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The Unquiet Dalit Street

Growing disquiet in the community is pushing Dalit leaders in the NDA to a tight corner

Listeners Peddling Narratives Of Violence

The Thoothukudi tragedy was reported through routine, cynical obscenities. Pollution is normal, while protests pollute the body politic.

Bonds Beyond The Red Tape

Government officers are heroes too. Recent stories of the public’s love for some of them stand as proof.

The Una Road to Buddha

Atrocities are pushing more and more Gujarat Dalits to embrace a new faith.

I'm A Politiculturist Who Wants To Challenge The Status Quo

Keeping true to Tamil Nadu’s pec­uliar political history, movie stars Kamalahaasan and Rajnikanth announced their entry into politics a while back.

Seen Clearly In The Crump's Flare

Sadhvi Pragya is a BJP candidate now. In Malegaon, victims dare to hope for justice amid gathering despair.

Voyage Of The Red Islanders

Kanhaiya’s Begusarai foray has enthused other JNU student union ex-presidents.

Present Continuous

Naveen Patnaik and Pawan Chamling are chasing one more term. What makes them champion long-distance runners?

Star Wars

The political split in Bollywood has never been so wide open and seemingly unbridgeable as the two camps—Modi, anti-Modi—battle it out.

Forward, With A Sentimental Throwback

Ruling PDP pushes Vajpayee-era India-Pak talks as a way out of Kashmir violence. Political stunt, cries NC.

Costume Drama

For all his sartorial elegance, Trudeau’s India visit, haunted by the Khalistan issue, achieved little

Long Rope Curls Into Tight Tape

A midnight meeting with Delhi CM has a top babu leaving in a huff. Another blow to livid bureaucrats.

Taxing The Broadcast Cherry

A miffed ICC might relocate events from India if not given a tax break. But can it spurn its golden goose?

A Pen Is A Chisel

A new wave of Marathi women writers speaks eloquently for the voiceless

Dravidian Century: A Paradox

Why did the greatest movement of the south fail to redeem its emancipatory promise?

If Not A Kiss, A Bear Hug

As the Russia bogey grips America, Trump slams the latest charges and names a close Putin friend his top diplomat.

Sasikala, A Jayalalitha or A Janaki Redux?

Sasikala, a Jayalalitha or a Janaki redux? That’s a million-dollar question for the post-Amma party.

It's the Economy, Cupid

The spectre of China ought to be dispelled by the prospect of business.

The Coming Caste Wars

The growing clamour for reservation to society's shrinking ability to fulfil the dreams globalisation unleashes

To Put Faith in Secularism

‘Secularism’ inhabits twin strands—one simply strives to control religion; another, more composite view, allows plural views on faith to coexist. Charting secularism’s progress in France and the US, Charles Taylor alights on the passionate debate it is generating in modern Europe and India.

Global Is Beautiful

The World Cup epitomises football at its very best—a unifying force in a world too often fighting against itself

Both Gold & Glitter

Messi and Neymar: two sides of football stardom, but their core lights the same way

To Beard A Boyar In Muscovy

A bickering world, quite rightly, gets Russia, the commonest bete noire, as host of its cup of life. Ah, but we mustn’t cavil. It might turn out to be fun after all.

Gali Gali Football Shootball

Following matches through radio static to plugging in—Indian fans have been steadfast as ever. But has the dazzle of European soccer held us in enthralled stupor?

Waiting for Mr Parrikar

The long absence of the CM and two key ministers has created a peculiar situation in Goa politics

Lay Of The Lost

Missing key to a temple storehouse opens a Pandora’s box

How To Grab The Key To Wealth Creation

Smartly balancing today’s and tomorrow’s requirements with the help of a sound financial plan holds the key to creating ample wealth for future needs.

Eat In And Keep The Taxman Away

GST has been largely neutral or beneficial for consumers, but ‘luxuries’ are a bone of contention.

RK Films Was Born With Raj Kapoor And Died With Him

Ranbir Kapoor is one of the biggest stars outside of the Khanate ruled by the Aamir-Salman-Shahrukh triptych in Bollywood. But his last few movies have not set the cashbox ringing at the box office, the ultimate arbiter of an artiste’s worth over a weekend in a cut-throat film industry. The 35-year-old actor now returns with a biopic on Sanjay Dutt made by a filmmaker with the Midas touch, Rajkumar Hirani, who has never failed in the past 15 years. In a freewheeling interview with Giridhar Jha, barely a few days before the release of Sanju, Ranbir discusses, among other things, the most challenging role in his career and why he does not want to spoil the legacy of R.K. Films by reviving the iconic banner founded by his legendary grandfather Raj Kapoor. Excerpts from the interview:

Anchor, Old Man And The Sea

After Arnab Goswami’s resignation from Times Now, a storm of what-next rumours.