Can Modi Win A Simple Majority?

2019 was the BJP's breakout year, when it stretched the boundaries of what was thought possible and ended up with 303 seats on its own steam.Now it is forced to play defence, on a pitch queered by......

Battle Royale in Thiruvananthapuram

I have a bit of a personal dilemma: I have a soft corner for Shashi Tharoor, but I do like Rajeev Chandrasekhar's pitch, confesses Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Dr Shashi Tharoor, the Congress Lok......

Desis Rally For Secular India

The Constitution's Preamble says that we Indians have resolved to secure for Indians 'fraternity, assuring the dignity of the individual'.Fraternity can come only when we stand up for each......

Greatest Sin In Indian Politics Is Overconfidence

The BJP will enter this election, as it does every election, as if it is fighting to prevent a 2004-style defeat. This is a party that wins big because it always behaves as if its back is to the......

The RBI Story: 90 Years And Going Strong

Of the eight RBI governors who have held office since the 1991 economic liberalisation, Bimal Jalan had the longest stint and S Venkitaramanan, the shortest. Current Governor Shaktikanta Das will......

NSE co-location case: Probe shifts towards money trail, illicit gains

As a multi-agency probe into the NSE case gathers pace, the grant of preferential server and data access to select brokers and their suspected misuse are being investigated threadbare to unveil all......

'Economic activities are expected to improve'

'We are very watchful about inflation and growth. But the main challenge is economic revival and growth' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, left, and Reserve Bank of India Governor......

Demonetisation's overnight celebrity

Nivedita Mookerji finds out how Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma is handling his soaring popularity after the note ban as well as the criticism that comes as a package deal. IMAGE:After Paytm......

'My Life Was In Danger'

''I received many threatening calls and letters.''A fatwa was issued against me.' IMAGE: A young Salma Agha. Photograph: Kind courtesy Salma Agha/Instagram She became a household name in 1982,......

Top 10 Tamil Action Films On OTT

Action films of some substance are rare to come by these days. Most film-makers mistake gore and excessive blood for well-constructed action cinema that thrives on drama and interpersonal stakes.......

'We all need a little piece of utopia in our life'

'This was a film, a story that had never been told before.' IMAGE: Koji Yakusho in Perfect Days. For the last four-and-a-half decades German film-maker Wim Wenders has been making compassionate......

Beautiful Stories From All Over India

IMAGE: A scene from Ladakh 470. Imaad Shah's Tuesday's Women, Haoban Paban Kumar's Iron Women of Manipur, Shivam Singh Rajput 's Ladakh 470 and Samman Roy's The Exile are among 10 titles to watch......

The Ageless Wonders Of IPL 2023

T20 cricket used to be the domain of the young and fearless, but IPL 2023 shattered that dogma. Piyush Chawla, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma, despite being in the twilight of their......

'Virat Kohli is like modern day hero'

IMAGE: Steve Waugh feels India captain Virat Kohli's ‘new attitude’ has instilled in his team the habit of taking on every hurdle. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Virat......

'Dhoni has never shown his palm to an astrologer'

'He believes in his destiny and says "naseeb accha hai, chalne do".' Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI   When Bharat Sundaresan, one of India's finest cricket writers, travelled to Ranchi to......

How the Women in Blue make India proud

The celebrations after the 2017 World Cup went on for the next few months.But there was one question that the Indian cricketers failed to respond to in their interviews. 'What was their next......

Sports at Academy Awards: Oscar gongs for NBA star Bryant, Russia dope docu

IMAGE: NBA star and filmmaker Kobe Bryant, winner of the Best Animated Short Film award for 'Dear Basketball,' poses in the press room during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland......