The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Thursday voiced concern about alleged discrimination and violence against minority groups in India as well as over application of counter-terrorism......
There has been a "concerning increase" in anti-conversion laws, hate speech, and demolitions of homes and places of worship for members of minority faith communities in India, United States......
Key provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which came into law this year may violate certain provisions of India's Constitution, a report issued by an independent research wing of the......
...Even if it means less democracy, so that their everyday problems get solved? argues R Jagannathan. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi addresses an election meeting in support......
'Today, the BJP is using power in such a manner that they not only crush the Opposition, but even their own supporters can't rebel.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In the third and......
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......
Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale. I usually spend 10 days of February in Berlin attending the Berlinale, the most exciting international film festival in Europe, in the early......
The price for pushing the envelope beyond the comfort zone that the land of storytelling is used to is a hefty one, observes Meghna Chadha. IMAGE: Kritika Kamra in Tandav. 'You cannot hurt......
'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!' IMAGE: Victor Banerjee was in Mumbai to promote the film, The Answer. On the second half of a day of back-to-back interviews, the actor changed......
Every time a filmmaker wishes to explore history or religion on his or her terms, self-appointed experts and limelight-seeking zealots swoop in to protest. Extreme prejudices are formed without......
Photograph: Kind Courtesy FIFA /Twitter World Cup fans in Qatar caught committing minor offences such as public drunkenness will escape prosecution under plans being developed by authorities in......