importantly, she was an incredible human being, says Sanjoy Hazarika. Shahnaz Anklesaria Aiyar, who passed away in Washington, DC on July......

Nehru's niece: 'I don't think one family should rule India'

'This term -- "Nehru-Gandhi" family -- is a misnomer. Nehru was not a dynast; he did not even name his successor... The big mistake she made was to push forward Rahul Gandhi who is a dead loss as a......

The amazing story of Magarpatta

Satish Magar is an interesting combination -- he comes from a political, land-owner background but had an urban, Western education. He then opted for agricultural college, but went on to find a......

A new flowering of India and Indians

When a society begins to flower, blooms sprout all over the place. Whether it is literature, sport, entertainment or media, or business, winners emerge from nowhere.In sport, for instance, Anju......

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our......

Will Aamir make a convincing Guru Dutt? VOTE!

Bhavna Talwar, whose directorial debut Dharm won a National Award, is all set to do what many of her peers and predecessors have failed to do -- make the consummate Guru Dutt bio-pic. Guru Dutt,......

Movie to Watch: Astitva

Cinema entertains, exhilarates and enlightens. Its ability to relate and inform the viewer through universal, timeless emotions are what contributes to its legacy, now available more easily than......

'Who will remember my films when I'm gone?'

'All my hard work will be forgotten.' Subhash K Jha remembers his conversations with the always frank and forthright Rishi Kapoor, who passed away on Thursday morning. The first time I spoke to......