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If Narasimha Rao was our PM today

How would P V Narasimha Rao, who brought Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to politics, have dealt with the crises the United Progressive Alliance government is facing? Veteran political commentator......

The Congress has messed up the Telangana issue

Kalyani Shankar, the well-known political commentator, looks at the mess the Congress party finds itself over the Telangana issue. Will a separate Telangana state become a reality? The Centre led......

The mistakes Shashi Tharoor made

Shashi Tharoor should lie low for some time if he plans to continue in politics, feels Kalyani Shankar. Shashi Tharoor has left South Block unsung and unwept. Whoever thought that it would be......

President Patil REVIEWS HER STINT as Head of State

Weeks before stepping down as President of India, Pratibha Patil, the first woman to become Head of State, tells Kalyani Shankar that she would like to be remembered as the President who worked for......

Interview/General V K Singh

Indian Army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh speaks to Kalyani Shankar about the age row, the Tatra issue, the letter leak, and his future plans in this first part of a free-wheeling interview.......

Will Sardesai's channel click?

Journalists at the Bharatiya Janata Party'ssilver jubilee convention in Mumbai, besides reporting on the tidbits that emerge from the meet, are debating a wholly different issue: whether or not......

Three game-changing ideas that India ever had in past 50 years

Despite our overly loud public adherence to democracy, political parties and their leaders appear to treat its accoutrements as necessary evils to be tolerated in their quest for power,......

How Don Got Its Breathless Pace

'While shooting the Don song, Chandra Barot ordered 30-40 paans and insisted Amitabh Bachchan eat them all.' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Don. Chandra Barot, the director of the cult film Don,......

Top 10 Tamil Action Films On OTT

Action films of some substance are rare to come by these days. Most film-makers mistake gore and excessive blood for well-constructed action cinema that thrives on drama and interpersonal stakes.......

Ranji Roundup: J&K seize control as Hyderabad collapse

IMAGE: Anuj Tiwary anchors Chhattisgarh’s Day 1 fight with a solid knock. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Jammu and Kashmir take control against Hyderabad As many as 16 wickets fell on the opening......

Ranji: Bengal lose three in chase of 177 against Baroda

A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday. IMAGE: Jammu and Kashmir moved to 18/1 in the second innings after Punjab skipper Mandeep Singh led from the front with the bat on Day 3 on......

Ranji Trophy: Prithvi Shaw smashes triple ton against Assam

IMAGE: Prithvi Shaw celebrates his triple century. Photograph: PTI Mumbai’s Prithvi Shaw scored a triple hundred against Assam in the Ranji Trophy on Wednesday in Guwahati. The......

Constantine names 32 probables for FIFA World Cup qualifier

National football coach Stephen Constantine named 32 probables on Wednesday for India's upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup joint qualification Round 1 home and away matches against Nepal. India first......

Ranji roundup: Pujara continues golden run; Binny slams ton

A round-up of Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy group matches played on Friday. IMAGE: Cheteshwar Pujara celebrates scoring a century. Photograph: BCCI Rajkot: Cheteshwar Pujara missed out on a second......