'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......

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......

PIX: After two years, India celebrates Holi with traditional fervour

Holi, the festival of colours, was celebrated with traditional fervour and enthusiasm on Friday after a gap of two years. A major improvement in the coronavirus situation encouraged people to come......

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......

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......

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......

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......

The A to Z of Shah Rukh Khan

'Tu toh bilkul hero nahi lagta (you don't look like a hero at all).' In candid interviews over the years, an amused Shah Rukh Khan has often recalled this observation, made by a security guard......

'If I was intelligent enough, I would not have dreamt of becoming an actor'

‘We got independence so many years ago but politicians continue to manipulate us. They still play the card of caste and religion and we still fall into that trap.’ ‘The whole......

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......

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......

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......