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Did Lakshmir Bhandar Help Mamata Win?

The welfare schemes of the government, particularly Lakshmir Bhandar, have had a major impact on the electoral outcome. IMAGE: Trinanool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee shows a victory sign after......

'Unity in diversity has helped us survive'

'The BJP is trying to change this mantra.' Photograph: ANI Photo On December 30, freedom fighter Dr G G Parikh, who was jailed during the 1942 Quit India movement and again during the Emergency,......

'The only hope is Uniform Civil Code'

'UCC should be across India and legally applicable to every Indian citizen.' IMAGE: An All India Muslim Personal Law Board rally in Kolkata against the Uniform Civil Code. Photograph: Rupak De......

Karnataka hijab row emerges in burqa form in Jaipur college

Some Muslim girls and their relatives held a demonstration at a private college at Chaksu in Jaipur district on Friday when the students were not allowed to attend classes wearing burqas. IMAGE:......

Will Modi Contest 2024 Elections From Vellore?

Vellore is one of the two seats that the DMK alliance won by the narrowest of margins in 2019, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and Prime Minister Narendra D......

PM's 100-day plan to revive India

The architect of India's economic reforms, Manmohan Singh, has another big mission on his hands now. One of the cleanest politicians in India, the 76-year-old shone like a jewel as the country's......

India's push to save its cows starves Bangladesh of beef

The $600 million-a-year trade has flourished over the past four decades and is considered legal by Dhaka. Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under......

Inside the miserable world of India's domestic workers

'We eat first, they later; we sit on chairs and they on the floor; we call them by their names and they address us by titles.' 'There’s a real feeling that the employers are “big......

The Best Karan Johar Films On OTT

It doesn't seem like it, but 25 years have passed since Kuch Kuch Hota Hai released and introduced a bright, youngm director name Karan Johar. He has directed just six feature films since his......

Burqa Boxers represents India at Locarno

The sole Indian representation at the ongoing Locarno film festival is a little known independent film called Burqa Boxers. It is a moving tale of three Muslim women, who take up boxing to......

A Suitable Boy review

As splendid it is to behold, A Suitable Boy cannot match in soul and falls short of being memorable, feels Sukanya Verma. It’s not the first time Mira Nair has adapted a novel or......

Waheeda Rehman: 'I almost didn't do Guide'

The iconic Waheeda Rehman tells Subhash K Jha why she refused her most memorable role in Guide until... IMAGE: Waheeda Rehman in Guide. It's hard to believe anyone but the timeless Waheeda Rehman......

Deepika Padukone: Bollywood's hottest desi girl!

Nobody does ethnic chic as well as D-Pad!Being a Kannadiga born in Denmark, raised in Bangalore and pursuing a career in Hindi films in Mumbai, Deepika Padukone is as eclectic as it gets. It's a......

Special: The untold story of Indian boxing

At a time when Indian boxing is on an unprecedented high, a book captures the history and essence of the sport in the country, finds Sumit Bhattacharya. M C Mary Kom, the five times world champion......

Meet Kolkata's Million Dollar Babies

Every afternoon, veiled young women from a squalid Muslim quarter inKolkata walk to a public park where they swap their traditional attire for T-shirts, shorts and boxing gloves.For two hours, they......

The case of the missing fatwa

"Boss, it is easier to get Aishwarya Rai," a Bengali daily's reporter was pleading into his phone, to his editor, about interviewing Sania Mirza.Nearby, a security official was at the receiving end......

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