Voters Prefer Strong Leaders Like Modi

...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......

How can Hindutva be compared to ISIS?

Irrespective of their voting preferences, most voters would find this comparison with ISIS revolting.More specifically, would it persuade anybody who voted for Narendra Modi to change her or his......

'People of Kerala can't be HOODWINKED'

'Whatever the BJP tries to do, they will not be able to make a big mark in Kerala.' IMAGE: A child wears a mask with a CPI-M election symbol at a Pinarayi Vijayan rally in Kerala, March 18, 2021.......

Why recording the current period is necessary

What is a migrant going through today on the walk home? What is it like to be a Muslim and watch the news on television every night in India? Is there a bureaucrat who is noting down the......

Why the world's cheapest car failed to win India's heart

The distinction between “cheap” and “affordable” is a fine one, but no one understands this better than India’s aspirational first-time car-owner, says Kanika Datta.......

How the Budget impacts industry sectors

The market had high expectations from the Union Budget 2009-10, especially with the Economic Survey suggesting radical changes -- including review, phase out surcharges, cesses and transaction......

The Age of the Nano

This may be hard to believe, but Tata Motors' 'Rs 1 lakh car' has much in common with the one-rupee shampoo sachet and the five-rupee Coke. Like those low-unit value, fast-moving consumer goods,......

'After divorce, I shut myself in my flat for 3 years'

'Then, one fine morning, I returned to my first love.''All the top directors of the time were waiting for me.''In one day, I signed 12 films.''Prosenjit Chatterjee was back!' Photograph: Kind......

Meet Bollywood's HOT HEADED LOVERS

Are you looking forward to Kabir Singh? Angry young men fall in love too. And as Hulk will tell you, it's not all roses. Sometimes their temper interferes with their romance, sometimes designs its......

Mr India, the Bollywood superhero everybody loves

Harshvardhan Kapoor's vigilante film, Bhavesh Joshi, made Sukanya Verma look back at Bollywood's original vigilante and Harshvardhan's father, Anil Kapoor, in and as Mr India, which......

Revisiting Dev Anand-Asha Parekh's frothy romance, Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai

In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Dev Anand and Asha Parekh's Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1961). Speckled in song, dance and romance, Nasir Hussain's......

EPL round-up: Cardiff win 2-0 at Brighton in relegation duel

IMAGE: Cardiff City's Sean Morrison and Brighton's Glenn Murray vie for possession during their match at The American Express Community Stadium in Brighton on Tuesday. Photograph: Peter......

A perfect comeback for Clijsters

With the silver trophy tucked under one arm and cradling her daughter Jada in the other, Kim Clijsters provided a huge lift for working mothers around the world as she was crowned US Open champion......