On Pak's 62nd I-Day, some apologise to Jinnah

As Pakistan celebrates its 62nd Independence Day on Friday, some of its citizens are apologetic for not being able to 'actualise' the country envisioned by the nation's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.......

Why The ISI Targeted Hindus In Pahalgam

The ISI strategy has been to use its proxies to target Hindus in India.They want an outrage and counter-targeting of India's minorities.Further, even the whiff of it restores the Pakistan army's......

Did Jinnah's marriage shape his politics?

'If Ruttie had been alive, Jinnah would never have turned communal.'Veenu Sandhu checks out Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage That Shook India. IMAGE: Mahatma Gandhi leaves Mohammad Ali Jinnah's......

Tilak: The Man In His Times

Lokmanya Tilak lived a life replete with contradictions, although he modified many of his positions later in life. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Is it possible for a radical,......

Swatantrya Veer Savarkar Review: Lost In Politics

With the kind of money and talent that has gone into making this movie, a really good biopic of a personality like Savarkar could be made. But this film is lost in polemics, as is the case with......

The 330 films I saw in 2015

'In 2015 I watched films in so many places. I attended several film festivals around the world -- Berlin, Tribeca (New York), Telluride, Toronto, Zurich, Mumbai, Dharamsala and Goa,' says Aseem......

Has BCCI agreed to an Indo-Pak bilateral series?

If the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Zaka Ashraf is to believed, get ready for a Indo-Pak series in the near future. Ashraf has said that his Indian counterpart N Srinivasan had......