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Dr Singh asked JNU VC to be lenient with protesting students

Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh was shown black flags at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) by Left-backed students who were staging a protest during his visit to the campus in 2005. IMAGE:......

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 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......

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......

'Freedom, freedom Charlie,' chants Paris at 'unity march'

World leaders in arms led the unity rally in Paris showing defiance against the terror attacks that unfolded over three days leaving 17 dead. The families of those who died in the shootings were......

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......

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:......

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......

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......

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Dr Singh asked JNU VC to be lenient with protesting students

Soli Sorabjee was a Lion of the Law

How the Fauji Foundation has ruined Pakistan

How to Be a Likeable Bigot

'Freedom, freedom Charlie,' chants Paris at 'unity march'

Take visual literacy seriously

Teen Doctors. Ghostbusters. Potluck Parties

Casanova: Been there, seen that

Review: Veerappan ends up an exhausting watch

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

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