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I remember thinking I was dying: Salman Rushdie on knife attack

Mumbai-born Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie has spoken in gruesome detail about the moment he was attacked by a knifeman on stage in New York in 2022, and said he thought he was dying as......

Abrahamic binary has outlived its utility

It is only the Indian approach of holding on to multiple realities and contradictory ideas simultaneously that is likely to deliver peace and progress.Binary logic is out of sync with reality,......

Twins Receive Nobel For Absent Mother

When the Nobel Prizes were presented at Oslo's City Hall, Norway, on Sunday, December 10, 2023, Narges Mohammadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year, was absent. Nargis was thousand of......

US strikes 2 sites 'used by Iranian troops' in Syria

The United States military forces on Thursday (US local time) conducted self-defence strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and......

Iran foreign minister offers 'full support' to Hamas

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday night in Qatar and agreed to cooperate for 'fully achieving' the goals of Hamas and the Palestinian......

India, you have a problem

'The global corporates are concerned: You used to have policy predictability, now it's a yo-yo.''New taxes and regulations pop up, some disappear soon, many linger.''And now the return of old......

Markets end near crucial support levels

Markets trimmed losses in late trades to end near their crucial support levels even as sugar stocks rallied on the back of sharp hike in import duty. The 30-share Sensex ended down 74 points......

Kaala: Neither Marx nor Manmohan Desai

'Kaala's sin is not that it is presented as a mouthpiece for its director Pa Ranjith's political viewpoints, but that it makes a travesty of them.''Ranjith turns Marx into merchandise, all the......

Oscar 2013: Will Robert De Niro bag Best Supporting Award?

One week till the Oscars, and so far I've looked at the Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture and Best Director races, and now we shift our gaze to the perennially fascinating Supporting Actor......

Review: Ben Affleck's Argo is a masterpiece

Argo tells a staggeringly peculiar story, and tells it with violent tension and extreme cleverness, writes Raja Sen.God bless grown men who make swooshy laser sounds with their mouths. Wonderment......

All eyes on politically charged US vs Iran clash at World Cup

IMAGE: Politics have spilled into the World Cup, the first held in a Middle East country, with the Iran team facing pressure to side with protesters. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images......

Iranian fans savour victory but wrangle over protests

IMAGE: Loud jeers were heard from Iranian supporters as the anthem played, with the team singing quietly. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Iran's national soccer team sang during the......

Iranian Team Refuse To Sing National Anthem

IMAGE: Iran's players line up during the national anthems before the game.They did not sing the Iranian national anthem in an apparent show of support for anti-government protesters back home.......

Why Did BCCI Mess With Kohli?

Now we do not know if the Board bugs the dressing room or employs Pegasus in players' phones. But nothing stopped them from speaking with Kohli, points out Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Virat Kohli, who......

Iranians dance in streets as soccer team qualifies for 2018 World Cup

IMAGE: Players of Iran celebrate after the match during FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifier match between against Uzbekistan. Photograph: Amin M. Jamali/Getty Images Tehran's streets were filled......

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