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Ghulam Ali concert called off -Shiv Sena’s nationalism greater than Modi’s or Fadnavis’s ?
India and Pakistan are not the best of friends because the latter hasn’t made an effort to reform itself. Rather Pakistan is busy in anti India activities and spewing venom at ...
From Kashmir to Kerala, It is Beef that is rocking the nation
A nation that aspires to be world leader in technology is currently grappling with the issue of cows! In the 21st century, we are discussing if beef was eaten by our ...
Mainstream media, stop your discrimination against the northeast!
On 15th August 2012, thousands of Indians from the north east who lived in Bangalore landed up at the railway station. Estimates vary from ten thousand to thirty thousand. All of ...
Our Lives, Their permission: The DDLJ Legacy
More than "Raj, नाम तो सुना ही होगा", more than "señorita", even more than "आओ, आओ", the dialogue that defines Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) is "जा, सिमरन जा, जी ले ...
Eat Dirt Twitterati!
Our dearest Twitterati are up in arms (again!) over the 4-day meat ban in Maharashtra. Now mind it, this is not some 'regular' issue of national security, or the oft-debated issue ...
Aurangzeb v/s The Idea Of India
What do Tulsidas, Surdas, Kabir, Rahim Das & Tansen have in common? They all lived and created immortal art during Akbar’s reign. Each in his own way created not just pieces ...
Can only God help Muslim women?
There is a news report today which talks of how Muslim women in India would like to break free of the shackles that society has placed on them. Honestly, it does not ...
An ode to the obnoxious Mani Shankar Aiyar
Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar is an oft-mocked man these days. Especially since the man he derided as a Chaiwallah, ended up becoming the PM. Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar is an IFS ...
The Blight of Conversion
The issue of religious conversion is a constant and a prominent issue in the political discourse of the nation. For the sake of discussion in this article, I have clubbed the ...
FTII: Lights, Camera and a whole lot of Inaction
People from more ‘important’ trades might belittle the importance of cinema. But cinema has carried tradition, history, culture and storytelling on its shoulders for a while now. People call it frivolous, ...
PM Modi in Gaya – Highlights of his address
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an all-out assault on the ruling coalition led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad at the Parivartan rally today in Gaya, in Bihar. Assembly ...
