Moni Chadha was with Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent. He counters colourful conspiracy theories with sobering facts.
'The airline business is very dynamic. If you are unable to keep up and lead, you end up last.' 'This is what has happened to Jet.'
Each corner of the interiors has been designed and laboured over by Garg and his team. It took nearly a year to put every little detail together
'This film is a product of a dangerous trend to take just a sprinkling of truth, mix it with free-flowing speculation and present it as historical facts,' says Manavi Kapur.
The PBD this year functions as a political stage for the BJP government at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi have been wooing the Indian diaspora through widely publicised events across the country. At the PBD, the mood was either largely pro-Modi, and when not, apolitical.
Between January 1, 2017 and September 18, 2018, one manual scavenger died every five days. He is no caped superhero, but Bezwada Wilson continues to fight the good fight for manual scavengers, says Manavi Kapur.
This Haryana village believes it has 'found' the Saraswati river of the Vedas.
'The reality is that 377 compromises the freedom and affects many of us adversely,' Navtej Singh Johar tells Manavi Kapur.
Today, it is modish to be part of a yoga class, to post stories on Instagram while striking an impressively complex asana in a bralette and crop-top paired with neon yoga pants, to bond over green tea and yoga bars after a strenuous session at the studio and have subscriptions to yoga studios, not ashrams, says Manavi Kapur.
Archbishop Anil Couto's instructions, though politically charged, are not unusual or unprecedented.
'We are not promising prosperity to these villagers. Instead, the focus is on self-sufficiency.'
'Of course, there is fear, but if we want change, then we must be ready to face the consequences.'
Is it just the glamour?
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.
Tirthak Saha is living the American dream, but his work has a typically Indian context.
Celebrating the poet-saint's legacy in our times.
'How can you fight an enemy you can't see?'
'If majority of the country's population is sentimental about a certain species, why are we so ashamed to say that we want to give it statutory protection?'
A common interest in literature often leads to new bonds with people you'd never otherwise meet.
Enormous debt isn't the only thing afflicting Air India. Its work culture is an equal culprit in its downfall.
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