Much has been written in praise of Gary Oldman's brilliant portrayal of Winston Churchill  in Darkest Hour( which btw is not that great a film), for which he won an Oscar for the...

What is the white saviour genre? It’s a genre which drives the notion that a white man/woman is necessary to save other races, to fight injustice done on them, put some sense in...

A saying goes that “Of the dead, say nothing but good.” But is stating the facts which are contrary to oft repeated fables bad mouthing? Or should we just whitewash their crimes in...

Last week, we had the birth anniversary of one of the icons of ‘Hindu Muslim unity’, someone whom Gandhi put on par with Plato and Aristotle, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. It is celebrated...

A youth wing leader of BJP, from Bongam area in Shopian,  Gowhar Bhat, was murdered by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. His body was recovered from an orchard in Kiloora with a slit...

Everyone among the so called Hindu right wing, a large number of who can give a run for the money to the left for half baked knowledge and clichéd repetition, love to cite...

One of the most common things to see in India are quotes like these by Gandhi:- “Be the change you want to be in the world.” “A customer is the most important visitor...

Tarek Fatah, the Pakistani origin writer and columnist who now is a Canadian citizen has amassed quite a fan following in India for his no holds barred criticism of Pakistan, Sharia and the...

There is a saying which goes “ In better countries, the rain disappears from the road after a few minutes. In poorly run countries, the road disappears after a few minutes of rain”....

Kevin Durant talked about how India was “a country 20 years behind in knowledge and experience, cows and monkeys everywhere, and just a bunch of underprivileged people, wanting to learn basketball”. Kevin Durant...

Quick, what do you find offensive in this pic? That’s a nice picture of a father and son playing chess. Both are smiling. Both seem to enjoy themselves here.   But many people...

In 1997, when Laloo Yadav was engulfed in fodder scam case, he cleverly put forward his wife Rabri Devi to be CM in his place. In effect, the unlettered woman became a proxy...