What would Bhagat Singh think of India 2021?

'Communalism was the biggest enemy of a free society and Bhagat Singh imagined a future without it.''Did we succeed in bringing alive such a future?' Utkarsh Mishra remembers the revolutionary......

'Are You On The Side Of Hatred?'

'The time has come for all those believe in a democratic India to stand up and be counted and to make a choice.' IMAGE: Trinamool Congress candidates Sagarika Ghose, right, and Mamata Bala Thakur......

Why China Is Worried About Hong Kong

'Although Hong Kong weathered many a storm and displayed a remarkable resilience to bounce back, the developments in the territory have raised question marks with regard to its future stability and......

'BJP won't be allowed to push its Hindutva agenda beyond a point'

'Parties like ours and others like the Lok Janshatki Party will ensure that the BJP remains on the straight and narrow path,' says Shiromani Akali Dal leader Naresh Gujral Naresh Gujral, 65, is a......

Why Budget fails to excite the common man

Are you happy with the Union Budget 2009 or disappointed like the stockmarket, which didn't see any of the things it wanted - be it lesser government borrowings and corporate taxes, or a PSU......

Policies keeping India poor, says Chandrababu

The former chief minister of Andhra-Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, said in his keynote address on 'Management beyond the Obvious' at IIMA-Confluence 2005 on Friday: "India is not a poor country, we......

Privatise slowly, but surely, says sell-off expert

Here are some comforting thoughts for those ministers in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government who want more debate over privatisation.Philip Jackson, an international expert who has advised many......

Should salary decide the worth of a job?

There are still several weeks to go before the term ends. But the future's already settled for most of the graduates in waiting across B-schools in the country. How do we know? Because, much like......

25 years of RGV's Shiva

Shiva, Ram Gopal Varma’s first film, has completed 25 years.  Originally made in Telugu in 1989, Shiva was later remade in Hindi in 1990. The raw energy of the film, Ilaiyaraja’s......

How Salman got Veer wrong

Wehad askedreaders to send us bloopers that they have spotted in Hindi films.ReaderMohammed Marouf shares with us a blooper that he spotted in the movieVeer. On his first day of college, Salman......

Jennifer Aniston's mum not invited to secret wedding

A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood. Photograph: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Jennifer Aniston, who tied the knot with beau Justin Theroux on August 5 in a covert ceremony in Bel......

Sanjna Kapoor: I have finally left home

She has moved on from Prithvi, but Sanjna Kapoor's passion for theatre remains undimmed.Actor Naseeruddin Shah, who makes no bones about how dreary he found boarding school in Nainital, once told......