Guest Column

They said it was a historic day and indeed it was. For the first time, the Odisha state cabinet sat out of the capital city of Bhubaneswar, in the temple...

The pandemic battered the theatre business, now the boycott trend is out to deliver it the knockout punch. Single theatres in several small towns have shut shop or are on...

Left has been the most prominent four-letter word in the political discourse of our times. In India, it is reviled and ridiculed in equal measure. Across the world, the ascendant...

August 21 marks the anniversary of two legendary thefts of Art. In 1911 on this day, Leonardo Da Vinci’s Monalisa was stolen from Louvre in Paris. Exactly fifty years later...

In Hindi film, ‘Gangajal’ Ajay Devgan as a young IPS officer after taking over as Superintendent of Police (SP) of a district in Bihar, is shocked to learn that police...

Ever written something you enjoyed that was never published? Many years ago, my friend Subrata Ghosh and I collaborated on an article for our school magazine. We imagined an idea...

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address from the ramparts of the Red Fort in 2019, spoke on the importance of women's contribution in nation building and their utility...

Can you lose your job for wearing a bikini and posting your photos on social media? Does your employment contract have a clause saying that you will not wear swimwear...

It's bland. It's outlandish. And it's engaging in a bizarre way. But Laal Singh Chaddha holds its own amid many negatives. It evokes curiosity, but not feelings. The character is...

I shout out loud, “Come give respect and take respect, make a pledge to help the unlucky ones”! If we want to bring change, we have to be uninhibited. Being...