'The largest listenership for Vividh Bharati outside the country is in Spain.''The labourers who go there for the tomato-picking season feel cut off from their country and listen to Vividh Bharati......
'Something very drastic must have happened.' IMAGE: Then Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. Photograph: ANI Photo/Sansad TV "If a senior person wants to resign, the political leadership gets a......
'A government whose policies are focused around making the life of ordinary citizens, specially the most deprived sections, richer; a government that prioritises education, health and transport,......
Pandit Ravi Shankar was George Harrison's link into the Vedic world.A fascinating excerpt from Kavita Das's Poignant Song: The Life And Music Of Lakshmi Shankar to mark Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth......
With the nomination deadline for the Maharashtra assembly elections now closed, it emerges that the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress have dropped the maximum number of sitting MLAs among the......
Songs beaming in pride and passion for the country. Songs filled with hope and idealism about the future. Songs of exuberant youth and romantic fervour. Songs pondering over the philosophy of life......
'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' 'Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai' 'Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan' Even a sliver of a Raj Kapoor song has the finality of a statement, a slogan, a saga of life. A deep desire for......
The many episodes in which the characters discuss quarrel, sulk and rehearse would have been boring were it not for the music, observes Deepa Gahlot. The first season of Bandit Bandits (2020) was......
The world is celebrating Raj Kapoor's birth centenary, but when was the last time you watched an RK film? The younger generation perhaps may have never. They may not know his tremendous......
Dinesh Raheja views Raj Kapoor's cinema through his women, while celebrating his birth centenary on December 14. IMAGE: Raj Kapoor and Nargis in Barsaat. In Raj Kapoor's swan song, Ram Teri Ganga......
IMAGE: Pace bowler Titas Sadhu's figures of 3 for 6 helped India crush Sri Lanka to win the Asian Games gold medal on Monday. Photograph: BCCI/X Titas Sadhu must believe in pleasant coincidences.......
Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources. IMAGE: A glimpse of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the venue for the......
Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha, who headed the committee that proposed the two-year suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, says the Board of Control for Cricket in India is free to......
The top brass of the Board of Control for Cricket in India face charges of 'contempt of court' if they decide not to appear before the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha panel to discuss the......
A spirited Bengal downed bitter foes Railways by 48 runs in their controversy-filled match at the Eden Gardens on Sunday to set up a Ranji Trophy semifinal clash against Maharashtra. Set a target......