Anger is so satisfying at times. A rage against the ones who’ve wronged you. Something thrown in frustration. Just break something and you feel a bit better, for a while. For a while,...

First thing you need to do when watching Happy Bhag Jayegi is keep all politics aside. It's about India and Pakistan, but as one of the characters says, we can talk about anything;...

22-year-old gymnast Dipa Karmakar finished fourth in the vault final with a score of 15.006 - well past her previous best - and missed a bronze medal by 0.150 points. Dipa was at...

Ravish Kumar is the emblem of victimhood as a virtue. He has written a long article attacking MJ Akbar for..... I think for being a member of BJP. It's an incoherent rant that...

They are a reflection of homophobia. Any society that thinks it is their right to interfere in people's private behaviours will inevitably produce such atrocities. (Looking at you, India, with your homosexuality laws)...

Feku was a title given to Modi during national elections by the greatest poet living or dead: Kumar Vishwas. That referred to the claim that Gujarat has done well under Modi. Gujaratis answered...

Ajit Jogi was an IAS officer in MP. He was young dynamic and from the ST quota. Arjun Singh saw some promise in him and asked him to join congress. He was meant...

Tobacco is everywhere. Since the Europeans reached the Americas and discovered the weird little leaf, the governments the world over have been making money with it. The little leaf is the most toxic, most...

The election was fought in Modi’s name. The mandate was for Modi Sarkar. The other BJP leaders were not just playing second fiddle, they were deep in the background chorus providing an echo...

Rise and fall of a hero is an eternal story. From Yudhishthir to Icarus, they are the stuff of cautionary tales and moral lessons. Azhar rose like a dream. Three centuries in the first...

The Underdogs - I don’t always root for the underdogs. I mean when Kenya plays Australia and wins, it’s not the best men who won, it’s the lucky ones. Why would I root...

There was something about Tulsi, as played by Smriti Irani. She was respectful, mindful of her duties, and yet unbent, unbowed, unbroken. She had a lot of strength. Of course we only came...