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Book Review: When a writer builds a home in that land called language

The Lovers By Amitava Kumar Publisher: AlephPages: 255Price: Rs 599The narrator of V.S. Naipaul’s 1987 novel, The Enigma of Arrival, is a man twice displaced—first by...

The man and his music: Rahman on his spiritual connection with Sufism

"You see I am not an intellectual man. I am a lay person and I know that certain things can’t be explained,” said A.R....

‘Taking up new challenges helps you grow as an actor’

Let us start with your recent release Baadshaho. It is your first multi-starrer. So how was your experience of shooting the film?A. It was...

An artist who excavates layers of life that are hidden under the surface of time

While looking at the artworks by Samit Das, featured at Delhi’s Gallery Espace, few words, like raw, earthy, mud, soil, strike your consciousness. Das,...

Shaan: Life after playback

In the current phase of your life and career, now that you have some time off from playback singing, do you think you can...

Wait for affidavit to know government’s stand on Rohingyas: Rajnath Singh

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the government will inform the Supreme Court of its stand on the Rohingya immigrants on September 18, and refused any...

U.N. Security Council to meet after North Korea fires another missile over Japan

North Korea fired a second missile over Japan far out into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, deepening tension...

Connaught Place world’s 10th most expensive office market: Survey

New Delhi's Connaught Place is the world's tenth most expensive office location with an annual prime rent of $111 per square feet, a survey...

Monica Bellucci to visit India for MAMI Fest

Globally known Italian actress Monica Bellucci will head to Mumbai in October to be a part of the 'Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with...

Pakistan firing kills BSF trooper in J&K

One Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed and a civilian injured on Friday after Pakistani troopers resorted to heavy firing on Indian posts along the...

Amarnath attack mastermind Abu Ismail gunned down in Kashmir

Top Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) commander Abu Ismail, who carried out the attack on Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in July, was killed on Thursday along with another Pakistani militant...

India extends hand of ‘insaniyat’ to help Dhaka with Rohingya refugees

India on Thursday extended humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh by flying down food and other essential items to the neighbour to help it deal...

Tales of communal harmony this Durga Puja

For over 200 years, the Nandi family in West Bengal's Hooghly has been feeding Muslim fakirs during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja. To...

Pakistan poll panel issues arrest warrant for Imran Khan

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday issued a bailable arrest warrant for PTI chief Imran Khan following his failure to show up for the...

India’s wholesale inflation in August accelerates to 3.24%

A massive jump in food and fuel prices pushed up India's wholesale price-indexed (WPI) inflation in August at 3.24% to nearly double that of...

Don’t form alliance: China tells India, Japan

China said on Thursday that India and Japan should work for partnership rather than form an alliance, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart...

Bullet train will bring pace to development: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the ambitious Rs 1.08 lakh crore ($17 billion) bullet train project for which he and Japanese Prime...

PM Modi, Shinzo Abe go on a roadshow

Breaking away from official protocol, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday proceeded on a roadshow with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe soon after the latter's arrival...

Singapore gets its first woman President

Halimah Yacob became on Wednesday the first woman President of Singapore, being the only candidate who met the requirements for the presidential elections.However, Yacob's...

White House may reset refugee quota to below 50,000

The Donald Trump administration is considering reducing the number of refugees admitted to the country over the next year to below 50,000, the lowest...

Congress will not project CM face in Chhattisgarh

The Congress, which is striving hard to stage a comeback in Chhattisgarh since it lost power in 2003, will not project any leader as...

Arundhati Roy out of Man Booker race

Arundhati Roy's latest novel, "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" has failed to make the cut for the shortlist of six books for The Man...

NSUI, ABVP share glory in DUSU elections

The Congress' student wing, the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), on Wednesday bagged the posts of president and vice president in the Delhi...

US seeks Kim Jong-un assets freeze

The United States has proposed a range of new United Nations sanctions against North Korea, including an oil ban and a freeze on the...

Doklam dispute hurt India-China ties: Chinese FM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that the Doklam dispute had "affected and undermined" India-China ties, but the consensus reached between their leaders on...

Preparedness of forces, Make in India top priority: Nirmala Sitharaman

Preparednes of the armed forces, push to indigenous defence production and welfare of soldiers are priority areas, said Nirmala Sitharaman after assuming charge as...

Indian envoy’s Netherlands residence open for public viewing on 9 September

Indian Ambassador’s residence in Netherlands, a 103-year-old Heritage monument will be open to public on Saturday, 9 September 2017 (Monuments Day).Villa Meyland or India...

Upset with US’ India ‘tilt’, Pak redraws foreign policy

Pakistan is being increasingly pressured by both its state and non-state actors to jettison its traditional dependence on the United States over grants and...

Communal incidents on the wane: MHA

The number of “communal incidents” in the country has shown a downward trend since 2012, according to data collated by the Ministry of Home...

Former CBI director close to Moin Qureshi likely to be arrested

After meat exporter Moin Qureshi, a former CBI director is likely to be arrested, sources in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have said. The former...

BJP will start election campaign in Gujarat

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to start its election campaign in Gujarat, with its national president Amit Shah and Prime Minister...

‘Kashmir’s history is older than the prehistoric Burzahama’

Kashmir’s history may be older than the Burzahama era, which is generally agreed to as its prehistoric period, claimed Dr Ajmal Shah and Dr...

‘J&K Governor N.N. Vohra wants to quit’

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Narinder Nath Vohra wants to be relieved from his position as early as possible, sources told The Sunday Guardian. There...

Australian firm will help Railways to upgrade facility

Indian Railways is engaging an Australian firm for training drivers and also personnel involved in signalling and switching operations, in order to improve railway...

‘Everywhere in the city, there were cricket-mad children…’

Title: Madras On My MindEdited by: Chitra Viraraghavan and Krishna ShastriPublisher: Harper CollinsPrice: Rs 350Pages: 207Madras cricket of yore was a far cry from...

Niti Aayog felicitates women who battled odds to empower themselves and their communities

Women who refuse to bow down to the adversities of life are an inspiration. These are the women who, through their grit and determination,...

Crowdfunding is a business idea whose time has come

If you want to start a business, what’s the first thing you’ll start worrying about? Raising capital of course. You have to begin with...

Transqueen 2017: A platform that aims for more inclusivity

The debut edition of Miss Transqueen India 2017 concluded amid much fanfare at the Bristol hotel in Gurugram on 27 August. 26-year-old Nitasha Biswas...

Literary testaments: The urge to delete all traces of failure

Literary testaments, as a unified genre, bring to mind the kind of tragedy in which the protagonist is consumed by a crippling sense of...

‘I feel DJ-ing is a progressive, entrepreneurial profession’

When did you start your career as a disc jockey?  What was inspiration back then?A. It seems like a lifetime ago, 23 years I...

After six decades in the world of art, Manu Parekh looks for new challenges

Flying squirrels are interesting creatures. Flowers have strength. A man stumbled on a dance floor in Australia. Right across the street, next to the...

Rhythm and Grace

Q. Classical art forms, the whole range and variety of music and dance indigenous to this country, have all been driven to the margins...

Cabinet approves raising GST cess on luxury cars to 25%

With the Cabinet nod on Wednesday to an Ordinance regarding the hike in Goods and Services Tax (GST) cess on mid-size, large cars and...

Mumbai deluge claims five lives, 12 missing

At least five persons lost their lives in different rain-related incidents during Tuesday's deluge when Mumbai was virtually paralysed, officials said here on Wednesday.According...

Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CMs to contest MLC bypolls

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his two Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma are among five candidates put up...

India followed mature diplomatic route to resolve Doklam issue: Ram Madhav

India followed a mature diplomatic route to resolve the Doklam issue with China and did not get provoked by the "unusual aggression" from the...

Torrential rains, flooding paralyse Mumbai

Torrential rains lashed Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad and other parts of Mumbai for the fourth consecutive day, severely affecting normal life and also paralysed...

India, China begin disengagement of troops in Doklam

The Indian Army on Monday began the process of "disengagement" of its troops at the standoff area in Doklam, with the Chinese side also...

Tihar brings out the artist in convicts

Graffiti painted walls and neatly manicured gardens can come as a shock in the Tihar jail, but what surprises the most is the transformation...

Corrupt babus try to derail Prabhu

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu might be getting support from the people for his pro-passenger measures, but some status-quoist and corrupt bureaucrats are trying their...

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