G20 Presidency: Time To Taper Expectations

India's role as a leader of the global south may require it to give up its ambition to serve as a bridge between the warring halves of the international community, points out Mihir S Sharma.......

'You will succeed as long as you remember that the project is bigger than you'

'When a Project Director is appointed, the whole organization -- including the Chairman ISRO -- works for his success. It is a lesson that has been of abiding value all through the other projects I......

Manipur: A Distant Outpost Full Of Promise

A lesson we have not learnt from China is the urgent need to knit the vast country together to keep it from falling apart at the seams.While there is considerable dent in poverty, sadly, the North......

2002 assault case: Medha Patkar opposes Delhi LG's immunity plea in court

Social activist Medha Patkar on Thursday opposed in a Gujarat court Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's plea seeking that the trial against him in a 2002 case of alleged assault on her be kept in......

Meet Nirmalaji's Core Budget Team

The finance minister continues to be backed by the same policy team in charting out the broad strategy as in the few earlier Budgets. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman distributes halwa......

A Budget With An Eye On Elections

Nirmala Sitharaman's messaging was clear when she presented a well-balanced Budget with an eye on state elections in nine states followed by a general election next year, observes Ramesh Menon.......

Budget 2023-24: T V Somanathan to Ajay Seth, meet the FM's crack squad

The Modi government will present its last full Budget on February 1 as the 2024 Budget will be a vote on account because the nation will be heading for the hustings from April next year. Arup......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

How Bollywood's writers are fighting back

'The writer remains the most creative force in the process.''Producers need to be inventive in how they reward good writing.'Ranjita Ganesan reports. IMAGE: Excel Entertainment, producers of Gully......

'Male directors are obsessed with movies about male bonding'

'We went around with the story, but no one came forward to finance it. They would say 'Who would want to watch this?' Or they would say 'Ek to ladka dal do is me.' We said no, we didn't want to......

Anurag Kashyap's favourite story of all time

Raja Sen brings us all the action from the first day of the 16th Mumbai Film Festival."This is my favourite, favourite story," Anurag Kashyap said to me at the after-party, grinning as wide as......

'If people accept Chikni Chameli, why not a Launda song?'

Very rarely have we seen the launda dance form in our Hindi films. Anurag Kashyap's Gangs Of Wasseypur 2 does have one, with Prodipto Ray taking on the spotlight. Ray, interestingly, is a......