The BJP, however, defended Vajpayee for his Goa musings, in which he said some peoples projection of Hindutva in an extremist manner was not acceptable.
Manubhai, 79 now, is exhilarated about newer possibilities and prospects. The past is done with; the future holds the key to evolving forms of exploration. Kishore Singh salutes the Master.
A look at some of best design moments from the recently concluded Bangalore Fashion Week.
Presenting the awe-inspiring showstoppers from India Couture Week 2016. Tell us who your favourite is.
Phantom Thread is the most wrong, most real, most riveting portrait of toxic love you're likely to witness in a long, long time, feels Sukanya Verma.
Bookmakers William Hill have the Briton as 15/8 favourite for the 2018 drivers championship, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel at 3/1 and Red Bull's Max Verstappen at 10/3.
Hannes Halldorsson used to make zombie films for a living but it was watching videos that let Iceland's goalkeeper outwit Lionel Messi and save a penalty on Saturday that gave his side a shock World Cup point.
'Refusing to implement the CAA-NRC, as some states have done via resolutions in state assemblies, is a violation of the Constitution; an attempt to alter the fundamental structure of our democracy and a recipe for anarchy,' argues Vivek Gumaste.
Presenting the top models who worked the ramp for ace designers at the recently concluded Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week 2017.
While Pa Ranjith proved yet again to be the salt of the earth in his land mafia film, Zoya Akhtar took a haphazard route to make something that was hardly rooted in Asia's biggest slum, feels J Jagannath.
On Manish Malhotra's 50th birthday, take a glimpse of his best runway creations.
The Moroccan knocked the world number one out of the Australian Open with an upset 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 victory in the fourth round.
According his new year greetings to the country from Goa, the prime minister touched upon Hindutva, saying it is liberating and brooks no ill will, hatred or violence among different communities on any ground.
'It is nobody's contention that uncomfortable questions regarding national security should not be raised. But that is a topic for another day and another time when the immediate threat has faded,' argues Vivek Gumaste.
The hotness, the madness, the collection -- five days of absolute #swagasm.
The good old sari got a fashionable twist at designer Anavila Misra's store launch in Mumbai.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
'Whether it's a morning walk, an evening swim or an afternoon workout in the gym, just get moving.'
The notes also mentioned about "other souls accompanying the spirit of Lalit's father", who had died in 2007, and "how those spirits are still yearning for salvation."
Opponents of the CAA and NRC have gone to town accusing the BJP of an ulterior motive (read, disenfranchisement of Muslims) in implementing the NRC. By the same token it can be alleged that anti-CAA opponents have a nefarious agenda in mind that would be scuttled by the implementation of the NRC: Namely the accrual of dedicated vote banks and the restoration of Muslim hegemony over at least parts of India, especially Bengal and Assam, argues Vivek Gumaste.
Want to know about the hidden lakes in the urban sprawl of the National Capital Region? The author, Geetanjali Krishna goes on a trail in their search.
'India's reputation is not and cannot be dependent on the whimsical opinions of some obscure foreign advisory committee packed with Hindu-phobic acolytes,' declares Vivek Gumaste.
"It takes away from the entire hard work of the designer. "That 15-second-long walk of showstopper is all that is remembered about that show."
'I had the strangest feeling that my childhood home had burnt and disappeared on my parents' funeral pyres,' he said. Hardly any of his family lived there now. Migration or death had claimed them all. It seemed to be full of strangers. 'Then I realised that from their perspective, perhaps there was only one stranger -- me..." Babu Lal tells Geetanjali Krishna.
The reality TV star walked for Tommy Hilfiger's Spring-Summer 2015 show at New York Fashion Week recently and boy was she stunning!
The anti-CAA protest was an ugly rant more consistent with the violent chaos of anarchy, argues Vivek Gumaste.
Thozha is definitely worth your time, writes S Saraswathi.
Designer duo Hemant & Nandita and Gaurav Gupta embraced a palette of colours at Amazon India Fashion Week Fall 2016.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
'All of us wear multiple faces, multiple masks. but who are we really?', J J Valaya, designer and photographer, asks K S Shekhawat.
All eyes were on Indian model Neelam Gill, who is riding the waves of stardom.
Jim Carrey has taken to sketching not-so-favourable cartoons of the US president and his administration.
Designers Shehla Khan and Pernia Qureshi are re-designing the past in their latest collections.
Uruguay, with 3.3 million people, are into a quarter-final with Argentina's conquerors France after four straight wins including a stunning 2-1 knockout victory over Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal.
'It is as if once a woman conceives, she immediately relinquishes the right to take decisions regarding her body; her entire identity must now be subsumed into her role as an engine of reproduction and society must do all it can to keep her strapped to that role,' says Shuma Raha.
Take a look at some of the most memorable moments from Amazon India Fashion Week in Delhi.
