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States must strategise development

States must strategise development

18 April 2017 9:18 PM IST
Indian states need to understand that one size indeed does not fit all
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BJP must clarify its policy towards allies: Sena

BJP must clarify its policy towards allies: Sena

17 April 2017 2:10 PM IST
The Shiv Sena today asked the BJP whether it needs its allies, while cautioning the party against losing sight of issues across the country during its march to rule from Panchayat to Parliament.
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On a formidable pulpit
"By Many a Happy Accident" | On a formidable pulpit

Author: M. Hamid Ansari

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 795

Roger Sherman, a founding father of the American Constitution, had observed that ‘if the vice...

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Politics of citizenship
"ON CITIZENSHIP" | Politics of citizenship

Author: N Ram, Romila Thapar, Gautam Bhatia and Gautam Patel

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 499

India might have awakened to ‘life and freedom’ at the stroke of the midnight hour separating 14...

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From Hamid to ‘India’
"Hamid: The Story of My Captivity, Survival and Freedom" | From Hamid to ‘India’

Author: Hamid Ansari and Geeta Mohan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

I was shifted to the death-row cell, a place where they kept convicts who had been sentenced to...

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In her own voice
"Lata Mangeshkar in Her Own Voice" | In her own voice

Author: Nasreen Munni Kabir

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 695

Nasreen Munni Kabir (NMK): In which year did you move to Bombay? Lata Mangeshkar (LM): In 1945....

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Curtailing autonomy & eliminating personhood
"Fearless Freedom" | Curtailing autonomy & eliminating personhood

Author: Kavita Krishnan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 299

To call Kavita Krishnan’s Fearless Freedom radical would be regressive given her brutal account of...

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Agitating the chessboard
"Mapping the Great Game" | Agitating the chessboard

Author: Riaz Dean

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 599

The Great Game has an interesting place in history. During its course, its players considered the...

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Weeding out culpability and repentance
"No Regrets: The Guilt-Free Woman's Guide to a Good Life" | Weeding out culpability and repentance

Author: Kaveree Bamzai

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: 299

Complete women are those who can obey every word of their parents before marriage, take good care of...

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Hinduism’s plurality
"The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism" | Hinduism’s plurality

Author: Shashi Tharoor

Publisher: Aleph

Price: 799

“I am neither a Sanskritist nor a scholar of Hinduism and did not set out to write a scholarly...

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India’s tweakers: a legacy
"Wizards: The Story of Indian Spin Bowling" | India’s tweakers: a legacy

Author: Anindya Dutta

Publisher: Westland

Price: 599

February 7, 1999 – On a cold morning at the Ferozeshah Kotla (now Arun Jaitley Stadium), chasing 419...

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Kashmirs untold story declassified
"Cleaning the mess" | Kashmir's untold story declassified

Author: Iqbal Chand Malhotra and Maroof Raza

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Price: 599

This extensively researched book opens a pandora’s box of intrigues and misdeeds of many British...

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Beyond October 1947
"Kashmir As I See It: From Within and Afar" | Beyond October 1947

Author: Ashok Dhar

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 595

August 5, 2019 has been immortalised in Indian history as the day the Parliament of the country...

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A panorama of prestige
"A-Z of The Civil Services" | A panorama of prestige

Author: Kush Verma

Publisher: Manas Publication

Price: 599

The alphabet and acronym have become very fashionable mediums of expression in recent times. But Dr...

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Routine cop drama

"Spenser Confidential" | Routine cop drama

Director: Peter Berg

Star Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger

There are films that sink under the urge to be too ‘cool' with narrative structure, and Spenser...

All about Marvelous Ms Brosnahan

"The Marvelous Mrs Maisel 3" | All about Marvelous Ms Brosnahan

Director: Amy Sherman-Palladino

Star Cast: Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin Pollak

It must be the law of averages, really, how Season Three pales in comparison to Season two, which in...

A relevant film

"Hotel Mumbai" | A relevant film

Director: Anthony Maras

Star Cast: Dev Patel, Anupam Kher, Armie Hammer

An Australian filmmaker has delivered the definitive manifesto on what must surely rank as one of...

Humour in a time warp

"Motichoor Chaknachoor" | Humour in a time warp

Director: Debamitra Biswal

Star Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Athiya Shetty

The biggest killjoy for a joke is a situation where you have figured out its punchline long before...

Sensitive but soppy

"The Sky Is Pink" | Sensitive but soppy

Director: Shonali Bose

Star Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Zaira Wasim

The statutory note first: Don’t forget a box of tissues. Sky, pink or white – take your pick in...

Laugh while it lasts

"Dream Girl" | Laugh while it lasts

Director: Raaj Shaandilyaa

Star Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Annu Kapoor, Nushrat Bharucha

Put a Bollywood leading man in a woman’s garb, and watch the box-office rock. Kamal Haasan did it in...

Message in a Mess

"Khandaani Shafakhana" | Message in a Mess

Director: Shilpi Dasgupta

Star Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Varun Sharma, Priyanshu Jora

Sex is not a dirty word. Khandaani Shafakhana opens with that intrepid assertion. A little over a...

Modi biopic not historical, but mythological

"PM Narendra Modi" | Modi biopic not historical, but mythological

Director: Omung Kumar B

Star Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Manoj Joshi and Suresh Oberoi

This is not the Narendra Modi biopic that we’ve all been waiting for. The one that shows this...

Wrapping up in style

"Avengers: Endgame" | Wrapping up in style

Director: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo

Star Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth

“Part of the journey is the end,” as Tony Stark aka Robert Downey Jr asserts in the movie,...

Bollywood salutes a true hero

"“Soorma”" | Bollywood salutes a true hero

Director: Shaad Ali

Star Cast: Diljit Dosanjh, Tapsee Pannu, Angad Bedi, Satish Kaushik, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Vijay Raaz

At a time when supposedly responsible filmmakers are glorifying gangsters, terrorists and sociopaths...

A must attend ‘Shaadi’

"‘Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana’" | A must attend ‘Shaadi’

Director: Ratnaa Sinha

Star Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Kriti Kharbanda, Govind Ramdev, K.K. Raina

Stepping out of the routine Bollywood romantic dramas, Ratnaa Sinha strikes the right chord with the...

Bold minus vulgarity

"Shubh Mangal Saavdhan" | Bold minus vulgarity

Director: RS Prasanna

Star Cast: Ayushmann Khurana, Bhumi Pednekar, Seema Pahwa, Bijendra Kala.

After months of sweet glances, harmless stalking, and little smiles, Mudith (Ayushmann Khurana)...

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