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Why do sections of the media demonise Muslims?

Today, hour-long, high-pitched 'debates' at prime time, replete with inflammatory visuals and captions, using half-truths, insinuations and lies, pour venom against Muslims and seek to divide......

All B'deshis living in Bengal are Indian citizens: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday those who have come to the state from Bangladesh and have been casting votes in elections are Indian citizens and need not apply for......

Why India needs events like the Sanatkada festival

'Not for the first time during this festival I was struck by the atmosphere of friendly inclusion the organisers had managed in a city where you can smell menace in the air, thanks to Adityanath's......

'We are neither terrorists nor anti-nationals'

'We are patriots who love India and the secular ideals it has always upheld.'Geetanjali Krishna listens in.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The other day, I went to Jantar Mantar to......

Munna Master: Muslim bhajan singer, Padma Shri

Munna Master, who has been singing bhajans for 30 years, earnestly believes the Padma Shri is a result of his devotion to gau mata.Amrita Singh reports. IMAGE: Bhajan singer Munna Master who has......

Has Nirmalaji's tax plan made India CAs mukt?

If the finance minister's tax proposals have stimulated demand at all, it's for CAs, notes Kanika Datta. Photograph: ANI Photo In the space of three days, two significant speeches were......

MPs who heckled Sitharaman were first to rush to her

It is a tribute to India’s democracy, however flawed, that the very same MPs who had harangued her intermittently from Opposition benches now surged towards her, anxiety writ large on their......

Sitharaman delivers 2.17 hr-long Budget speech, earns praises

Nirmala Sitharaman, the country's first full-time woman finance minister, on Friday delivered one of the longest Budget speeches which was peppered with Urdu, Hindi and Tamil couplets. IMAGE:......

From Hashmi to Puranaanuru, Sitharaman waxes poetic

From poetry to divinity, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made sure that her maiden Budget speech on Friday was interspersed with couplets and quotes. While speaking in the Lok Sabha,......

Remember these AMAZING MOMENTS from 25 years ago?

1995 was a year of big films and bad, resurgence of stardom as well as decline, winds of change amidst intense adherence to dreadful formula. Bollywood discovered the magic of A R Rahman and the......

'Nothing lasts forever'

'I don't get attached to my success,' Ayushmann Khurrana tells Kavita Chowdhury. All Photographs: Kind courtesy Ayushmann Khurrana/Instagram He flew into Kolkata late the night before. And he has......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

Alvida: Film folk who left us in 2019

Hindi cinema lost some of its most celebrated faces in 2019, leaving a void in the fraternity as well as in the hearts of the audiences. We take a look at those who passed on. Girish Karnad......

Veteran actor Shaukat Azmi passes away at 93

Veteran actor and Shabana Azmi's mother Shaukat Kaifi passed away in Mumbai on Friday evening due to age-related illness at the age of 93. IMAGE: Shabana Azmi with her mother Shaukat and brother......

Pakistan's Ali to invite Indian cricketers to wedding

'The contest is on the field and not off it. In the end, we are all professional cricketers and must share happiness' IMAGE: Pakistan's Hasan Ali and his bride-to-be Samia Arzoo. Photograph:......

'Precious' Dhawan down but not out yet...

IMAGE: Shikhar Dhawan will miss India's next three matches because of an injury to his thumb. Photograph: Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images Forced out of at least three World Cup matches, injured......

Imran Khan congratulates Afghanistan for historic Test win

IMAGE: Nine months after making its debut in the traditional format Afghanistan's cricket team recorded its maiden Test win. Photograph: ICC/Twitter Pakistan Prime Minister and former cricketer......

Pakistan captain Sarfraz suspended for controversial taunt

IMAGE: Sarfraz will miss the remaining two matches of the ongoing ODI series, with Shoaib Malik leading the side in Sunday's fourth match, as well as the first two matches of the Twenty20 series......

Pakistan captain Sarfraz apologises for 'Abey Kaale' taunt

'I certainly had no intention of upsetting anyone. I did not even mean for my words to be heard, understood or communicated to the opposing team or the cricket fans' IMAGE: While many......

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Shayari goes live in the time of corona

Urdu poets across India are conducting live mushairas on Facebook to help cope with the crisis art-and-culture Updated: Mar 31, 2020 15:01 IST... ...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/shayari-goes-live-in-the-time-of-corona/story-WUSAvfqRIuP9UXuALEztbI.html

Wikipedia has COVID-19 information in Bangla, Hindi, Tamil and 6 other Indian l...

Wikipedia is providing coronavirus-related information in 9 Indian languages including Bangla, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Kannada, Arabic, Tamil, Malayalam,... ...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/tech/wikipedia-has-covid-19-information-in-bangla-hindi-tamil-and-6-other-indian-languages/story-W6MgaCaqfxTjmku4bNcDeL.html

Why do sections of the media demonise Muslims?

Today, hour-long, high-pitched 'debates' at prime time, replete with inflammatory visuals and captions, using half-truths, insinuations and lies,... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/column/why-do-sections-of-the-media-demonise-muslims/20200324.htm

IIT-D says no to request for quarantine shelter

Even as institutes like Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay and Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) in Hyderabad were chosen to be... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/iit-delhi-says-no-to-request-for-quarantine-shelter/articleshow/74755517.cms

The travelling ghazal

On World Poetry Day, celebrate the rich cosmopolitan history of the Urdu poetic form, which moved seamlessly across cultures, languages and politics ...

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/urdu-poetrys-cosmopolitan-history/article31117321.ece

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