Cabinet shake-up likely; BJP plans revamp

PM Modi has started reviewing the performance...

Haryana’s MSP decision triggers Punjab farmers

Saying buying crops worth Rs 50,000 crore...

Congress launches fellows program for professionals

An eminent panel will evaluate candidates based...

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Biden and Xi shaping the new world order

Americans have done business with China for over 40 years despite all its human rights violations, and after hastening Taliban’s return to power in...

Word ‘Atmanirbhar’ needs to be used carefully, can be interpreted differently: Abhijit Banerjee

Nobel Laureate Economist, Prof Abhijit Banerjee, Prof of Economics, MIT, in a virtual conversation on “Atmanirbhar Bharat in the post Covid-19 World”, with Ambassador...

Those questioning the government aren’t Urban Naxals

After his hugely successful and path-breaking visit to the US as the Prime Minister in September 2014 and his subsequent visits to the UK,...

Am I an Urban Naxal ?

After his hugely successful and path breaking visit to the US as the PM in Sept 2014 and his subsequent visits to the UK,...

Suchitra Sen: A yesteryear star who redefined stardom

At a time when top A-grade heroines grumble about not being paid as much as their male counterparts, it’s heartening to note that even...

Have we failed the Mahatma?

New Delhi: India celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with energy, photo opportunities and a lot of homilies so characteristic of the...

Should the world succumb to Trump?

Most American Presidents have highlighted American Exceptionalism. Yes, the United States does have several exceptional features which have inspired millions all over the world...

Nutan’s performances raised the stature of all her films

After the trinity of Bollywood’s unique divas of the 1950s, Nargis, Madhubala and Meena Kumari, the actress
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who enacted the most memorable roles of...

Sharmila Tagore: An actor always ahead of her time

Sharmila, distantly related to Rabindranath Tagore and married to the cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, has been a unique combination of beauty and brains,...

Have we failed Mahatma Gandhi?

Celebrations for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi have kicked off on 2 October. As in every year, many gathered at...

My memory of Kuldip Nayar, when he was India’s High Commissioner to UK

He was pleased that he was perceived as a people’s high commissioner unlike the stiff neck, snobbish, pompous excellencies.   Kuldip Nayar became the first High...

Waheeda’s ethereal beauty and sublime performances

Waheeda Rehman is arguably one of the finest actresses in Bollywood from the generation that followed the trinity of Nargis, Meena Kumari and Madhubala....

Meena Kumari: The star performer as tragedy queen

In the 1950s, like the male trinity of superstars—Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand—Meena Kumari, Nargis and Madhu Bala formed the female trinity...

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