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History In Minutes: Javed Akhtar's Freedom Fighter Family

Syed Firdaus Ashraf offers a ready reckoner on Javed Akhtar's great great grandfather Fazl e Haq Khairabadi who fought the British empire during the 1857 Mutiny and was imprisoned in the Cellular......

Dilli Ab Door Nahin!

'Delhi's streets were not alleys but an artist's canvas,' the eminent poet Mir Taqi Mir noted more than 150 years ago.Syed Firdaus Ashraf savours the sights and cuisine of the national capital.......

Ayodhya mosque may be named after 1857 mutiny warrior

The proposed mosque in Ayodhya that is set to be built following the Supreme Court verdict in the Babri Masjid case may be named after Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah, the warrior of the 1857 mutiny against......

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,......

Demolition drive in Delhi's Mehrauli ahead of G20 meet sparks protests

An "anti-encroachment drive" was carried out by the Delhi Development Authority in the Mehrauli Archaeological Park area amid police security on Friday, triggering protest from various local......

Who is reading my mail?

"Are you the boss of this company?" demanded the voice on the phone on a recent morning. I acknowledged that I was the head of the company which ran the email service and asked him who would he be.......

JRD: The legend lives on

"If my ex-boss JRD (Tata) had been around, he would have punched me in the gut because I have a paunch," says T R Doongaji, Managing Director of Tata Services Ltd, patting his tummy as he walks me......

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great......

Junaid Khan's Maharaj To Release On...

Photograph: Kind courtesy Netflix India/Instagram Maharaj, which marks Junaid Khan's acting debut, releases next month. Taking to Instagram, Director Siddharth P Malhotra shared the first......

Do Audiences Like Bollywood's Revolutionaries?

Bollywood has seldom made movies on real life revolutionaries. The most recognised of them all remains 1982's Gandhi, but surprisingly, the only box office hit in this genre has been Manikarnika:......

Just what is Amitabh doing these days?

Fifty years in the film industry, 200 odd films, countless hits/blockbusters, dozens of endorsements and loads of goodwill later, Amitabh Bachchan continues to be as busy as ever. After delivering......

The Very Best Of Shabana Azmi

Filmmaker Sai Paranjpye shares an amusing anecdote of Shabana Azmi's perfection in her memoir, A Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative Life. While filming Sparsh, the actress wished to know if......

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