In chaste Urdu, Meira Kumar wins hearts in Pak

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has floored an audience that included her Pakistani counterpart, senior ministers and parliamentarians by delivering a speech in flawless Urdu laced with couplets from......

Attacking Congress in RS, Modi invokes 1984 riots, Kashmiri Pandits

Declaring that even Mahatma Gandhi wanted the party dismantled, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said there would have no Emergency, no massacre of Sikhs, no caste politics and no exodus of......

Books, films helped me and Vajpayee bond: Advani

Books and films were the bonding factors for his friendship with former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Kishenchand Advani said. Releasing the book......

Why is Rahul missing in action?

On all key issues, Congress is MIA, sighs Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi with her son and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. Photograph: PTI Photo   Much debate has been......

'You Need Patience To Be An Actor'

'A struggling actor once came to me and told me there's no work.''I said when there's no work, that's when you have a lot of work.''He said he didn't understand.''I explained that you have to keep......

Raj Kapoor@100: The Essential RK Playlist

'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' 'Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai' 'Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan' Even a sliver of a Raj Kapoor song has the finality of a statement, a slogan, a saga of life. A deep desire for......

When Bollywood Sang To The Moon

When Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, Indian movies couldn't stop praising the Chand. As India successfully lands Chandrayaan-3, does the moon look as beautiful as one's beloved......

AMAZING SONGS, Coming Up!

In these pandemic stricken, music bereft times, what can be more joyous than a playlist of 25 golden melodies?Sukanya Verma curates one for you. The third of a multi-part special:   Rut Hai......