'The BJP will not be able to create dictatorship of the kind it is perhaps dreaming of.''We have Bengal as the biggest example.' "Strong-arm tactics won't work. India is too diverse and big a......
It was Soni Somarajan's biggest dream -- to see himself as a proud member of the Indian Armed Forces.Life brutally shattered that dream.So, Soni tells Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd), he wove new......
'We say we are proud to be Indian. Can we be proud of such an India where its people are hungry and on the streets?' IMAGE: Aswathy Jwala. Photograph: Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com India found......
'Modi should have trust in us and the minorities should also have trust in him.' Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo A P Abdullahkutty, the former member of the 13th and 14th Lok Sabhas......
'They thought he can separate the Muslim votes and win, but the Kerala mind is completely different.''It is a secular mind because Hindus, Christians and Muslims live together.''We don't like......
The headline 'Will Obama take away Indian jobs?' made me cringe. Not because I question the epochal breakthrough of America's 44th presidency, but because it doesn't seem to me that outsourcing......
'Suddenly the audience pool feels bigger, like everyone is watching everything now.''It's no longer limited in terms of boundaries, like a state or a language.''Whether it's a series, a movie or......
'Hope is about being more accepting of each other, the kind of solidarity and friendship that even our families may not be able to give.' IMAGE: Payal Kapadia, second from right, flanked by actors......
The reasons are too private to be discussed at a round table, listed out during a seminar, or uncovered in an academic course.A proud but insomniac connoisseur murmuring in his sleep may do a......
Aseem Chhabra lists his favorite 2023 films -- a healthy blend of Bollywood, Hindi indies and some of the best work that is being done in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali cinema. On one hand......
Though the lies hardly go beyond extramarital affairs and conception problems, they are laid out by arresting storytellers who raise the stakes while speaking in tongues not wiped clean to make......
'Messi gives you that Sachin Tendulkar like feeling. It seems the entire world wants to see Messi lift that World Cup' IMAGE: Lionel Messi has inspired his team with every match. Photograph:......
'I had a bad start to my career, then gradually, I have risen up the ranks to become India's No.1 keeper' Photograph: Kind courtesy PR Sreejesh/Twitter PR Sreejesh feels his chequered......
Shiny Wilson, who participated in four consecutive Olympics from 1984, is India's most successful athlete after 'Golden Girl' P T Usha. Though Usha also participated in as many Games between 1980......