'North Will Decide Who Will Rule India In Future'

'The southern states will have no voice.''Political parties in future need to focus only on one region, the northern region, to win the general election.' IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party......

The North-South Battle Gets Ugly

With its age-old fascination for education, southern states have done better than the North.Start-ups, IT hubs, and industry majors setting up shop have changed the face of the South.Nearly 79% of......

'Not Easy For New Delhi To Overlook Delimitation'

'If delimitation is not handled well by the Centre, the southern states are certainly going to challenge it.' IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MPs T R......

BJP picks first-time MLA Rekha Gupta as new Delhi CM

First-time MLA Rekha Gupta will be the new chief minister of Delhi, capping 11 days of suspense over who will get the top post after the Bharatiya Janata Party returned to power after over 26 years......

The Threats To India's Prosperity

Looking under the hood, I see India on the terrible, but commonplace, road to prosperity failure, warns Rathin Roy. IMAGE: Inside a factory in West Bengal. Photograph: Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters......

Sports, New OTT Game In Town

Why will JioCinema live-stream the FIFA World Cup 2022 games for free? By March 2022, the total OTT market was at Rs 17,000 crore (Rs 170 billion) in revenues (pay plus advertising) and 122......

How The Pandemic Affected Puja

The estimated size of the Durga Puja economy could be about Rs 2.75 trillion in 2021 had there been no pandemic, points out Atanu Biswas. IMAGE: A restricted access Durga Puja pandal. Photograph:......

These migrants are unwelcome guests in their own homes

As the world awaits the end of the global pandemic, rural Bengal might be witnessing a recession unfolding in bits and pieces. IMAGE: Hundreds of migrant laborers from West Bengal gathered at......

Life Of Pi Comes Alive Again

IMAGE: Jonathan David Martin poses with the tiger puppet at the Broadway opening night of Life Of Pi at The Schoenfeld Theatre, in New York, March 30, 2023. Photograph: Michael Loccisano/Getty......

The Films that IMPRESSED Shoojit Sircar

As 2021 comes to a close, it's time to look back at all the Web series and movies that made a difference. In an ongoing series, Bollywood's talents, who themselves made brilliant works this year,......

Bollywood 2021: J to Q RECAP

Even with an on-going pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a relatively quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

Watch Out For These Ranji Stars!

IMAGE: Jharkhand's Kumar Kushagra celebrates his century on day one of the Ranji Trophy match against Nagaland at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, March 12, 2022. Photograph: ANI The Ranji Trophy --......

Ranji Trophy: Pujara's woes continue as Saurashtra struggle

Summary of all Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday IMAGE: Saurashtra's wicket-keeper batsman Sheldon Jackson scored 61 runs against Mumbai in Rajkot on Saturday. Photograph: Sheldon......

CAA protests: 'We don't make India great by silencing their voices'

'Deeply disturbing visuals from educational institutions across the country. Teary eyed. They are one of us. These kids are the future of this country.' IMAGE: Police fire teargas shells to......

IPL auction: Harbhajan, Yuvraj, Gambhir's last chance to impress

Gambhir, Yuvraj and Harbhajan, who will go under the hammer in the IPL auction on January 27-28, will look to make it count in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy national T20 tournament. IMAGE: Harbhajan......