'Supreme Court verdict on Article 370 is a missed opportunity'

'On hard cases like this one, the Supreme Court has only episodically stood against Parliament and the executive government.' 'I worry that this decision sets a precedent where President's rule is......

Hina prays for Indo-Pak peace at Delhi dargah

Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday paid obeisance at the dargah of famous Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya at New Delhi and prayed for peace between the two countries. Wrapping......

Bhajan for Krishna Kanhaiya at a Sufi saint's shrine

The day I arrived in Delhi recently for a short visit, a friend took me to a post-evening prayer qawwali performance by the Nizami brothers at Hazrat Imayat Khan’s dargah in Nizamuddin (best......

Pak asks for list of holy sites to issue group vis

Pakistan has asked India to identify four holy Sikh and Hindu sites in the country for which it could consider issuing "group tourist visas" for Indian pilgrims. The move will be in reciprocation......

Shut Up Sona Review

Shut Up Sona is about one woman refusing to be silenced, notes Deepa Gahlot. Sona Mohapatra works in an industry that is unapologetically misogynistic. So like other women in show business, she is......

Sufi singer Abida Parveen, live in Chennai!

The ballroom in Chennai's Taj Coromandel is filled with an expectant hush; the best and finest of Chennai's literati and music aficionados fill in, eager to appreciate the......

Review: Jo Dooba So Paar lacks imagination

Shaikh Ayaz writes Jo Dooba So Par: Its Love in Bihar is made with little imagination. Post YOUR reviews here!Written and directed by Praveen Kumar with little imagination, insight and spunk, this......

'I want clean-shaven roles!'

There are actors and there are stars, but there are only a rare few with the recall-value of immortal characters. After his Lagaan character regaled audiences worldwide, Rajesh Vivek now returns to......