'The chair is a referee in a match, whether this side is playing better or that side is playing worse is no concern of the chair.' Part I: 'Indianness of any citizen being questioned is......
'It may not be coincidental that the rise of these warriors with their bile and diatribes has come at a time when the concept of neutrality in journalism is fading,' says Amulya......
In a special series, Rediff.com looks at India through the lives of her people. Today: Mohammed Taufiq, a waiter for 36 years at Kolkata's famous Coffee House. A fan of Manna De, he encounters at......
In a special series, Rediff.com looks at India through the lives of her people. Today: Mohammed Taufiq, a waiter for 36 years at Kolkata's famous Coffee House. A fan of Manna De, he encounters at......
Thousands of people, including poets, athletes, actors, painters and students, took to the city's streets on Friday to voice their protest against rising incidents of crime against women in West......
Israel is an incredibly innovative nation. It ranks the highest in the world in the per capita number of patents filed, notes R Gopalakrishnan. One response to my last InnoColumn was......
Paribartan (change) in Bengal appears to have caught up with even the iconic Coffee House, a regular hangout for this city’s intellectuals. It is renting out its historical premises on......
Bliss it must have been in that dawn to be alive, but to be an economist working for Jawaharlal Nehru must have been heaven (with apologies to Wordsworth)! No retired bureaucrat around to say you......
There is a flicker of hope for Tata Motors' abandoned Singur site. A team from government-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) visited the place, along with state government officials, for a......
Roughly one year after the merger talks between the two broke down, Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel and South African telecom major MTN Group are back at the table discussing a possible $23......
Filmography of Mrinal Sen Feature Films Name Year Language Raatbhor 1955 Bengali Neel Akasher Neechay 1959 Bengali Baishey Srabon 1960 Bengali Punascha 1961 Bengali Abasheshe 1963......
'Mrinal jethu gave a new perspective to Indian Cinema.' IMAGE: Mrinal Sen accepts the Dadasaheb Phalke Award from then President A P J Abdul Kalam in New Delhi, on February 2, 2005. Photograph: B......
Kolkata begins the year on a sad note. National Award-winning film director Mrinal Sen, 95, passed away into the ages on Sunday, December 30. His funeral -- held at Keoratala Ghat, Kolkata, on......
'Mrinalda, the world, and for sure my world won't be the same without you,' Nandita Das tells Subhash K Jha. IMAGE: Nandita Das with Mrinal Sen. All photographs: Kind courtesy Nandita Das Mrinal......
'The last time I met him will be one I will always cherish. It was in February this year.''I was asked to give him the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and was warned he was frail and......