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Censorship? Chomsky, Prashad's talk at fest called off

Celebrated linguist and activist Noam Chomsky, and journalist Vijay Prashad have expressed regret at the "abrupt cancellation" of their discussion at the online Tata Literature Live festival,......

'Fatal political error' not to bring Babri under Centre's control: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sudnay said it was a "fatal political error" on the part of the Narasimha Rao government not to bring Babri Masjid under the Centre's control despite......

Debate on free speech heats up; Anupam Kher booed

Mumbai audience boos actor for his remarks. Actor Anupam Kher was booed by the audience as a debate at a literary festival in Mumbai on freedom of speech heated up, with the actor wondering aloud......

Anil Dharker: Editor, bon vivant, mentor to many

Everywhere Anil Dharker went, he assembled teams of talented people, gave them opportunities, then got out of the way and allowed them to flourish.Meenakshi Shedde remembers a very special......

'I think I am a natural ajji'

'Children are curious by nature, so I thought of writing these books, which provide creative but convincing explanations and also teach values like sharing is caring,' Sudha Murty tells Chintan......

'We are in search of a Shiva to consume the poison from banking system'

'Should the government be in the business of running banks?''Particularly when it does not have the fiscal strength to continuously infuse capital into such banks?' Tamal Bandyopadhyay is a......

'Big guys r**e the economy'

'When you forgive a farmer's loans there is this ideological economists lobby which says: 'That's socialism. And that's bad'.''But to forgive the loans of big people, so that they will be......

COLUMN: Seeking shared value

Many people, not only in business but in society at large, still see progress and social justice as an either-or choice, writes Rajni Bakshi. Violent clashes between local people and the......

India to be developed nation: Blackberry CEO

James Laurence Balsillie, founder and co-chief executive officer of Research in Motion, feels that in the next 20 years, India will reach the developed nation status with $20,000 per capita income......

K.I.S.S.: Secret to strong portfolio

K.I.S.S. is a term I've loved ever since I first heard it. Simplicity is always attractive, the "Stupid" has loads of attitude. And, of course, the word to which the acronym is fitted is full of......

The Priyanka Chopra you didn't know

'She is an awesome writer.''She writes poetry. She writes stories. Prose.''She has a flair for language.''You should see the library Priyanka has at home.''She has more books than regular......

Why Sairat is such an important film

'Which movie has been about love between castes?''In Ek Duje Ke Liye, the divide was between a non-vegetarian north Indian family and a vegetarian south Indian one; in Amitabh Bachchan's films,......

India's never-ending search for a genuine all-rounder

IMAGE: Hardik Pandya have been compared with legendary Kapil Dev. Photograph: BCCI/IPL Former India batsman VVS Laxman, on Thursday, blamed too much workload of the players for the country......

'Cricket will suffer if T10 is encouraged'

IMAGE: Taking a dig at the T20-driven shorter formats of the game, Dilip Doshi said players with incomplete or bad action are winning Man-of-the-Match awards these days. Photograph: T10......

Paes reminisces about Bhupathi, says 'we respect each other'

They were a top pair on court and off it their differences had reached epic proportions but after so many years, Leander Paes finds it irrelevant to dissect what went wrong between him and his......

Did umpiring error help England win World Cup?

'It is unfair to look at one decision, one ball out of 600-plus on the day and say that was the reason one team won and one team lost.' IMAGE: Ben Stokes apologises after Martin Guptill's throw......

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