A court in Baghpat on Monday dismissed a decades-old plea filed by a Muslim side over a site that Hindu devotees say is the Mahabharat-era 'Lakshagriha' but the petitioners maintain is a graveyard......
Even those who are the supporters of India's 'cultural nationalism' seems to be unaware of the footprint of Shri Ram in South East Asia, observes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). Photograph: PTI......
Political power has now been outsourced fully to the Modi government.Even if the RSS is still, in principle, his guru, nobody would dare to whisper a word of advice to Modi, forget some whiff of......
The world over, pluralism is in retreat.Luckily for us, Indian pluralism and its consequent tolerance of diversity is rooted in our basic values.As long as we remain faithful to these values and......
Campaigning came to an end on Saturday for the single-day election in Uttarakhand and Goa, two states known for political volatility where the Bharatiya Janata Party is attempting to retain power,......
Professor Syed Ali Mohammed Khusro Husaini died on 24 August 2003. The various appointments he held spanned a remarkable range: he taught economics at Osmania and other universities and he......
Mani Ratnam, who turned turned 67 on June 2, has impressed audiences with the sheer beauty of his movies. Actors always seem to shine brighter in his films. Ace technicians like (composers) A R......
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......
Sukanya Verma celebrates Naseeruddin Shah, acting legend. There's a beautiful quote I once read by Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman: 'No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film......
'I accept that huge responsibility very humbly.' 30 years after the Mahabharat was telecast to an enraptured audience, it is back on Doordarshan. Actor and former MP Nitish Bharadwaj, who played......
You’ll come out laughing till your sides hurt, promises Sukanya Verma. Men falling for men masquerading as women is an old gag. Rishi Kapoor and Paintal’s girly avatars in......
'Sakshi's medal will do to women's wrestling what Sushil's 2008 Olympic medal did to wrestling in general.''It will make more and more families put their daughters into wrestling.''More and more......