Why Stalin Is Pushing Keeladi Over Indus Valley

'It has the potential to sow seeds of furthering discord when the direction of the discourse is aimed at propagating the perceived supremacy of 'cultural nationalism' from a distant past over the......

The Scotsman Who Knows India Better Than Many Of Us

'Men of the calibre of Shri Ramana Maharishi, Satya Sai Baba, Shri Aurobindo -- you don't get that level of excellence in the West.''The quality of Indian saints is unmatched.'Bill Aitken came to......

Wah, there's a Taj Mahal in Kashmir

The Taj journeys to Kashmir. Three talented Kashmiri artists have carved an awesome-looking Taj Mahal-shaped igloo out of snow. Zubair Ahmed, one of the artists with ice scrapers as powerful as......

157 killed, 160 injured as strong earthquake jolts Nepal

At least 157 people were killed and over 160 others injured when a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake, the worst since 2015, struck Nepal and destroyed hundreds of houses in the Himalayan nation's......

Govt's land law revives lost order of sarkar raj

The ordinance has returned near absolute power of discretion in land acquisition, except in tribal areas, into the hands of the bureaucracy yet again Even after the National Democratic......

Smart city challenge: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, are you ready?

At a time when the world is talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of developing ‘100 smart cities’ to accommodate the burgeoning population of India, we take a......

Martin Scorsese Has An Announcement

Martin Scorsese, 'the reigning king of cinema', gets an honorary Golden Bear at the 74th Berlinale.Aseem Chhabra reports. IMAGE: Martin Scorsese at the Berlinale. Photograph: Aseem Chhabra In......

Janhvi's EXOTIC Desert Holiday

How does Janhvi Kapoor celebrate getting out of a freezer? By visiting the beautiful desert city o AlUla in Saudi Arabia! The actor, who has been getting rave reviews for her performance in Mili,......

Golden Globe 2015: The awards that will go WRONG

Golden Globes that could go wrong. The Golden Globes frequently come with their share of pre-Oscar disappointments. But this time, while predicting who will win, we decided also to look at ones who......

Rangoon and the dangers of straining for poetry

'In Vishal Bhardwaj's now fully set world of manufactured poetry, characters wear their emotions at their most prescribed anatomical positions -- courage on their chins, pride over their chests,......