'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

Why Congress Can't Keep Its Flock Together

If the party's members aren't sure what it stands for, see no path to wealth or power, and endure control by a dynasty, which, almighty as it is within the party, cannot get them the votes, they......

Is The Indian Republic Dead?

Will January 22 mark a point of no return for our Constitutional secularism? asks Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi arrives to lay the foundation stone for multiple......

Why MoSha Are Worried About 2024 Lok Sabha Poll

Even if the BJP gets 60, 70, or even 100 per cent of the votes in the seats where it scored more than 50 per cent in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, these will still add up to only 224 seats, argues......

Modi2 must focus on the economy!

'If he were to ask me, I would tell Mr Modi that the real Congress legacy he has to undo is not Nehru's social and political philosophy -- which fits India perfectly -- but his daughter's economic......

How Meghna Picked Vicky For Sam Bahadur

IMAGE: Vicky Kaushal with Sam Bahadur Director Meghna Gulzar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Vicky Kaushal/Instagram "When I was approached to become Sam Bahadur and when Meghna (director Meghna......

'How many of us really know our prime minister?'

'We think we know him because he's written about every day.''But how many of us know him as a person?' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi performs puja at the Ambaji temple in Banaskantha,......

Kangana, Will You Paint A True Picture Of The Emergency?

Hope this film will teach Indians the value of their rights and the perils of exchanging those for 'economic development' or promises of a better future by a populist leader, notes Utkarsh Mishra.......

5 Patriotic Songs You Must Listen To

There are so many patriotic songs that make us proud to be Indians.Subhash K Jha dips into Bollywood's basket of topnotch songs and comes up with these gems on Republic Day.   Ae Mere Watan Ke......