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'Rahul Can't Play Victim All The Time'

'Rahul Gandhi's problem is that he doesn't think big.''He looks more like an activist, while politics is like a game of chess. You attack and then defend and have a game-plan.' IMAGE: Congress......

Can't curtail freedom of speech: HC rejects plea on Sidhu's cancer claims

Observing there still was freedom of speech in the country, the Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea against Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu's claims that certain remedies......

Modi backers stage 'funeral of free speech' near Wharton

A group of Indian Americans, appalled by Wharton India Economic Forum's withdrawal of invitation to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, staged a demonstration near the Wharton School where the......

'They Are Even Scared Of A Word'

'Anybody who says one critical word can be branded as somebody who's glorifying terrorism.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Chenab bridge -- the world's highest railway arch......

'The times are bad': Ramjas scare threatens free speech

Fearing a Delhi University like violence on its campus, the Ambedkar University in the national capital has postponed an event marking the 26th anniversary of the alleged Kunan-Poshpora mass rape......

India's BPO Industry Gets AI Makeover

Call centres, once the engine room of India's BPO exports, are evolving too. Depending on the complexity, 30 to 50 per cent of voice and chat volumes are now handled by conversational AI.......

Chidambaram condemns Budget as 'most capitalist'

Congress leader and ex-finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the Union Budget was the "most capitalist" with nothing for the poor and farmers while sops were being provided to big......

Vande Bharat gets back on track after myriad controversies, vigilance probe

On August 15 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced from the ramparts of the Red Fort that the Indian Railways would launch 75 Vande Bharat Express trains by August 2023. Photograph:......

Viral Acharya needs a 'Bharat Darshan'

'Tilting at the government in English in front of India may make him feel like Joan of Arc, but without a feel for Bharat he will merely be Don Quixote,' says S Muraleedharan, former managing......

What Made Shaji N Karun A Master Film-Maker

With Piravi, Shaji N Karun joined the select group of great masters of film.Malayalam once upon a time used to produce such films.Today, it is only mindless violence, politics and grotesque......

Kamal@70: The Motto He Believes In

'Kamal has surfed and navigated a lot of tidal waves, manoeuvring the peaks and troughs, combining rare intelligence and commonly available intuitions to overcome unimaginable crises all his......

2023 At The Movies: A Double Take

It was a year of so many contradictions and contrasts that it became dangerous to talk about movies, people lost their heads discussing Friday releases, psychiatrists began dabbling in film......

Shah Rukh Khan: The King's Speech

Even as Mumbai's teenybopper population was drowning in Beiber-sized disappointment, my super-filmi week delighted in a breathtaking journey to Amazon, Satyajit Ray's fabulous use of fantasy to......

The 10 BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS of 2020

The pandemic and the lockdown came into our lives without warning. Nobody was prepared to be stuck at home. All social activity suddenly ended. Movie theatres were shut down and we missed the......

Rahul Dravid's Pataudi Memorial Lecture: Full Text

Full text of Rahul Dravid's Pataudi Memorial Lecture in New Delhi. IMAGE: Former India captain Rahul Dravid delivering the Pataudi Memorial Lecture in New Delhi. Photograph: Twitter (@BCCI)......

Soccer Extras: Former Uruguay star Forlan announces retirement

IMAGE: Legendary Atletico Madrid player Diego Forlan. Photograph: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY/Reuters Former Uruguay striker Diego Forlan has announced his retirement, bringing to an end a......