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Soli Sorabjee was a Lion of the Law

'Soli steadfastly believed in Voltaire's famous dictum that he would disagree violently with anyone but defend to death that person's right to disagree with him.'Aditi Phadnis remembers Soli......

How to Be a Likeable Bigot

A bigot is a person who puts people off with the strength of their thoughts, which are not based on fact, but on bias.If you put people off, you are not likeable. Simple.So how do you become a......

Activists planned Rajiv-type incident to end 'Modi raj', held meetings abroad: Police

IMAGE: Members of People's Lawyer Forum hold a banner during a protest in Bengaluru against the recent raids and detention of lawyers and right activist by Pune police. Photograph: Shailendra......

India, France ink 14 pacts including on nuclear energy, security

India and France on Saturday inked 14 pacts, including in key areas of defence, nuclear energy and protection of classified information besides resolving to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific......

How the Fauji Foundation has ruined Pakistan

'Its internal economic rot and corrupt political elite have made the resurgent supremacy of the military establishment more invincible,' says Sunil Sethi. 'He has turned war into a national......

Take visual literacy seriously

Students’ flagging interest in the written word is because of a generational digital divide, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Teachers everywhere, be it at our IIMs or at our high schools or at......

IFC provides $200mn financing to HDFC

In a transaction that is expected to further develop India's housing finance market, the International Finance Corporation has provided a financing package of US $200 million to Housing Development......

Teen Doctors. Ghostbusters. Potluck Parties

Serial killers. Teen doctors. Desi ghostbusters. Potluck parties. Sukanya Verma suggests everything you can catch on OTT this week. Mumbai Diaries 26/11Where to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage:......

Review: Veerappan ends up an exhausting watch

This is not a film worth recommending, says Raja Sen. Ram Gopal Varma has never been one to let truth get in the way of a good story. His new film, Veerappan, for instance, opens with a quote that......

AIB reacts: We never write with the aim of hurting people

Following the raging controversy surrounding AIB Knockout Roast of Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, comedy collective All India Bakchod finally broke their silence on the issue.Here, we reproduce......

Casanova: Been there, seen that

Giacomo Casanova, hats off. This is a true man of legend. The iconic lover of the 18th Century, he estimated the number of his women at about 1000. His autobiography-- don't all romantics like to......

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