North-South Divide: Myth Or Reality?

For the BJP, Telangana is a sunrise state in the South, while Karnataka is a southern success despite the ups and downs. IMAGE: INDIA alliance leaders Sharad Pawar, T R Baalu, Mallikarjun Kharge,......

Sanatan Dharma Controversy: Why Stalin Is Unflustered

Any narrative against the Dravidian model may impact the BJP's prospects in Tamil Nadu.This may explain why the BJP in Tamil Nadu is placing more emphasis on corruption allegations against the DMK,......

The Punjabis Are Fleeing

There's an entire gurdwara dedicated to immigration.People present tiny airliner models here in the hope that Waheguru will soon give them a ticket, passport and visa to leave, reveals Shekhar......

Wishes pour in as PM Modi turns 73

Greetings poured in for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 73rd birthday on Sunday with leaders across party lines, prominent personalities and common people wishing him good health and a long......

View Consumption Survey Numbers With Caution

Could the MPCE survey results be used as a basis of reconstructing the Consumer Price Index with new weights, asks Madan Sabnavis. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The Survey on household......

Uttarakhand saw sharpest dip in workforce during Covid

Uttarakhand saw the sharpest decline (of 11 per cent) in the “total persons engaged” in manufacturing in the worst-hit pandemic year of 2020-21 as industrial units shut shop, according......

'We are not going back to licence raj'

'I'm pitching India for the strengths we offer, including the English language, engineers, doctors, nurses, professionals, innovative talent of startups.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala......

Want To Send Your Car To The Graveyard?

One of the challenges for those car graves is that Indian owners often find markets for their old cars rather than send them to scrapyards. IMAGE: A wrecked car is seen in the scrapyard.......

2018's TOP 15 Indian films

Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies. 2018 was really good for the Indian film industry with a number of important films in Hindi and other regional languages. My work as......

Akshay Kumar postpones PadMan's release for Padmaavat

'I will be grateful to Akshay Kumar for a lifetime for what he has done.' Akshay Kumar has postponed the release of his film, PadMan, to avoid a box office clash with Sanjay Leela......

'I won't join politics'

'Today, moviegoers are in the 13 to 33 age bracket.''If people like us have to remain relevant, we have to make movies that cater to them,' Akshay Kumar tells Raghavendra Kamath and Dev......