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'Rahat Indori will always be with us, thanks to Internet'

'He was such a diverse poet that he wrote the song M bole toh Master of Munnabhai MBBS and also Yeh Rishta kya kehlata hai of Meenaxi.' IMAGE: Rahat Indori, centre, with lyricist Javed......

'Nehru didn't impose secularism'

'His secularism merely declared the equality of all religions in India under fundamental rights.' It took more than five decades and 100 volumes for the Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru......

They're taking India backward: Sonia targets Modi govt

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Modi government accusing it of disrespecting the country's diversity, denying its pluralism and seeking to take it......

Our institutions are at risk under Modi

'The autonomy of essential institutions is clearly under question as the Modi government seeks to influence them politically.''The credibility of institutions such as the EC, the CBI, the CVC, the......

Rest in peace, Mushir sahib!

Mohammad Sajjad salutes the memory of Mushirul Hasan -- historian, thinker, academic, institution builder, -- who passed into the ages this week. IMAGE: Professor Mushirul Hasan. Photograph:......

Modiji: Privatise Banks Now!

'Modi wants to reverse everything Nehru did, but is shy of touching his daughter's most unwise policies.''There is no example of this more stark than bank nationalisation,' says Shekhar Gupta.......

Indian economy on stable growth path

I deeply appreciate the invitation from the ISAS to address this august gathering of policy makers, eminent academics, and market participants of Singapore. Singapore is an important financial......

'Disassociate Tatas from Nandigram'

The work at Tata Motors' small car project at Singur in West Bengal is not affected by the agitation in Nandigram but hampered by monsoon and floods, Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group said in......

The story of Hyderabad's globalisation

I had the good fortune of knowing Professor Waheeduddin Khan both personally and professionally. Professor Khan was a true son of Hyderabad-- gentle, genial, graceful and always affectionate. He......

India poised for 8% growth: Montek

India is poised to achieve an annual growth of around eight per cent in the near future even as it grapples with the challenges posed by globalisation, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission......

10 Films that Amazed Me at Cannes

The 74th Cannes Film Festival ended with the jury -- headed by Spike Lee -- handing out awards to a number of international films from France, Iran, Finland, Israel, Norway, Japan and the US. But......

Go back to classrooms: Gavaskar on JNU protests

IMAGE: A protest against a Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Nagaon district, Assam, January 4, 2020. Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters The legendary Sunil Gavaskar, on Saturday, expressed......

What it's like to have the second-most important job in India?

'Of the 32 captains who have led India in Test cricket, only four have been pure bowlers -- Ghulam Ahmed, Venkatraghavan, Bishan Bedi and myself.' 'The captain must lead with only one idea in mind......

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