J-K polls: BJP releases, withdraws, re-releases candidate list

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday named 16 candidates for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, considerably pruning an initial list of 44 following protests by some party......

Modi @ Madison Square creates divide in Sangh Parivar

A painter creates a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at  Madison Square Garden in New York. Photograph: Paresh Gandhi/Rediff.com The efforts by the organisers to show that the......

From the Raj to Azadi, how I saw India change

As a child in British India, Bharati Dutt lived a privileged and sheltered life in an extended joint family of civil servants, doctors, engineers and Gandhians. Between the ages of seven and 11,......

Will the Jhelum smile again?

My book Let the Jhelum Smile Again was released in Pune 11 years ago by the then Jammu and Kashmir Governor, General (retired) K V Krishna Rao. The book was a result of six years of research and......

Cricketer who announced the arrival of a New India

M P Anil Kumar recalls a momentous Indian victory and recounts the trials and tribulations of a forgotten star of that triumph. The first cricket match that I watched live on television had......