It takes concrete storytelling not style to camouflage John Abraham's limitations. He bears the physicality of a man who could take on a dozen but his blank, pained surface cannot offer threat or evoke sympathy, writes Sukanya Verma.
Anjuli Pandit wants to use her skills to educate more and more Indians, says Chaya Babu
Readers share photographs of their priceless HMT watches and the memories attached to it.
John Day isn't the dark, twisted thriller it was meant to be, says Paloma Sharma.
The film is a long, tedious and predictable film about friendship and revenge, set in the backdrop of the Mumbai underworld
Protesters demanded a permanent solution for holding the sport and raised slogans that an ordinance was only a temporary measure.
Two authors track a diamond with a bloody history.
If you are confused about the US presidential elections, here's a simple guide by Smita Prakash to explain how it works.
Defiant employees from multiple US government agencies are fighting the Trump administration's gag orders on climate change and penchant for "alt facts" with rogue Twitter accounts.
The 2C target was always somewhat arbitrary as a threshold for preventing the worst effects of global warming in the form of rising sea levels and more severe and frequent storms, floods and droughts.
The actor has quite a body of memorable death scenes to boast of.
For all the controversy, the concept of prominent First Children is not novel in democracies. So why is Donald Trump's daughter different and discomfiting?
Buffeted by allegations of sexual harassment, R K Pachauri on Tuesday quit as chairman of United Nation's prestigious Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, whose meeting here he has avoided.
All this caucus talk and the US elections itself has left you confused, don't worry, we're here to help.
Despite being intrinsically American, American Sniper might actually appeal to a certain section of the political spectrum, says Paloma Sharma.
Shivade then asked if the skeleton finally came out of the ground in many parts. It was difficult not to gasp aloud at that revelation. Bhagat said that was true.
Naidu was an ABVP activist during the Emergency and was arrested and jailed.
In the 2012 election, the BJP's performance was the poorest in Purvanchal, winning only 12 of the region's 112 seats. Will 2017 be different? Will the party ride on Varanasi MP Narendra Modi's charisma?
If you're a fan of the series, there's little reason not to pick it up right away.
'America's withdrawal from Vietnam was an inspiring moment for all of us. We believed that it was a glorious victory of ideology and spirit and as historic as the defeat of the Nazis exactly 30 years ago,' remembers Kumar Ketkar 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War.
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, Sukanya Verma looks back at Raj Kapoor's Boot Polish (1954), starring Baby Naaz and Ratan Kumar.
'Rahul has done nothing for us. Rajiv Gandhi was different. He was a great man.' In Amethi, each person knows at least five people who have spoken to him, sipped chai with him. It's a connect the Gandhis hope people won't forget when Amethi goes to the polls on May 7.
It should be clear to all that flyovers don't solve urban traffic problems, says Subir Gokarn.
'Trump said the Republicans had 'moved too far toward the extreme right' and that he was capable of capturing more than the 'really staunch-right wacko vote' by reaching middle-of-the-road Americans.'
The characters drawn for the 2016 film have an edge that wasn't present in the 1967 version. This is perhaps why The Jungle Book has been given an U/A certificate in India. For once, Pahlaj Nihalani may be right, feels Aseem Chhabra.
Watching Oldboy feels like you're watching a history lesson on the projector in your seventh grade class, according to Paloma Sharma.
A look at all the times Goa played Bollywood's favourite getaway on screen.
A stale plot with flatly executed scenes of retribution and a lacklustre leading lady; Hate Story 2 is too trivial to be erotic or thrilling
Hers is a rags-to-riches story for the ages, peppered with risks, determination and strokes of luck.
'I am here to terminate climate change once and for all.'
Crimson Peak is not for everyone, but the mood is set very early on, says Raja Sen.
Till date, 107 elections to states and three parliamentary polls have been smoothly conducted using the EVMs.
Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan welcomed the apex court's order and urged people to abide by the SC guidelines and 'give green Diwali and our environment a chance'
Ever wondered what happens when Hollywood A-listers turn protestors? Take a look.
Despite some fairly amazing performances, not only does Lone Survivor fail to engage the audience but it also seems conflicted about whether it wishes to honour the immense bravery of four individuals or whether it wishes to prove the US's decision of interfering in Afghanistan correct, writes Paloma Sharma.
Indian liberals' sanctimony is matched only by their inability to think clearly. They need lessons in logic
'The directors of these movies to me are less like artists and more like red-pen remarkists, whose idea of a script is basically checking off the broadest of issues in the broadest possible ways: Sexism, Check. Misogyny, Check. Loving yourself, Check,' says Sreehari Nair.
'In his eulogy at Sandy's memorial service, President Clinton recounted the unusually hot US Independence Day, July 4, 1999, when most of official Washington was more interested in watching fireworks than international diplomacy. Sandy insisted that Clinton confront Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in no uncertain terms.' Former US Assistant Secretary Raymond E Vickery, Jr salutes Sandy Berger, Clinton's National Security Adviser, as a true friend of India.
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