In a freewheeling interview, Raima Sen looks back at her journey as an actress, her memorable roles in Hindi and Bengali cinema, sibling rivalry at home with Riya Sen, her mother’s foray into politics and, above all, her legendary grandmother’s decision to turn a recluse at the height of her fame.
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Star of the Indian team that won the ICC Under-19 World Cup recently, Manjot Kalra talks about his century in the final, bowling attack of the rival teams, and how he honed his batting skills under the watchful eyes of coach Rahul Dravid over the past 12 months.
No wonder the NDA is obsessed with the cow. The cow belt alone voted in the first single-party government after 1984.
Sanjay Manjrekar's insightful and utterly frank autobiography sets a high standard to aim for, while engendering in us a new respect for the man
Though well-timed and successful, Michael Wolff's sleazy memoir of the Trump White House is poor at the basic level of who said what, and when
The die is cast. Parties in Maharashtra play musical chairs as caste politics churns implacably.
BJP is No. 2 with more votes than CPI(M) and Congress, but it still may not win many seats
US developments hit Indian markets, with the return of capital gains tax adding to negative sentiments
The internet is too knowing a place for young kids. How old is old enough? How young is too young?
Star of the Indian team that won the ICC Under-19 World Cup recently, Manjot Kalra talks about his century in the final, bowling attack of the rival teams, and how he honed his batting skills under the watchful eyes of coach Rahul Dravid over the past 12 months.
No wonder the NDA is obsessed with the cow. The cow belt alone voted in the first single-party government after 1984.
Sanjay Manjrekar's insightful and utterly frank autobiography sets a high standard to aim for, while engendering in us a new respect for the man
Though well-timed and successful, Michael Wolff's sleazy memoir of the Trump White House is poor at the basic level of who said what, and when
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The die is cast. Parties in Maharashtra play musical chairs as caste politics churns implacably.
BJP is No. 2 with more votes than CPI(M) and Congress, but it still may not win many seats
BJP ride won’t be easy along a terrain where regional identity forms the core of politics
The BJP pulls no punches in Karnataka, where the Congress cannot afford to lose
Subtle yet significant changes in composition will affect MP, a BJP bastion for three terms
A cow-belt alliance to cover all bases
Besides Muslims, Dalits are the only vocal section that has turned against the BJP in UP
These are the states that made the 2014 BJP victory possible. And the situation now seems volatile.
After the tough Gujarat polls and Rajasthan drubbing, in the duo’s last mile dash, Modicare, MSP, even DeMo will all be ammunition to snipe at the Congress’s scam skeletons. But BJP insiders agree it is not an easy task.
The CPI(M)’s dominance steadily eroded even as it chased private capital
A tie-up with Congress would have yielded zilch, given the total absence of CPI(M) cadres in the Bengal countryside
Pakistan’s unusual attack on Indian army posts stirs civil society in J&K. Srinagar is for reconciliation, but the hawks across the LoC have no such intention.
Guha’s ‘constitutional patriotism’ is not Gandhian nationalism. Instead of the Left’s dead, white men, he has savarnas.
Unwise investments by banks have become common, slapping investors with losses and high soaring fees
The foreign minister’s ‘ill-timed’ Nepal visit sent a clear message: India will not support instability
