'Those days, 'jail-returned' was like 'foreign-returned', something to aspire for'

'Gandhi had given the call 'Do or Die'. And with all the leaders arrested, you had to be your own leader.' IMAGE: Dr G G Parikh with Yusuf Meherally's potrait behind him at the Yusuf Meherally......

'It was my first encounter with evil'

'I was living in a fools' paradise, thinking I could win over anyone with my good intentions.' IMAGE: Professor Roop Rekha Verma speaks at a protest against the CAA and NRC in Allahabad. All......

CPI-M patriarch Jyoti Basu passes away

Marxist patriarch and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, who was battling for life in a hospital in Kolkata for the last fortnight, died on Sunday. "I have to give you thesad news that......

PHOTOS: India remembers Kargil war heroes

As India celebrates 17th Kargil Vijay Diwas on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the firmness demonstrated by the National Democratic Alliance government in 1999 ensured a decisive......

Birthday Special: Your fave Ramesh Sippy movie? VOTE!

On Ramesh Sippy's 70th birthday, we celebrate the man and his milestones. It must feel incredible to be the man behind THE film, one that only grows more mega in stature and public memory, one......

Firaaq: A powerful directorial debut

Oblivious to its brutal job description, an impassive truck monotonously carries a pile of dead bodies and dumps it into a ploughed ground. Unlike an iron-made carrier though, the hands that bury......

'Television has become mindless trash'

'Movie tickets cost Rs 500, 600 on weekends. Why would someone want to watch Ananth Mahadevan and Saurabh Shukla in Staying Alive instead of Shah Rukh Khan for Rs 300 in Happy New Year?' 'It's a......

Why Sairat is such an important film

'Which movie has been about love between castes?''In Ek Duje Ke Liye, the divide was between a non-vegetarian north Indian family and a vegetarian south Indian one; in Amitabh Bachchan's films,......

Footballer Jyoti yearns for space to play in Delhi

Jyoti Burrett has gathered substantial buzz around her. It is not just her debut on the national football scene at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers, but also her academics that......