How Modi Has Been Cut To Size

In the event of the BJP's poor performance in the assembly polls this year and in early 2025, Modi's hold will get further weakened because he will no longer remain the invincible electoral persona......

Bharat Bandh hits life in Bihar, J'hand, tribal belts

The daylong nationwide strike called by some Dalit and Adivasi groups against the Supreme Court's verdict on the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes affected normal life in Bihar and Jharkhand......

'Farmers are our Annadata'

This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India’s 78th Independence Day. My Dear Fellow Citizens, I extend to you all my heartiest......

Is Maharashtra A Lost Cause For Modi?

'There are legions of unemployed degree holders across rural and semi-urban belts in Maharashtra. Now, they aren't finding brides.''This issue has now snowballed into a social crisis. In 2014 and......

Poverty figures: Does it make any difference to the poor?

Angus Deaton's Nobel Prize should spark off more research on the measurement and usefulness of poverty percentages, notes Nitin Desai. A recent report prepared for this year’s annual......

Will Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan Be A Blockbuster?

A great story-teller, Mani Ratnam is experimenting with a real-life historical in Ponniyin Selvan, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Vikram as Aditya Karikalan in Ponniyin Selvan. Now that Mani......

Jai Bhim review

Jai Bhim is a story of hope and despair, observes Utkarsh Mishra. Almost a third of undertrial prisoners in India belong to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes, while their share in the......

Meet Abhay Deol's 16-year-old daughter!

'I am concentrating on working in Hollywood, but if the right opportunity from the Indian film industry comes, I will be open to working there.' IMAGE: Avantika Vandanapu, star of Disney's Spin.......

What we MISS when we don't watch films in a theatre

The difference between watching a movie on a laptop in your apartment and watching it on a big white screen is almost spiritual, notes Sreehari Nair. Stepping out of my home for Seema Pahwa's......

A Century Of Inspiring Olympic Moments

IMAGE: US gymnast Simone Biles is the most decorated man or woman her sport has ever seen. Photograph: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters The Olympics have captured the world's imagination......

How Sindhu changed into the 'Dragon Slayer'

Once labelled mild and fragile, P V Sindhu has undergone an astounding transformation, discovers Nikita Puri. IMAGE: By claiming the China Open title last month, P V Sindhu has shown that her Rio......

PHOTOS: French Open champ Muguruza knocked out, Murray advances

IMAGES from Day 4 at Wimbledon: IMAGE: Slovakia's Jana Cepelova celebrates winning her match against Garbine Muguruza. Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Reuters Second seed Garbine Muguruza, bidding to add......