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Raghuram Rajan's Kafkaesque trial in Modi's India

Raghuram Rajan's exit reminds Syed Firdaus Ashraf of Kafka's The Trial. Amidst the brouhaha over Udta Punjab, producer Anurag Kashyap's tweet left me intrigued: 'I always wondered what it felt......

'Jail was like a pathashala'

'It taught me how to be resilient, how to be strong and how to be courageous.' IMAGE: Journalist Sidhique Kappan is released from the Lucknow district jail after encountering a Kafkaesque......

'Letting the world know we will be back!'

'The world outside my window now is mostly uninhabited, barring the few masked figures that skirt around my shadow as I walk the empty roads for the occasional grocery run.' IMAGE: Customers queue......

Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde sent to NIA custody; Navlakha arrested

A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday remanded Dalit scholar and activist Anand Teltumbde in the custody of the National Investigation Agency till April 18 in Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case.......

Jailed for someone else's FB post -- it could happen to you!

Jitendra Kumar was arrested on July 11 for no fault of his and only released 86 days later.A Ganesh Nadar reports. A man posts something objectionable against a former Bihar director general of......

Taxpayers Stuck In Bureaucratic Nightmare

The tax department has created many circular traps -- flawed reporting formats, penalties for those who point out the flaws, and faceless assessors with no accountability.The result: Millions of......

New pressure points from going global

Our governments are easily prone to arbitrary decisions but if you are dealing with international firms, such arbitrariness can turn back and bite you, says T N Ninan. If you want to be a part of......

BHAG and how not to manage the economy

GST, a much needed reform that widens the tax net, promises to strangle many legitimate businesses while they wait for the tax administration and systems to catch up, says Rahul Jacob.......

Skewed story of land reforms in India

Of all the markets in which politicians interfere with prices, the land market is probably the last that will be reformed, says T N Ninan. The ‘circle rates’ at which the Delhi......

'We are very frightened for Aryan now'

Photograph: Sunil Khandare/ANI Photo Minutes after Aryan Khan was denied bail once again on Wednesday, October 20, Subhash K Jha spoke to one of Gauri and Shah Rukh Khan's close friends who said......

Ray review

As an exercise, Ray is an effort worth encouraging.As a collaboration, it is a hit and miss, notes Sukanya Verma. Edgar Allan Poe once said, 'A short story must have a single mood and every......

'Working with Nair was a unique experience'

National Award-winner Nedumudi Venu -- he was named Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Mohanlal-starrer, His Highness Abdullah -- is considered one of the finest actors in India......

Review: Trapped is a must watch

Trapped is not an easy film to stomach, says Sukanya Verma. When the doorknob gets stuck, the key won’t fully turn in, the person on the other line can’t hear you or your screams fall......

10 Amazing Films of 2017

Find out which films make it to Sukanya Verma's Top 10 of the year. When one is constantly writing about films, there's a danger of slipping into tedium. And so it's reassuring how every year,......