'Khalistan is a business'

'Khalistanis can be divided into three categories: Firstly, hardcore ideological people. They are microscopic, not even 1%.''Secondly, those who consider Khalistan a business.''The third category......

Triumph of Hindutva would mark end of 'Indian idea': Tharoor

The Hindutva movement is the 'mirror image' of the Muslim communalism of 1947 and its triumph would mark the end of the Indian idea, says senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, asserting that......

The troubling legacy of Ranjan Gogoi

'Under Justice Gogoi's tenure, the Supreme Court has gone from an institution that was at least formally committed to the protection of individual rights as its primary task to an institution that......

Have faith in me: PM assures Assam on citizenship bill

Allaying fears of the people of the northeast over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted his government would safeguard their language, culture and......

Stocks: 'Returns will be much more modest'

'Valuations were depressed at 8,000 (Nifty 50 index) levels. It was a free ride to 12,000 levels.''What went down had to come up. Now fundamentals have to support further gains.' Illustration:......

Why are banks afraid of trade unions?

Individual banks should break away from the industry pact and have their own settlements with the unions, recommends Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters   If you think......

What's been Modi Sarkar's biggest achievement?

While GST and insolvency laws are among the major achievements of the Modi government, the list of failures include demonetisation, toxic banks, manufacturing hiccups and most prominently bizarre......

Why governments fail in delivering what they promise

Poor predictability, credibility and effectiveness of fiscal performance have been key reasons for successive governments failing to deliver on their promises, in large part because the finance......

25 Deadliest Bollywood Dacoits

Beware of the Bollywood outlaw. With a striking black tilak marked on the forehead, bullet-loaded belt around the waist, a perennially furious gaze and a tone as threatening as that rifle in hand,......

SANTA Arrives on OTT!

Musicals and mysteries, superheroes and Santa, it's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma offers you a selection. AnnetteWhere to watch? MubiLanguage: English Winner of Best Director at......

The Cult of Mithun Chakraborty

National Award-winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-MP, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun is truly a......

Ghost Stories review

'Dibakar Banerjee isn't simply giving a particular fascistic regime the finger.''Here, he wants to offer us a preview of the invisible forces and human tendencies that drive fascism, blind......