Anil Dharker
It is high time we healed the wounds of Indian civilisation by making Vidia an honorary Indian citizen, maybe even honour him with a Bharat Ratna.
‘Nobody In The BJP Is Happy, Everyone’s Keeping Quiet’
The former Karnataka chief minister is determined to launch his regional party, the Karnataka Janata Party (KJP)
The Ghosts Pay A Call
Should the President have to answer for his actions as a minister? Worth asking.
‘Our People Won’t Be Hostage To The Past’
Myanmar's democracy movement leader and Nobel Laureate on India, China, democracy, Rohingyas and much else
The Gangs Of Telecompur
Either market-determined price or retrospective value. Why the govt’s 2G auction flopped.
‘Those Who’ve Tried To Change The System Via Elections Have Ended Up Being Chang
On the anti-corruption movement that has implications for politics, media and the national discourse
‘We Won’t Reconsider Support Even If The CM Is Replaced’
The MIM chief, who is often accused of orchestrating communal tension and playing politics, on the latest crisis
An Area Of Openness
Nursery of path-breaking scholarship, early detecter of democratic trends, CSDS turns 50
Ladle Happy Chicos
Cricket and dolls? Nah. For young boys and girls in Indian metros, the kitchen is the new playground.
‘Not Wholly Or In Full Measure’
If Nehru was to revisit his forgotten legacy, would he want to reclaim it?
Forkfuls Of Heaven
Spanking clean and spartan in set-up, the restaurant sets the mood for brekkie with cheery furniture.
Bibliofile
It’s not only Girish Karnad who is taking on luminaries like Rabindranath Tagore and Sir Vidia in public...
Faithful Wives, Socialist Poets
This brilliant effort, propped by nuanced translations from all our languages, breathes across time and space
Kaushik Mukherjee, ‘Q’
The director on taking <i>Tasher Desh</i> to Rome and doing films that challenge the conventional
Son Of Sardar
A watch, if loud, mindless gags work for you. But how many more such comedies can we take?
Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Way too old-fashioned for comfort, riddled with absurd twists: it's abrupt, hurried and awkward.
Delhi Diary
The print media knows it is drinking in the Last Chance Saloon, yet does nothing. Do we have a death wish?