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The dates that bookended my trip to America were 12.12.12 and 21.12.12. Need I say more?
By Rukmini Bhaya Nair
The Secret Diary of ‘dus numbri’
We request Manojji to remake the film Dus Numbri, on my immortal statement, “Ek sar ke badle dus”.
The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news
Random notes, gossip, bitching, angles, conspiracy theories, spoofs, essential fundas
Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats
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Movie Review
A case of a thing well-begun, but not even half-done
10 Questions
The actress on upcoming movie, Listen Amaya, and her Bharatanatyam and theatre passions.
Gossip
After the falling out between Sujoy Ghosh and Advaita Kala, will the latter get to see any statuettes at all for Kahani?
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Outlook-MDRA Survey
Modi is more popular than Rahul but a Conress-led UPA could still trump the BJP-led NDA.
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rahul gandhi Just Prince Charming?Beyond emotion and his surname, does Rahul Gandhi have it in him to work Indian politics and lead his party and the nation? Saba Naqvi |
 Interview ‘There Is No Babalog In The Congress’The controversial and outspoken Congress general secretary spoke on the sidelines of the Jaipur conclave Saba Naqvi Interviews Digvijay Singh |
bjp The Saffron StringHow the Sangh’s internal politics machinated Gadkari’s exit Prarthna Gahilote |
 Interview ‘I Never Met Sadhvi Pragya Or Col Purohit’The president-elect of the BJP is very different from his predecessor Panini Anand Interviews Rajnath Singh |
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india-pakistan: saffron terror
Shinde’s terror charge sparks advice, gloating, action plans in Pakistan
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Interview
The external affairs minister on the first real challenge he has faced since taking over
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the Republic @ 64
A deep thirst for change in India must be met by the monolithic state
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Opinion
The anti-defection law—in effect, a chain to keep Dalits shackled
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Andhra Pradesh: telangana
Congress readies to face up to the issue, but is it only to secure itself for 2014?
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Andhra Pradesh Arrested Growth?Will the Owaisi arrests prove a self-goal by CM Kiran Kumar? |
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opinion
What does President Obama’s second term mean for America?
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investments: lic
Has LIC become the UPA’s disinvestment bailout agent? Should policyholders be worried?
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 jump cut Jump, Says GunThe question is, In a normal course of evaluation would LIC have bought such assets? Ashvin Parekh |
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opinion
A few lessons our leaders, present and past, can take from Lance
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schools: grade 10 boards
Is the relaxed classroom rigour undercutting students in the long term?
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Mind your body
Ancient cultures like ours have always had undervalued traditional food wisdom: you don’t have to mindlessly consume protein
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sport: polo
Why polo is lost for players and sponsors in a changing India
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entertainment: cinemas
Viewer is king as digitisation brings premieres home
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EXCLUSIVE: Books Excerpt
At the Park Street-Middleton Row corner, speckled with iconic establishments, infected with old joie de vivre, one can sense a ‘modern’ past feeling for the future. In Calcutta.
Amit Chaudhuri | Extracts from Calcutta Two Years In The City By Amit Chaudhuri
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Review
Few sang as Rafi sang, few touched so many as he did. A mellow, melancholy memoir recalls a master we don’t know.
Sathya Saran on Mohammed Rafi: My Abba, A Memoir By Yasmin Khalid Rafi
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