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Maha Kumbh ends with 65 cr attendees, controversies, politics

The Maha Kumbh, billed to be the world's largest gathering, ends on Wednesday as it began 45 days ago, with lakhs of devotees surging towards the waters of the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga,......

'The Largest Peaceful Gathering Of Pilgrims'

Through history, the Mela has held different meanings for ascetics, the colonised, colonisers, and tourists, but all have been moved by its grandeur points out Atanu Biswas. IMAGE: Sadhus after......

Modi says BJP won't discontinue Delhi govt's welfare schemes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a strong appeal to people to bring the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in Delhi, as he attacked the Arvind Kejriwal-led party with 'AAP-da' and 'Sheesh......

Ayodhya redeveloped after studying Vatican, Jerusalem, Tirupati, says architect

In the coming years, more than three lakh people are expected to visit Ayodhya daily and the planning for the temple town has been done after studying similar examples abroad, including Vatican......

Light diyas at home, don't come to Ayodhya on Jan 22: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the whole world is waiting for the historic Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22, stressing the strength of "vikas" (development)......

What the kanwariya yatra tells us about jobs situation

Can 3 crore out of the 8.9 crore young male population of nine states set off on a pilgrimage that extends for about a month? If yes, then what can we infer regarding the state of the young working......

PM invites Indian diaspora to see new India

Identifying education and business as areas of reconnecting with Indian diaspora, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited them on Friday to undertake a 'pilgrimage' to the 'new creative India' and be......

It's time to check in to India!

India needs 1.4 million hotel beds a night but has only 2.4 lakh, points out Rahul Pandit, MD and CEO of Ginger Hotels. IMAGE: CLICK on each of the rooms in the image to get the statistics on......

Pathetic tale of services sector in India

'A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider......

Opening American eyes to India

Do all Americans believe India is a land of snake charmers and fakirs? Certainly, 31 students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management have had their eyes opened......

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great......

19 Brilliant Movies You Need To Watch

Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you. A lot has changed since the 2019......

Naya Daur is relevant even today

This is the classic tale of Man v/s Machine. And no, this is not some rehashed version of The Terminator or The Matrix. It is, in fact, a simple film that was made in India in 1957 about the......

Tabu, Irrfan are brilliant in Namesake

When a book is made into a film, especially one that is penned by a Pulitzer-Prize winning author, there's more scope for potential disaster. Will the characters, locations, plots and sub-plots......

Critical questions about film critics

I spent a good deal of time these last few days watching movies-- some new, others old favourites I wanted to revisit for various reasons (count Last Tango in Paris, Farewell My Concubine, The......

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