Utkarsh Mishra's impressions of the Narendra Modi roadshow in Varanasi. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi undertakes a roadshow in Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, May......
'Handling or mitigating a rebellion is not a corporate plan with quarterly, half-yearly and annual goals and results but an aggregation of the effort of several years.' IMAGE: The CRPF's 209 CoBRA......
On his 200th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra/Rediff traces the life, thought, and legacy of Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India. IMAGE: Dadabhai Naoroji. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons......
'Whenever present-day politics do get involved, history sinks to the level of a morality play, with advocates for this or that cause seeking to praise their heroes or condemn their villains.'......
'When I undertook a study of temple desecration in precolonial India, it was not enough simply to document what temples were desecrated, by whom, when, and where.' 'It was also important to explore......
'The finance minister has messed up the economy.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with RBI Governor Dr Urjit Patel. 'This government has shown complete lack of confidence in the RBI governor,......
Vir Das' comedy amuses even those who didn't expect to be amused in the first place, discovers Utkarsh Mishra. Vir Das' latest Netflix special, Fool Volume, begins with him greeting the audience......
If you disregard history and are ready to watch Kesari 2 purely as an entertainer, you are definitely going to enjoy it, notes Utkarsh Mishra. The title of Akshay Kumar's latest period drama......
The grilling of Brigadier-General Dyer by Akshay Kumar's Sir C Sankaran Nair, as shown in Kesari 2, is an imaginary sequence, proves Utkarsh Mishra. IMAGE: Akshay Kumar and Ananya Panday in Kesari......
At a time when the 'my country, right or wrong' attitude is sweeping over the majority, the Pyaasa songm Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par Woh Kahan Hain brings a much-needed sense of reality.It questions:......
Kangana Ranaut's decline as an actor feels complete, observes Utkarsh Mishra. What would you, my fellow Indian, envision if I asked you to imagine a dramatic depiction of the sequence when Prime......
IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja bagged 7/38 in the second innings to take his match tally to 12 as Saurashtra thrashed Delhi by 10 wickets in Rajkot on Friday. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Ravindra Jadeja......
IMAGE: Cheteshwar Pujara struck a 230-ball 110. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara slammed his second hundred of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season, guiding Saurashtra to a......
Photograph: Narayan Jagadeesan/Instagram Rohilla's fourth first-class ton gives Services solid start Opener Shubham Rohilla struck his fourth first-class hundred to take Services to 279 for 4......
A summary of all the action from Day 4 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's B Sai Kishore picked 5/101 to bowl out Hyderabad for 258 on Day 4 of their Ranji Trophy......
A summary of all the action from Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday. IMAGE: Hyderabad's Tanmay Agarwal is congratulated on scoring a century against Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.......