Is Rahul Dividing India To Rule?

Is it is necessary to play divisive politics to succeed in the next general elections? asks Dr Sudhir Bisht. IMAGE: People take selfies with Rahul Gandhi during the ongoing Parliament session,......

Will UP Startle Modi?

The best-case scenario is that the BJP will top out at around 50 seats in UP -- a drop of 12 from the 62 it had won in 2019. Taken in tandem with Maharashtra and Karnataka, this is what is likely......

RSS's Lack Of Enthusiasm Is Showing

According to insiders, their lack of enthusiasm is showing on the ground.There is nothing to suggest that their enthusiasm will return in the final four phases of polling, observes N Sathiya......

'BJP murdered democracy in Surat'

'Can you imagine that Surat's voters won't have any say now in exercising their fundamental right to choose a candidate of their own choice? This is what the BJP has reduced India's democracy to.'......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

China Plus One: Low labour costs and growing workforce give India the edge

A combination of one of the lowest labour costs and a large surplus workforce, which will continue to grow until 2031, is one of the key competitive edges that India is leveraging to challenge its......

Sensex tumbles 383 pts on escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions

On the Sensex chart, Tata Steel, TCS and SBI fell the most, losing as much as 3.64 per cent. Of the 30 Sensex constituents, 20 closed in the red. Photograph: ANI Photo The BSE benchmark Sensex......

Why Are Bollywood Marriages In Trouble These Days?

For many years, in Bollywood cinema that loved families, divorce was a dirty word. Of course, that did not mean marriages could not be strained and couples had to obey the happily-ever-after rule......

'You can never predict an Oscar nod'

'Just do your best show every day and move from strength to strength.' IMAGE: Bellie with Ammu. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kartiki Gonsalves/Instagram She is the force to reckon with in the indie......

10 Best Films From Around The World

A beautiful documentary from Delhi.A shocking satire that spares no one.A thriller about a serial killer in Iran.A Pakistan film about family secrets...Aseem Chhabra lists the best films he saw in......

Revisiting 1983 in Hindi Movies

Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood. It was a year of excitement and extremes. If parallel cinema in India......

WOW Moments From Paris Olympics!

The Paris Olympics had it all -- glamour (cuing for Snoop Dogg here), humour (the inventive Internet producing memes after memes) and some controversy too -- Vinesh Phogat's disqualification and......

Paris Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Day 9

IMAGE: India's players celebrate their thrilling shoot-out victory over Great Britain in the Olympics men's hockey quarter-finals on Sunday. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters The men's hockey......

Unfazed Sen defeats Carraggi; Ashwini-Crasto lose

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen in action during the Group L match against Julien Carraggi of Belgium. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Forced to make a fresh start after his opening win was wiped off the......

A Century Of Inspiring Olympic Moments

IMAGE: US gymnast Simone Biles is the most decorated man or woman her sport has ever seen. Photograph: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters The Olympics have captured the world's imagination......

Why 'underdog' Sen could pull off surprise at Paris Games?

Lakshya Sen had struggled through much of 2023 and early part of 2024. He fell behind in the qualification race but turned things around in time with two semi-final finishes at the All England......