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Modi's New Target: Digital Media

Particularly the small and independent Web sites that have developed a following in the recent past because the mainstream is seen as totally aligned with the government, points out Aakar Patel.......

Why Nehru is worth remembering this Republic Day

'India's first and longest-serving prime minister created -- or at the very least imagined -- a modern, democratic nation-State of the 20th century,' says Sunil Sethi. Photograph: Baron/Getty......

Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar dead; Prez, PM, others pay tribute

Eminent journalist and author Kuldip Nayar, who fought fiercely for press freedom and civil liberties, died in New Delhi early on Thursday. He was 95. Nayar died around 12.30 am at the Escorts......

'He was the voice of the Kashmiris': Friends mourn Shujaat Bukhari's death

Family members and friends bid a tearful adieu to Rising Kashmir Editor-in-Chief Shujaat Bukhari, who was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Friday. IMAGE: People carry the body of Syed......

Padmavati row: No shooting for 15 minutes across India on Sunday

As a mark of solidarity with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s controversy-hit “Padmavati”, hundreds of people -- from filmmakers to workers -- across the country have announced a......

Modi and the problem of 2 minute presentations

'It won't be easy to undo the damage that has been done to the economy by the lockdown and the solution will not come from two minute presentations,' observes Aakar Patel.Illustration: Dominic......

Authors lose class status in Google digital books case

Google Inc notched a legal victory in its bid to create the world's largest digital books library, winning the reversal of a court order that had allowed authors challenging the project to sue as a......

You can't read us this way, authors tell Google

Having their works made freely available through the planet is a prospect that has infuriated Indian writers and their publishers. And, they want the upstart which has offered to do the job for......

The fear of a PSU called Jet Airways

Why the recent strike could see the carrier go Air India's way, says Govindraj Ethiraj. The general feeling is that the 1974 strike marked the beginning of Air India's decline. A steep oil price......

How India can give jobs to millions

Projections made by the United Nations suggest that India has about 350 million people in the age group 14 and below. This number will remain above 300 million for the next 30 years.Over the same......

Madhubala-Dilip Kumar To Star In 2025 Movie?

Digital ghosts have opened a new can of worms for digital experts. IMAGE: Carrie Fisher's digital ghost in Star Wars 5. In July 2023, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and......

'Matthew brought so much joy to the world'

IMAGE: Matthew Perry arrives for the premiere of the comedy film Raising Helen in Hollywood in 2004. Photograph: Fred Prouser/Reuters Matthew Perry's family has expressed gratitude to fans and......

Why Stars Walked Out Of Oppenheimer Premiere

It wasn't a regular Hollywood premiere at all. The A-list cast of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer left the film's London screening midway in solidarity with the strike called by a Hollywood actors'......

Hollywood Gets Emotional At SAG Awards

Hollywood's awards season continues with the Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, on February 26. A look at the big winners of the night. Photograph: Frazer......

Why There's So Much Global Love For RRR

Like Slumdog Millionaire, RRR will remain a one-time phenomenon until another big, larger-than-life Indian film connects with critics in the West, predicts Aseem Chhabra. Fourteen years ago, a......

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