Rhea Chakraborty and India's drug of choice

The hounding of Rhea Chakraborty in the Sushant Singh Rajput case is a drug that is being carefully pumped into India's veins to make it comfortably numb as it is wracked by economic ruin and......

'COVID-19 can quietly enter your body, without causing pain'

IMAGE: A medic collects swab samples for a COVID-19 RT PCR test at Lajpat Nagar market in New Delhi, November 16 2020. Photograph: Prateek Kumar/ANI Photo   Our life is being ruled by a super......

Without Trump, the world stage will be poorer

Trump was good for world peace.He didn't start a war anywhere, which is not something that can be said for most of his predecessors, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: US President Donald......

JNU fees hike: Why the students are so angry

'Once our voices are crushed, they can bring in an agenda of privatisation.'Ritwik Sharma reports. IMAGE: Jawaharlal Nehru University students clash with police during a protest against the......

Pay your share! Rajan's quickfix formula to hook freeloaders

Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan says, freeloaders shouldn’t be lionised as industry captains. Ever since coming to office, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan......

Defaulting large borrowers are like freeloaders: Raghuram Rajan

Accusing some large borrowers of enjoying ‘riskless capitalism’, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said such entities were responsible for making banks' credit profile unhealthy and these big......

Indian pharma's Trump fears

Industry fears tougher US stance on IP after President Donald Trump asserted that foreign countries must pay a fair share for drug development costs. Aneesh Phadnis reports. IMAGE: Donald Trump......

Why swift action in the Vijay Mallya case is important

The government’s promises apart, public sector banks still await an institutional mechanism and an operational environment that can insulate their lending from political and other influences.......

Gulabo Sitabo: Bachchan's finest performance in 30 years

'It's a performance that puts the Bachchan hysteria to shame,' observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan as Mirza with Ayushmann Khurrana as Bankey Rastogi in a scene from Shoojit Sircar's......

WATCH: Guys who made Paisa Yeh Paisa & Mungda

Other composers tried their luck with Paisa Yeh Paisa, but Director Indra Kumar wasn't happy with the outcome.'"Induji asked us to try and we are glad we did because the song has turned out too......

Super filmi week: When the bride cried Sallu

Starry-eyed Sallu fans, Kajol's biggest secret and Amitabh Bachchan's one-man justice league...Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week was high on drama. Monday Life wears an extra touch of filmi around......

Review: Sai Paranjpye's Chashme Buddoor is special

Sai Paranjpye's Chashme Buddoor is the best Hindi film you'll see this year, writes Raja Sen.There is a scene in Sai Paranjpye’s Chashme Buddoor where Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval are on......