Chetan Chauhan as NIFT chairman has Twitter in splits

Ex-cricketer and former Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Chetan Chauhan's appointment as the chairman of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology, has triggered a row......

FTII receives parcel with explosives, threat letter to Kanhaiya

A packet containing some suspected explosive substance, a detonator and a threat letter in connection with Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar’s......

'My name is Umar Khalid, but I'm not a terrorist'

'This fight is not a fight for us, but for Jawaharlal Nehru University and for every university in India.' 'A university which does not allow dissent becomes a prison.' In dramatic scenes, Umar......

'Teachers should rise above caste'

'Teachers discriminate among students based on caste, religion and gender,' says Dr Rajesh Paswan, an associate professor at JNU.   Rohith Vemula became a victim of politics. In all......

'Films offer you life lessons'

'If someone were to ask you if you want to die tomorrow, no matter what problems you are grappling with, you would be hesitant, right?' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rohini Hattangady/Instagram Rohini......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

10 Films that Amazed Me at Cannes

The 74th Cannes Film Festival ended with the jury -- headed by Spike Lee -- handing out awards to a number of international films from France, Iran, Finland, Israel, Norway, Japan and the US. But......

How Bollywood's writers are fighting back

'The writer remains the most creative force in the process.''Producers need to be inventive in how they reward good writing.'Ranjita Ganesan reports. IMAGE: Excel Entertainment, producers of Gully......