'On as many as two occasions, Sita is called upon to take a test to establish her integrity and loyalty to Rama and on both the occasions she opts for a course of action on her own terms,' points out A K Bhattacharya, reviewing Bibek Debroy's translation of the Ramayana.
A controversy has erupted over the decision to discontinue postage stamps of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi with the government saying only one family can not get this honour, even as the Congress termed the move as "insult to the history" and demanded an apology.
A tribute to General Indar Jit Rikhye, soldier turned peacemaker.
A retrospective of the great director's work has arrived, but subtitles haven't.
Veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief of the leading English daily, The Statesman, C R Irani, died at Kolkata on Saturday.
Why should Reliance Digital position itself as an alternative to Chadhaji's store? It simply doesn't make good business sense, says Sudhir Bisht.
It goes way beyond a fantastic team!
The original Nobel medallion, along with some memorabilia of the Tagore family, was stolen from the museum at Rabindra Bhavan on March 25, 2004.
'No right thinking student of politics can name one state where the BJP gains in double digits.'
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The unforgettable moment from Ram Teri Ganga Maili.
Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore burn up the screen in Aradhana.
The Centre removed 18 of the 21 members and completely reconstituted the Chennai and Hyderabad advisory panels.
'Kedarnath has given me that much needed experience right at the beginning.' 'My experience is not limited to only being in front of the camera.' 'It has also taught me how to sleep at night when you don't know if your film will release, and that's a great learning for a newcomer.'
Buoyed by the recent victories in bypolls, Rahul was keen to revamp the state unit.
One of India's greatest actors -- someone who acted in 14 Satyajit Ray films -- doesn't get good movie roles anymore.
The Center has filed a petition before the SC saying that the National Anthem is a literary work and cannot be alterered.
Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji heat things up in Hum Tum.
Sonia Gandhi on Sunday hosted her first Iftar in three years, which saw the Congress president sharing a table with leaders of RJD and its new-found ally Janata Dal-United.
The woman had come out of her house in Tagore Garden at about 0500 IST to look for her mentally retarded son, who had wandered off.
TMC MP Professor Sugata Bose spoke eloquently on the topic of nationalism vs the freedom to dissent, whilst presenting a balanced view on the need to protect constitutional freedoms.
This is what former Visva-Bharati vice-chancellor Dilip Sinha has told West Bengal CID sleuths.
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