'Silencing citizens has become a major institutional process under this regime.' 'The anti-Indian argument is a bogey -- meant to silence independent thinking people in India and turn us into goats and sheep.'
'Three hotels with exceptional food left me hankering to go back to feast at their tables,' says Rahul Jacob.
Fix India's real estate sector. Fix India's public sector banks, advises Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Sardar Udham sets a great standard which, Utkarsh Mishra believes, would be emulated by other film-makers who want to make movies of this genre.
Late former President APJ Abdul Kalam's inspiring and motivational message and minimalistic lifestyle forms the basis for a new art based web comic.
'So much so we don't feel the need to create anything, but just bask in that glory.' 'It's time to move on.' 'How much burden can you put on a person or the legacy of the person?'
'If luck favours you, with your hard work and your karma, nothing is impossible.'
The 91-year-old went beyond her role as a writer to help tribals in organising themselves in groups so that they could take up development activities in their own areas.
'If the BJP thinks it is going to overnight transform Bengal into Madhya Pradesh, sorry, that's not going to happen because I have faith in our ethos and culture.'
Shivaji made sure that his soldiers respected the sanctity of mosques and the Quran Sharif to ensure that his fight against the Mughals did not become fight against Islam, explains Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'Allah is there above and, with him as witness, I am giving you this money. If my Mariam's letter arrives, you must deliver it.' The clerk stood still in astonishment. 'Where must it be delivered?' 'Upon my grave!'
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi wrote under a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, thus keeping with the tradition of a unique kind of autograph given by the laureates.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
It beats Netflix any day, exclaims Prithvi Singh.
Knowing Rabindranath Tagore's dedication to aesthetics and simplicity, Keya Sarkar wonders what he would have thought of the modern-day commemorations organised in his honour.
'Our honourable CM is so shameless that she will say the state is among the safest for women.'
State party leaders admit that Hindu consolidation by itself was not good enough to unseat Didi.
Trinamool congress MP and Gardiner Professor of History at Harvard University Sugata Bose tells Kavita Chowdhury that there is a sense of fear and insecurity among our minorities.
'The relationship between Victoria and Tagore was one of mutual admiration and respect.'
'People like Mahaswetadi can never die. They live in our hearts and minds,' says writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen.
The health drink brand from Mondelez walks the tight rope between tradition and trendy to stay relevant.
An insistence on only one language will inevitably be resented as a form of imperialism and resisted.
The two governments are slated to ink a slew of agreements.
'My chowkidar and the paanwala near my house have seen Mirzapur.' 'They may have missed Delhi Crime but they have seen Mirzapur.' ''Delhi Crime won Emmy, people know me from Mirzapur'Sometimes I feel I have done so much work, why do people know me only by this role?'
Soha Ali Khan's look at her self in her debut book, The Perils Of Being Moderately Famous, may seem indulgent but is not, says Manavi Kapur.
Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu said it was surprising to know that on these national aspects, the Central Public Information Officers of all high offices simply passed it on to the others "without application of mind".
In a row over the re-naming of Ujjayanta Palace, the home of erstwhile Royal family of Tripura, the Left Front government has apparently given in to the massive public protests orchestrated by Tripura Students' Federation.
He said that India will work with Singapore to bring the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership to early conclusion. He also said the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement has been reviewed and the two sides will work to further upgrade it.
Christie's second art auction in Mumbai saw 78 works by Indian artists fetching a total of Rs 75.27 crore.
Aamir asserted that he stood by his comments and made it clear he nor his wife Kiran Rao have any intention of leaving India.
The child rights activist won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. He shared the prize with Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai.
'Anantkumar Hegde will be pleased that those thousands who formed a long line to enter the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral on Christmas Eve night were both aware of their 'parentage' -- to use his insulting term -- and would describe themselves as Hindu,' says Rahul Jacob.
'Till we are able to understand this reality of what is happening to our fellow citizens today in 2018, it would be hypocrisy to continue to teach in our textbooks about the great atrocity of 1919,' argues Aakar Patel.
Anwesha Bhattacharya-Arya writes an open letter to the President on the sorry state of affairs in India.
'Tagore repeatedly denounced the "My country, right or wrong" attitude.' 'We often use the phrase "unity in diversity" like a cliche and often make diversity secondary, giving precedence to unity.' 'You do not have to shout from the rooftops that we are very tolerant.'
One must be extremely cautious while shopping with a credit card.
'Amit Shah and his fellow travellers need to realise that India was divided because of competitive communalism of forces like Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League, prodded, aided and abetted by the colonial power,' says Mohammad Sajjad.
'Where have we failed, as parents, teachers and leaders, that our children have forgotten all tenets of decent behaviour and respect for women?' President Pranab Mukherjee asks the nation on the eve of Republic Day.
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