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'Yeh Patthar Nahin Todegi'

There was a memorable meeting with a 'tall, elegant, beautiful girl', who had recently finished her 12th in the strongly tribal Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh. 'I was shocked. In this whole sea of......

She Helps Girls Get Education

What are the reasons why a girl's education falls by the wayside? IMAGE: Safeena Husain, founder NGO, Educate Girls. Photograph: Rajesh Karkera for Rediff.com Your mission in life is chosen. It's......

UCC Can Wait, Personal Law Reforms Can't

Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and adoption, need to be initiated forthwith; historically speaking, without the State's backing, hardly has any......

Why a translation sparked a Nehru-Harivansh Rai Bachchan verbal spat

Hindu, Urdu, or something in between. That was the kernel of an argument between first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan over the translation of a presidential......

Lead margin less than third placed candidate's votes in many seats

In at least 15 Lok Sabha seats, the margin of votes between the top two leading candidates was less than the votes secured by the person third in the tally by 6 pm. IMAGE: The counting of votes......

Air India Building's High-Flying Days Ends

India's first escalator, its shortest elevator, a terror attack, a rescue operation -- the building's seen a lot. IMAGE: The Air India building at Nariman Point, south Mumbai Photograph: The late......

Time to END Bank Nationalisation

Nationalisation has served its purpose.It's time to move ahead, keeping majority ownership of the government in a few banks to serve the people, argues Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Uttam......

Amid the gloom of Covid-19, art paints a happy picture

All rumours regarding the premature death of the art market have proven to be just that -- rumours -- with a healthy appetite for masters pushing prices up. Kishore Singh reports. IMAGE: S H......

How much will this painting sell for?

This is the largest single-owner sale of Indian modern art, but it is for reasons other than this historicity that it will be remembered, says Kishore Singh. IMAGE: The Winner of Hippies by......

Sotheby's India auction sees tepid response as slowdown hits art world

The sale lot of 61 pieces of art, which was spread across a variety of categories such as modern and contemporary South Asian art, prints, and photographs, realised an estimated sale price of Rs......

'For Me, Light And Shade Is The Melody'

Santosh Sivan Sivan is the first Asian to receive the prestigious Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography honour at the Cannes Film Festival, which celebrates outstanding contributions......

Will Kangana Make A Good Politician?

Entertainers can be good politicians if they treat the citizens as the audience, and treat their job like a live show, and work hard to make sure the audience likes them, asserts Sandeep Goyal.......

The Magical World Of Muzaffar Ali

'I somehow felt that Muzaffar Ali was in Aligarh to feel the pulse of the Muslim youth, especially in the darker and harsher times that India is passing through,' notes Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE:......

'I have been rejected many times because of my colour'

'I have trained Ravish Kumar, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan...''But if I approach somebody for work, I never get it.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Vikas Kumar/Instagram Vikas Kumar's......

Why Sahir Ludhianvi Is Relevant Today

While the country is gripped by Ram Mandir frenzy, Danish Husain -- without shouting from the rooftops -- silently staged his opinion with this play on one of India's best-known poets, observes......

Bihar cricket: Factionalism rears ugly head again

IMAGE: Bihar fielded two teams for their Ranji Trophy match. Photograph: Screengrab/X Factionalism is nothing new to Bihar cricket and the ugly infighting that has been running well over two......

Troubles aside, OCA optimistic about 'greatest ever Asian Games'

  IMAGE: Former Olympic skeet shooter Randhir Singh, who has been chairman of the coordination committee for the Hangzhou Games, said it was too early to talk about the next OCA elections.......

Singh to continue as acting head of Olympic Council of Asia

IMAGE: Randhir Singh will be in charge of the Olympic Council of Asia during the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, starting in September. Photograph: Kind courtesy Team India/Twitter The......

Chaubey beats Bhutia as AIFF gets first player president

IMAGE: Kalyan Chaubey, a former goalkeeper with Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, beat the legendary Bhaichung Bhutia 33-1, to be elected as the player president of the All India Football Federation.......

AIFF Polls: Kalyan ahead of Bhutia as football body set to get its first 'Player President'

Photograph: Kalyan Chaubey/Twitter Winds of change were blowing over the All India Football Federation on the eve of its polls as the sports body braced up to elect a former player as its......

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