'India is only a 150-year-old name'

'Bharat is a name that is 7,000 years old.''We are not saying the name of the country should be changed from India to Bharat; we only recommended that the stress should be on Bharat.' Photograph:......

Haasan's MNM releases names of 70 candidtaes for TN polls

Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan on Wednesday announced the first list of 70 party candidates for the April 6 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, fielding, among others, a former associate of......

Varsha Bhosle was a fearless warrior

Rajeev Srinivasan's personal tribute to his late friend. Varsha had a distinct, trademark, booming greeting for me: She'd call me on the phone and positively bellow, "Raaaaj!" with that twinkle in......

Kerala disputes Odisha's claim to first war of independence

Image: Actor Mammootty played the titular role in Pazhassi Raja, based on the life of the king of Malabar who battled British forces, in the 2009 Malayalam film by director Hariharan. Historians......