Why is BJP shy of naming a CM in Assam?

The party is less forthcoming about who the chief minister will be if it stays in power, observes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi being presented an Assamese Japi by......

Why TMC's 89-year-old MLA joined BJP

'The TMC did not bother telling me, a sitting MLA for 20 years, why I was not being given a ticket.' IMAGE: Trinamool Congress MLA Rabindranath Bhattacharjee, second from right, receives the......

'A Communist's mother does not live on charity'

'Our only child. A Communist.''There was an encounter by the police inside this room, five years ago. He was shot in one arm, but managed to escape.''Missing since then. May Jesus keep him alive.'A......

Left Front's worst poll-show in Tripura since 1978

The Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Front, which had first assumed power in Tripura in 1978, winning 56 of the 60 seats in the state assembly, never fared so badly in elections in the......

Price rise: Inflated out of proportion

Even as inflation refuses to moderate in defiance of a gradual tightening of monetary policy since October 2004, the familiar calls for further tightening, for inflation targetting irrespective of......

Bengalis feel we have lost a family member

'He always seemed one of us, part of the great aspiring middle class -- his values, his simplicity, even the intellectual snobbery which he could barely hide,' observes Mousumi Sengupta.......

Trailer: Bachchan and Deepika in Piku, a constipation comedy

Piku should hopefully be some good shit, says Raja Sen. Ah, god bless Shoojit Sircar and his love for bodily fluids. After his two-fingered salute to sperm in Vicky Donor, the director is back......

Bachchan sings national anthem at Tagore's birthplace

Amitabh Bachchan had multiple reasons to celebrate Republic Day this year. Not only did the Government Of India confer the Padma Vibhushan on him, his version of the national anthem......

Review: The Japanese Wife is beautiful but bland

While watching Aparna Sen's latest film The Japanese Wife -- in Bangla, with pretty decent English subtitles -- it's hard not to recognise the director as one who crafts the film, the frames, the......