When it comes to electoral politics, religion has taken a back seat in Tamil Nadu long before Hindutva became fashionable in its various avatars, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu......
'Absolute non-violence is not only sinful, but immoral.''This doctrine of non-violence benumbed the revolutionary fervor, softened the limbs and hearts of the Hindus, and stiffened the bones of......
Syed Firdaus Ashraf on the futility of the 'Who is a Hindu?' debate. Some people are young and immature, and grow up later in life. Some people refuse to grow up -- and I fall in this category I......
Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar celebrated his 40th birthday on Wednesday. Sachin expressed his gratitude to fans who have cheered for him during his marathon 23-year-long cricket career.......
It is every Indian's fundamental right to fly the tricolour with dignity and honour. If the national flag is flown by a larger number of Indians, it will revolutionise, significantly, the way we......
Shankar Ehsaan Loy changed the way Bollywood music sounded with the seminal Dil Chahta Hai-- a film about a bunch of laid back city boys growing up and finding love. Eight years later, they are......
Imagine an impish Shakespearean court jester, clad in black, the top hat replaced by a bandanna-like skull cap. Imagine a cross between Jack Nicholson in Batman and Johnny Depp in Pirates Of The......
U2 frontman and last year's Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bono goes about changing the world "unfortunately, in a kind of showbizy way".Heavy metal pioneers Metallica printed 5,000 t-shirts saying......
Sanjay Maroo stares at me. His image leaps up from the confines of his web site. He looks broody. When I look away for a minute, all I remember is that stare.If you think about it for a minute, the......