Standoff with China a WAKE-UP CALL for India

'The border stand-off and the uncertainties that come with it should be a wake-up call on what makes for real rather than illusory power,' observes T N Ninan. IMAGE: Indian Army vehicles in......

Man opens fire in Shaheen Bagh area, shouts 'Jai Shree Ram'

Two days after a youth fired a pistol at a group of anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters near the Jamia university, another man on Saturday fired two rounds in the air at Shaheen Bagh, the......

Why Modi needs 'Urban Naxals' for 2019 campaign

'There is need to invent another enemy.''If you can add Maoists to Muslims, the tukde-tukde thread will tie in nicely.''You might even have a 'nation in grave danger' story by the summer of 2019,'......

'Uncle' has educated the poorest of the poor

'I've seen the craze for English education even among the poorest. But that is only for their sons. Parents feel thrilled when they see their sons going to school wearing a tie. They don't mind......

10 Songs That Make Us So Proud Of India

'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.' IMAGE: Shantanu Moitra makes music with singer Papon. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shantanu Moitra/Instagram From......

'It's also a love story about two brothers who fall in love with a bird species'

After winning awards at Sundance and Cannes, Director Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes has now been nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary Feature Film category. IMAGE: Director Shaunak Sen at......

Four More Shots Please Season 3 Review: Ridiculous!

When banal problems, drunken rants, liberally sprinkled swear words and WhatApp forwards kind of pretend profound lines run out, there is a lot of action between the sheets, observes Deepa Gahlot.......

Shreya Ghoshal turns 30!

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting. Playback singer Shreya Ghoshal turns 30 today, March 12, and she celebrated it with an album launch. Her colleagues wish her on......