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Twinkle Khanna faces social media ire over jibe at Kashmir Files

Author and former Bollywood actor Twinkle Khanna is being criticised on social media for making a tongue-in-cheek remark about the film The Kashmir Files in her Sunday column for a leading daily.......

Met the 'Department of Big Moves'?

This whirlwind of activity only confirms that rushing around creating an impression of pompous busy-ness is not the same thing as solving problems, argues Mitali Saran. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Sheena Bora Trial: Indrani didn't want Rahul around

The night before Sheena was allegedly killed, 'Indrani Madam instructed me to not send anyone up to her flat.''She told me to especially not allow Rahul Mukerjea.'Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports......

Should courts intervene in religious matters?

Awful religious practices need to be abolished. But by social and political reformers, not the courts, argues Shekhar Gupta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Hindutva leaders in Kerala must......

Is Nawaz Sharif a Ravan?

'Nawaz Sharif knows a coup in 2016-2017 will not only complete Pakistan's isolation, but even a whiff of instability will frighten the world into imagining another Islamic State-zone, and this in a......

Government is playing poker with banks

'By not letting bankrupt banks fail, we have discouraged ordinary folk from taking precautions while choosing their bank or at least when they hear bad news about their bank,' says S Muralidharan,......

At 40, Thums Up's thunder is still intact

Despite the onslaught of international brands - Coke and Pepsi - the fizz has not gone out of India's very own cola brand, Surajeet Das Gupta. It’s been a roller coaster ride for the past 40......

The revulsion! The betrayal. The realisation you knew all along

'I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but I know that everyone is behaving as if they've just discovered that their favourite grandfather is a peeping tom,' says Mitali Saran. My eyes generally......

'GIFT is just another Modi vanity project like Make in India'

'The GIFT will create regulatory crisis for RBI, Sebi' Percy Mistry, chairman of the committee which drafted the report on developing Mumbai as an International Financial Centre, has opposed......

Maidaan Review: Snooze Soccer

Maidaan draws out more yawns than yays, observes Sukanya Verma. Underdog sports stories are as life-affirming as they are formulaic. What distinguishes the decent ones from the drags is vision.......

Patna Shuklla Review: Raveena's Lacklustre Legal Eagle

Patna Shuklla's dull drama struggles to leave any impact, sighs Sukanya Verma. Underappreciated housewives standing up for their rights or rediscovering herself in the simple pleasures of life --......

Fukrey 3 Review: Slapstick And Susu

The mental age of Fukrey 3's humour is the same as the ones who titter at number one-number two jokes.And this one certainly has more loo than laughs on its mind, observes Sukanya Verma. Ten years......

Kanjoos Makhichoos Review: Not Funny At All!

Kunal Kemmu's default mode performing comedy is overacting.When surrounded by much more competent theatre-trained actors, he falls consistently short.(In the past, this role would have been......

Best And Worst of 2022

More than the pandemic it was mediocrity that kept audiences away from the theatres in 2022. Trade pundits and quick think piece experts can speculate all they like but what works at the box-office......

Boycott slams team: 'Sayonara Jimmy, Thank You for the memories'

IMAGE: James Anderson bagged his 700th Test wicket during the 5th India vs England Test in Dharamsala. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Legendary England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott called for......

Archer to go into the Ashes straight from IPL

'England are not daft. They know that keeping the likes of Jofra fit for the Ashes will be really important to win the Ashes.' IMAGE: England pacer Jofra Archer, who returns to Mumbai Indians this......

Soccer Extras: Spain striker Torres announces retirement

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Fernando Torres, who scored more than 100 goals across two spells at his boyhood club Atletico Madrid, also played for Premier......

Bolt's farewell race: Will he be 'Unbeatable. Unstoppable'?

Two more for the road as Bolt says farewell IMAGE: Usain Bolt, the greatest entertainer of athletics. Photograph: Usain Bolt/Twitter. He had demanded that the world write one last headline about......

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