'We would have continued the protests till 2024'

While protesters wait for the farm laws to be repealed in Parliament, everyone at the Singhu border echoes one sentiment: That they will remember this one year spent in protest till their dying......

Modi's election 2019 is a repeat of Indira's in 1971

Allegations of strains on democratic and constitutional institutions across the board, security threats from outside, a greedy Opposition inside, were all a part of the package then as now, says N......

USSR always believed Rajiv not Sanjay would succeed Indira: CIA files

Indira Gandhi’s efforts to promote her younger son Sanjay as her successor were not taken seriously by the then Soviet Union and it anticipated that Rajiv would be her heir apparent, as per......

Why Mamata left the Congress!

'In 1997 Mamata wanted the Congress in alliance with the BJP in West Bengal against the Left Front government.''Pranab Mukherjee opposed it, stating it would amount to compromising on......

Where is the plan to give wings to your dreams, Mr Modi?

The Modi government has ambitious plas to achieve 10% growth, but there is no assessment of how much money is needed for the whole package of measures, and where it will come from.In short, there......

How India paid the price for 'EPW types'

Had it not been for the intellectual dominance and political legitimacy of the Leftist philosophy since 1970, would EPW have become what it did? After all, there were other more established......

Emergency and the Maruti story: Start of a small wonder

The whole project smacks of cronyism and corruption In retelling the horrors of Emergency, most commentators have overlooked the most brazen story of cronyism and corruption in the country’s......

Aam Aadmi Party: Good politics but bad economics

Arvind Kejriwal has got his politics right. Now, he needs to rethink his party’s economic policies says A K Bhattacharya. It is time Arvind Kejriwal drew a connection between the economic......

The Best Films of Suchitra Sen

Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, who passed away today, has given us some brilliant films to remember her by. We take a look. 'Suchitra Sen is India's Greta Garbo,' late writer Sunil......

Shubhashish Bhutiani: The making of a filmmaker

Shubhashish Bhutiani shares the incredible journey of his debut film -- from the imagination of a freshly minted graduate to the Oscars shortlist -- with Aseem Chhabra. At 22, most young men and......

Stats: When cricket tours ended abruptly!

The West Indies players walk back to the pavilion after the toss in the fourth ODI in Dharamsala. Photograph: BCCI The West Indies cricket team pulled out of the remaining part of its India tour......