Centre to help Tantya Tope's heirs

While the 150th anniversary of India's First War of Independence wasobserved with much fanfare,the tragedy is that the heirs of Tantya Tope, a frontlineleader and martyr of the 1857 Mutiny, are......

The king who made his own calendar

Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh, was not just a poet, playwright, dancer and patron of the arts, says Payal Mohanka. He was a royal who hand-created his personal calendar. Wajid Ali Shah,......

Is Congress better off without Scindia?

'Should the Congress take Jyotiraditya's departure as good riddance?', asks Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party President Jagat Prakash Nadda, right, welcomes Jyotiraditya into the BJP......

Lt Gen J J Singh, next Army chief?

India is likely to have its first Sikh army chief. Improbable as it sounds but no Sikh has till date ever become the army's chief of staff, even though Sikhs, as an ethnic group, are the single......

How Manikarnika became Jhansi ki Rani

10 Things You Didn't Know About Manikarnika, Rani of Jhansi. Kangana Ranaut promises to give us a history lesson on the Rani of Jhansi in her new film, Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi. One of......

Manikarnika review: Kangana Ranaut is savage, spellbinding in a ho-hum historical

'A historical with an identity crisis, initially the period drama cannot decide whether it wants to chronicle facts or fictionalise them in the tradition of a crowd-pleasing fantasy,' says Sukanya......

Mangal Pandey: Just cleavage and cliche

With the release of Mangal Pandey: The Rising, Ketan Mehta's historical epic exploring India's First War of Independence in 1857, it's rewind time for Bollywood. So, we decided to look back at......

The Rising: History comes alive

Aamir Khan is a rabble-rouser. It's a role he has mastered to perfection. His nostrils flare up, eye sockets pop and righteous indignation spills across the screen. It's no surprise, then, that it......

Mary Kom clinches gold at boxing Nationals

Five-time World champion MC Mary Kom punched her way to a gold medal in the 51kg category,defeating Pinki Jangra in the finalon the concludingday of the 12th Senior Women's National Boxing......