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Celluloid Closure For A Waiting Cult

Finally, a Mani Ratnam film to add to the cult of Kalki’s stupendous episodic novel.

Two Extremes

As Fani cuts a ruinous swathe across Odisha, patches of barrenness blot India. The misery has been cannily hidden in this season of high politics.

Break-Up In Telugu

TO the average Andhraite, the 2014 bifurcation of the state united by the Telugu language took away more than the Charminar of Hyderabad.

Aaphill Drive

Kejriwal toils to climb a mountain in Punjab, Haryana. BJP, Congress work to bring Delhi CM down.

Wonky Bridge - Don't Cross

It’s an Indo-Pak measure to build confidence. But cross-LoC trade has been snowed under much distrust.

Rummy Cricket

Ace, king, jack...you select all of them and score the winning run too. But is not gambling?

Playing With Fire

The BJP could pay a heavy electoral price for forcing the citizenship bill on a reluct ant Northeast

This MP Just Had A Bad Air Day!

How Osmanabad’s Shiv Sena MP benefits from the controversies surrounding him.

Colonial Coat Tails In Feudal Fabric

Thoroughly liveried, the judge comes across as a maharaja. A time-warp cloaks Indian judiciary’s etiquette.

Rani & Rogues

The contrast between the way the police dealt with protests by Dalits in UP’s Saharanpur and Rajputs in Rajasthan is part of a pattern of selective aggression and selective silence that goes deep and wide.

What's To Be Done With Our Cops?

With the world’s largest force, India is not short of police personnel. Free them from provincial satraps, and much of our policing troubles will end.

The Slow Aarohan Of A Morning Raga

Finally, Rahul Gandhi’s anointment as Congress chief is imminent. Sights set on 2019, his task is to enliven the party.

A Maritime Arc Of Saptaswaras

Young Carnatic musicians, born or living in the US, are shifting base to Chennai as full-time performers

Birth Of A New Hindu Nation

It can’t be without reason that the RSS now says a mandir alone will come up at the disputed site. The Sangh has been carving a Hindu India since ’92.

Disposing Of A Sanitary Fad?

Indian women are warming towards a movement that seeks the return of traditional menstrual car.

Amarnath Killings: Identify Politics Of Murder And Mayhem

Mehbooba Mufti comes closer to the BJP as Kashmir battles another crisis —the killing of Amarnath yatris

Her Hand In The State's Grip

If the Rizwanur episode revealed the Left regime’s moth-eaten attitude towards women, Taslima’s banishment confirmed it

Scoring With A Scoop

Hockey-mad Orissa, new jersey sponsor of the Indian teams, revels in a first

The Grasping Quicksand

Mohammed bin Salman’s brutal power grab tramples tradition and pushes Saudi Arabia towards the abyss.

'Watch'-out Kajal Agarwal's New Move

In conversation with South India’s leading actress Kajal Agarwal about her movies which are in the pipeline, her likes and dislikes and life in general

Heer, Ranjha And A Mom's Hitmen

Mother, uncle extradited from Canada to face trial in murder case of Jaswinder Kaur, 19 years ago

Common Headache

Buyers continue to suffer as ambiguity over rules governing areas for community use remain

The Angry Citizens

NE allies are abandoning BJP over the citizenship bill

Temple Reloaded

Will Sabarimala give BJP the key to Kerala?

Hazy Saffron In Dravida Naadu

The BJP badly needs allies, especially the AIADMK, to win a few seats in the land of Tamil nationalism

Hi Or Bye?

Poor? Debt-ridden? Desperate? The Congress promises to repair India (and itself ) if it gets job.

Dial R For Hit Parade

Under Rishabh Pant’s staggering talent lies true grit. He can set the World Cup alight.

Strait Of Uncertainty

India, and the world, stand to suffer if the US-Iran Persian Gulf stand-off gets out of hand.

The Party Pooper

Tensions rise as Mamata berates ‘extortionist’ TMC members.

Can Didi Survive Modi?

Mamata’s grave errors and Bengal’s repressed communalism are BJP’s tools for ascendancy in the state.