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Modi-Shah's BJP has resurrected dangers and the enemy from the past and built a scary jingoism.It's a great diversionary tactic, but history shows it never ends well, points out Shekhar......

Sheena Bora Trial: Mekhail sees his mum for the last time

Mekhail hopped off the bench in a hurry and turning his back to Indrani, stood at the window.Indrani ignored him too.Mekhail is getting married later this year.His mother will, of course, not be in......

Sheena Bora Trial: The Mother Who'd Never Been A Mother

One couldn't help feeling a certain melancholy viewing these now vagrant documents and photographs that would never be rightfully cherished.The pictures spoke to you. They offered slices of......

Sheena Bora Trial: Like Indrani, Mekhail is a fighter

The ripping off the lid, that Mekhail did, on the chain of episodes that lead up to his sister's murder, while condemning Indrani for her actions, for the first time, paradoxically, allowed a more......

When Sridevi Was 'Conned'...

'Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Ranjeet and Shakti Kapoor were eating biryani.''Suddenly, all of them jumped to their feet.''Sridevi had entered.''It was almost like a top army general had walked......

The Ultimate Lata Mangeshkar Playlist

The Incomparable Lata Mangeshkar passed into the ages on February 6, 2022. She was 92.Some of her best songs, in celebration of an incredible life. Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer......

Mera Wala Shah Rukh!

Happy birthday, Shah Rukh! There's just one Shah Rukh Khan. And still so many. Between the playing to the gallery entertainer, the hug and heart offering romantic, the smug can-do-it-all superhero,......

The ULTIMATE Lata Mangeshkar playlist

Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer ever. Goddess Saraswati incarnate. Hyperbole becomes Lata Mangeshkar. No amount of praise is lavish enough to describe the supremacy of her voice as it......