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'Rahul Can't Play Victim All The Time'

'Rahul Gandhi's problem is that he doesn't think big.''He looks more like an activist, while politics is like a game of chess. You attack and then defend and have a game-plan.' IMAGE: Congress......

Asim Munir Shuffles His Generals

Asim Munir will have to find a well trusted aide to fill the crucial ISI post's when Asim Malik retires soon. IMAGE: Pakistan army chief Syed Asim Munir. Photograph: Kind courtesy screen......

Memories Of 24, Akbar Road... When Rajiv Gandhi Sat In The Winter Sun

After spending nearly 50 years in a colonial bungalow at 24, Akbar Road, the Congress moved into a new office on January 15. Rasheed Kidwai, who knows the history of the Congress better than the......

Only 18 Muslim women made it to Lok Sabha since Independence

From royalty to a tea vendor-turned-politician's wife and from a first lady to a Bengali actress, the 18 Muslim women who treaded the hallowed corridors of power in the Lok Sabha are an eclectic......

Govt names 51 leaders to visit 33 world capitals, drops 3 from Cong list

Fifty-one political leaders, parliamentarians and former ministers cutting across party lines will be part of the seven delegations travelling to world capitals to put across India's resolve to......

Taj: Divided By Blood: History In A Mess

This Web series is more about wine, opium, sex, more sex, gay love and incest, rues Syed Firdaus Ashraf. The Janissaries were members of an elite corps of the Ottoman army, the first to lay down......

The Man Who Gave Pathaan Its Heartbeat

'Every story has a heartbeat of its own.''Sometimes you want to go thak thak thak and finish the screenplay fast.''In other stories, you go thak (pause), thak (pause), thak (pause). That also......

Why Shooting Rani's Next Was Challenging

'Rani made it very clear when she signed the film that she would shoot only during her daughter's summer vacation so as not to disturb her role as a real life mother.' IMAGE: Rani Mukerji in Mrs......

Satyameva Jayate 2 review

Satyamev Jayate 2 has a dated circa 1990s script which won't find acceptance with today's generations, observes Syed Firdaus Ashraf. I have always wondered why it is called 'Law & Order', not......

PIX: Guess who Urmila is partying with?

Every year, Bollywood's stars glitter at Baba Siddique's Iftar party. This year too, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan made their presence felt. Here are some more stars who joined the......

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'Rahul Can't Play Victim All The Time'

Asim Munir Shuffles His Generals

Memories Of 24, Akbar Road... When Rajiv Gandhi Sat In The Winter Sun

Only 18 Muslim women made it to Lok Sabha since Independence

Govt names 51 leaders to visit 33 world capitals, drops 3 from Cong list

Taj: Divided By Blood: History In A Mess

The Man Who Gave Pathaan Its Heartbeat

Why Shooting Rani's Next Was Challenging

Satyameva Jayate 2 review

PIX: Guess who Urmila is partying with?

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