Delhi's richest candidate (from BJP) bites the dust

Most candidates hailing from political families emerged victorious in the Delhi civic polls, while the richest contender faced a drubbing. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Delhi unit......

Sitar maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri dies of Covid related complications

Sitar maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri died of Covid related complications at a Delhi hospital on Saturday, his son Prateek Chaudhuri said. He was 85. Prateek announced the death of his father,......

Are Indians Tolerant?

By maintaining that all Indians are tolerant, the Pew centre appears to have skimmed over the surface of its subject matter without delving deep, asserts Amulya Ganguli. Illustration: Dominic......

Delhi's oldest woman voter gets inked at 111

Centenarian Kalitara Mandal, the oldest voter in Delhi, on Saturday cast her vote and urged people to take part in the democratic exercise. IMAGE: 110-year-old Kalitara Mandal, shows her finger......

Coronavirus: People catch 'hoarding bug' on lockdown fears

These stores have reduced their restocking duration to meet the surge in demand - largely comprising wheat flour, rice, sugar, edible oils, pulses, and vegetables like onion and potatoes.......

In Capital, Marx, Lenin at Durga's doorstep

For the last few months, this part of the globe could not have ignored the CPI(M)'s vehement opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal even if it tried. But if you want to go beyond that, to learn......

Top guns bid for DJB project

A host of companies including the Tatas, Mahindra Water and foreign players like Manila Water and a French company Saur have participated in the bidding process of the first phase of the Delhi Jal......

The Toyota, Merc and Lexus of Bengali sweets

The American intellectual with a left inclination who was exploring Kolkata in the late sixties impressed me no end. Impressionable I was in my late teens, still taking in with wonder the confusion......

10 Films: Indian Cinema At Its Best

Aseem Chhabra lists his favorite 2023 films -- a healthy blend of Bollywood, Hindi indies and some of the best work that is being done in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali cinema. On one hand......

If Fahrenheit 9/11 can, so can Amu

In the age of cellphone-sutra and bellybuttons, it is a difficult to make an enjoyable film which talks about right and wrong, justice and injustice. Debutante director Shonali Bose has achieved......

Review: Piku may be the finest Hindi film of 2015

Piku is a film with tremendous heart, raves Raja Sen.We are never told Deepika Padukone’s actual name in Piku. A Bengali nickname is an all-conquering wonder, a sticky and stubborn......

Thank an ad crisis for Parineeta's music

For Lucknow-born Shantanu Moitra, composing the score for Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Saif Ali Khan starrer Parineeta was a dream come true. The 37 year old had always "fantasised about Kolkata in the......