Danger grows as Xi made 'Chairman of Everything'

The Chinese Communist Party held its Sixth Plenum from 8-11 November, and Chairman Xi Jinping used this choreographed political theater to further cement his status in the pantheon of Chinese......

Ansuya Dutt had rare courage

Ansuya Dutt, who never stopped fighting for women's rights, can be an inspiration to us never to lose sight of our basic beliefs, never mind peer pressure.Jyoti Punwani salutes the incomparable......

Vajpayee, first non-Congress PM to complete full term, is no more

Vajpayee remained a member of Parliament for 47 years -- elected 10 times to the Lok Sabha and twice to Rajya Sabha.  Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, one of India's most......

Mitra, the robot, steals the show from NaMo, Ivanka

Ivanka spoke for a good 15 minutes, gracefully, looking straight at her audience, her face wreathed often in winning smiles.She is an articulate, striking, woman who charmed her audience.Vaihayasi......

'I don't do films that just want to make money'

'I think people are ignorant because they assume automatically that if you have weight issues, it’s because you are lazy and eat a lot.''That’s ignorance.''Trust me, especially in case......

The Best Indian Films of 2018

Sreehari Nair picks his top 10 movies of 2018. There are no 'progressive' films on this list because, as I see it, for a film-maker with a good college education or a decent liberal arts education,......

'Shashi Kapoor was a dearly loved man'

'We will never really lose him because in death, his spirit, trapped in a frail body, has been set free and will surround us like the air we breathe.'Shabana Azmi, Asha Parekh, Zeenat Aman,......