CATEGORIES

Ethnicity Leaking Red

A real-life Bollywood drama is stoking the dormant antipathy between Bengalis and North Indians in West Bengal. Sensing opportunity, politicians are jumping into the fray.

‘An actor is bound to shine under Mira Nair's guidance'

In Mira Nair’s latest offering, A Suitable Boy, based on the novel by Vikram Seth, Ishaan Khatter plays Maan, a prominent politician’s son. He talks to Lachmi Deb Roy about working with Mira Nair, the chemistry between Tabu and him in the show and his choices as an actor.

TURN TO CHAPTER THREE

The national education policy promises ‘large-scale’ changes, but can it complete unfinished lessons

Singam On long leave?

The Sattankulam police violence has cast a shadow on super cop movies in Tamil cinema

Eye from the Shikhara

An SC petition against the Place of Worship Act 1991 sparks fears of a replay of the Ayodhya saga in the temple towns of Kashi and Mathura

Dramatis persona

Ebrahim AlkAzi 1925-2020

Cost of Distrust

How political decisions by two countries hit a livelihood system based on cross-border business

Angels & Demons

Characters from India’s mythological cosmos are the new inspiration for writers in different languages

Shadow Of The Gun

A muscular policy that bulldozed a state and its people

‘Abrogation of Article 370 has strengthened voices of India in the Union Territory'

“Pandits have a right to return to the Valley. We are committed to bring them back with dignity, honour and safety.”

Twilight of the separatists?

Geelani says goodbye to the Hurriyat. Did India prompt it, or is Pakistan shifting its strategy? Either way, it’s a season of bitter goodbyes in Kashmir.

The Cashmere Game

With Kashmir nestled within, Britain and Russia were engaged in an all-terrain, high-stakes tussle over land, empire and perceived threats along the immense arc of India’s northern frontiers

Indefinite ARTICLE

The severe rupture in daily lives, professions and political hopes in Jammu & Kashmir can only be repaired by a democratic engagement with its people

Smoke & Mirrors

In the process of slaying a shadow, the silhouette has been sharpened

Jump The Gun

India must acknowledge the untenability of rule by military might

In Valley's Shadow

Why all Jammuites aren’t celebrating life without Article 370

Elegy of Sepia Memories

Kashmiri Pandits’ loss and longing for home find poignant expression in their literature

A Carpet Woven Over A Century

If the political history of Kashmir is a muffled tragedy, the cry for self-determination punctuates it at every step like a balladic refrain

Square Meals In Round Plates

The Centre’s flagship scheme for free ration to the needy has been extended by five months, but distribution remains blighted due to several reasons

Desert Fox Vs Desert Rats

Sachin Pilot’s open defiance of the Congress leadership and his vitriolic relations with Ashok Gehlot, taken with his declaration that he’s not joining the BJP, points to an intriguing finale

Gone To The Dogs?

The coronavirus outbreak piles more pressure on India’s biomedical waste disposal system

The Smoking Gun

Encounter killings of criminals is a blot on society and this evil system of eliminating those wanted by law has to end

GANGSTA BHAIYAS

The lush, tropical growth of UP’s gangsterism and its absorption into the socio-political fabric is intricately braided with a transformation of the state’s politics itself over the past four decades

Red Pennants Flying

With new offices and rallies, a resurgent CPI(M) eyes better results in next year’s assembly polls in Bengal

Death In the Village

It’s an umbilical severance, but the migrant worker will return to take that only chance for life: the city

BAHUBALI: THE END

Politicians - dons once domination Bihar. But their influence is dwindling on Nithish kumar's watch.

Office Office In Covid Time

Working from home, or from office—how’s your workplace and your work adapting to the new Covid-churned ecosystem?

'You Don't Deal With Failure. Failure Deals With You'

Abhishek Bachchan, 44, has just completed 20 years in Bollywood and is looking forward to his maiden web series, Breathe: Into the Shadows. He talks to Giridhar Jha about the show, the highs and lows of his career and comparisons with his legendary father. Excerpts:

In Search of Vadra's Crime

The probe against Priyanka Gandhi’s spouse keeps the pressure on the Congress

Role of Conscience

ODISHA Sabyasachi Mishra is a household name in Odisha, his achievements as an actor are enviable.