When mob mentality came alive on stage

'Zund makes one sit up and wonder why we have allowed ourselves to be played like pawns by power mongers,' says Neeta Kolhatkar.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Zund, in Marathi, means......

'Attack on cattle is attack on country's culture'

'If a majority of the country's population is sentimental about a certain species, why are we so ashamed to say that we want to give it statutory protection?' asks animal rights activist Gauri......

'Mahasweta built and rebuilt her stupendous life with bricks of pain'

'She never desisted from calling a spade a spade and that's what made her such a unique character.' IMAGE: Mahasweta Devi: Will we see the likes of her again? Author and activist Mahashweta Devi,......

J&K MLA, who hosted beef party, assaulted inside assembly by BJP legislator

Independent MLA Engineer Rashid, who a hosted beef party at MLA hostel on Wednesday, was beaten up by BJP MLA Ravinder Raina in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Thursday. Rashid was rescued by......

Reader reviews: Full marks to Arbaaz Khan for Dabangg 2

We asked you to send in your Dabangg 2 reviews, and we got a fabulous response!In the first part of our special series, we saw quite a few reader reviews. Here's presenting the second part of......

Music Review: Sakkarakkatti

"A musical treat from A R Rahman!" shouts out the message that comes with the Tamil movie Sakkarakkatti (Lump of Sugar), produced by Kalaippuli S Thaanu, and starring debutant Santhanu, the......

Star Performer: Morgan sends RR packing

IMAGE: Eoin Morgan scored 68 off 35 balls as KKR posted a match-winning 191 for 7 against the Rajasthan Royals on Sunday. Photograph: BCCI   In a must-win game for both teams, Captain Eoin......

Here's how West Indies plan to restrict India's batsmen

'We need to be more disciplined in bowling and a bit more clinical with the batting.' IMAGE: West Indies players during a training session in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday on the eve of the second ODI......

Candidates Chess: Anand in 54 moves draw with Topalov

Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with black against former World champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the second round of the Candidates Chess tournament in......

Asian chess: Negi, Mary Ann in sole lead

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi scored his sixth victory on the trot, disposing of Oliver Barbosa of Philippines to retain his half-point lead with just one round to go in the Asian individual chess......

India go down to Uzbekistan

India ended up fourth in the Fed Cup zonal qualification women's team tennis tournament after going down to Uzbekistan 3-0 in the play-offs in Christchurch on Saturday. With seniors Shikha Uberoi......