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Row over nomination of MCD members: Supreme Court to hear plea of Delhi govt on May 8

Row over nomination of MCD members: Supreme Court to hear plea of Delhi govt on May 8

2 May 2023 2:00 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear on May 8 a plea of the Delhi government challenging the power of the Lieutenant Governor to...
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Gyanvapi row: High Court grants 8 weeks to ASI for reply on safe evaluation of Shivling

Gyanvapi row: High Court grants 8 weeks to ASI for reply on safe evaluation of Shivling'

20 Jan 2023 12:22 PM IST
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted eight more weeks to the Archaeological Survey of India for filing its response to clarify whether...
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Delhi-Centre services row; AAP govt seeks clear demarcation of power, Supreme Court reserves verdict

Delhi-Centre services row; AAP govt seeks clear demarcation of power, Supreme Court reserves verdict

18 Jan 2023 1:34 PM IST
The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government Wednesday sought a clear "demarcation" of its power in the row with the Centre over control of services from...
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BJP Trying To Misuse My Remarks; Politics Is Not About Individuals But Policies: Kharge Reacts To Ravan Row

BJP Trying To Misuse My Remarks; Politics Is Not About Individuals But Policies: Kharge Reacts To 'Ravan' Row

3 Dec 2022 10:54 AM IST
Facing flak from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over his "Ravan" jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has...
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Extravagance feeding off adversities
"Thomas Manuel’s Opium Inc." | Extravagance feeding off adversities

Author: Thomas Manuel

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: 595

Opium Inc: How A Global Drug Trade Funded the British Empire’ is not just a magnum opus on opium,...

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On that frightful day
"Jallianwala Bagh" | On that frightful day

Author: VN Datta

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

Before Dyer’s arrival, eight speakers, including Abdul Aziz, Dr Gurbax Rai and Rai Ram Singh, had...

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Musicians of Mayhem
"Escaped : True Stories of Indian Fugitives in London" | Musicians of Mayhem

Author: Danish Khan and Ruhi Khan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

The rift between Nadeem and Gulshan was no secret. The cassette king and the reigning musical czars...

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Path-breaking decisions
"The Presidential Years: 2012-2017" | Path-breaking decisions

Author: Pranab Mukherjee

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 695

The internal process of decision-making varies from government to government, and PM Modi has...

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Crisis on multiple fronts
"Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis" | Crisis on multiple fronts

Author: Arun Kumar

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 499

By mid-March, the government realized that a lockdown had become inevitable to control the spread of...

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Religious awakening
"Making of a Hindu Patriot" | Religious awakening

Author: J.K. Bajaj and M.D. Srinivas

Publisher: Haranand Books

Price: 1995

Gandhiji’s Hind Swaraj is grounded in Dharma, which is often but inadequately translated as...

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A Culinary Smorgasbord
"Vegetarian Cuisine from the Himalayan Foothills" | A Culinary Smorgasbord

Author: Veena Sharma

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 750

It is not for nothing that the Garhwal region of the Himalayas is referred to as deva bhumi, the...

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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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Of universal appeal
"Suralakshmi Villa" | Of universal appeal

Author: Aruna Chakravarti

Publisher: Picador India

Price: 650

From the author of Jorasanko and Daughters of Jorasanko, comes another novel Suralakshmi Villa. This...

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The end of autonomy
"The Battle of Belonging" | The end of autonomy

Author: Shashi Tharoor

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 799

As I have noted, Prime Minister Modi likes to practise what American generals call ‘shock and awe’....

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Is dissent necessary?
"Voices of Dissent" | Is dissent necessary?

Author: Romila Thapar

Publisher: Seagull Books

Price: 499

Dissent is, in essence, the disagreement that a person or persons may have with others, or, more...

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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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A technically impressive film

"‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’" | A technically impressive film

Director: JJ Abrams

Star Cast: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega

This ninth episode of the “Star Wars” franchise is the last of the sequel’s trilogy after “The Force...

Royal rush returns

"The Crown Season 3" | Royal rush returns

Director: Benjamin Caron, Christian Schwochow, Jessica Hobbs & Sam Donovan

Star Cast: Olivia Colman, Helena Bonham Carter, Tobias Menzies

Season three of ‘The Crown’ could well be the trickiest of all that we have seen so far, many had...

Brilliant performance nails the character

"Joker" | Brilliant performance nails the character

Director: Todd Phillips

Star Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz

For those unaware of the DC comic universe, the Joker is the supervillain who appeared in...

Adorable and occasionally magical

"Abominable" | Adorable and occasionally magical

Director: Jill Culton

Star Cast: Chloe Bennet, Tenszing NorgayTrainor, Albert Tsai

There is something soothing, subtle and lovable about this 3D animated film. Despite being...

An action-packed, entertaining film

"The Angry Birds Movie 2" | An action-packed, entertaining film

Director: Thurop Van Orman

Star Cast: Tiffany Haddish, Nicki Minaj, Jo Jo Siwa, Zach Woods, Dove Cameron

The subtlety of “anger” in this animated sequel, inspired by the popular Angry Birds games available...

Killer thriller

"Judgementall Hai Kya" | Killer thriller

Director: Prakash Kovelamudi

Star Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao

Judgementall Hai Kya celebrates the bizarre, at the cost of giving in to glaring flaws, much like...

The Lion King is visually fascinating

"The Lion King" | The Lion King is visually fascinating

Director: Jon Favreau

Star Cast: Donal Glover, Beyonce, James Earl Jones

For the uninitiated, The Lion King, is the story of Simba, a lion cub, who is dispossessed and made...

Super 30 anything but super

"Super 30" | Super 30 anything but super

Director: Vikas Bahl

Star Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Mrunal Thakur, Pankaj Tripathi

The film is a biopic of Patna-based educationist Anand Kumar (played by Hrithik Roshan), a math wiz...

‘Kaafir’ derives power from its political undertones

"Kaafir" | ‘Kaafir’ derives power from its political undertones

Director: Sonam Nair

Star Cast: Dia Mirza, Mohit Raina

Kashmir and its blood-soaked political history renders itself well to cinematic treatment. It is to...

Smugly, aa, unrelatable kitsch

"Game Over" | Smugly, aa, unrelatable kitsch

Director: Ashvin Saravanan

Star Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Vinodhini, Ramya Subramanian

With all the trappings of its genre tropes, the film Game Over starts with a promise. But to accept...

Chopticks: A big let down

"Chopticks" | Chopticks: A big let down

Director: Sachin Yardi

Star Cast: Abhay Deol, Mithila Palkar and Vijay Raaz

There is a vast difference between smart cinema and smart ass cinema. The latter is designed by...

Emotionally engaging but cliched

"A Dog’s Journey" | Emotionally engaging but cliched

Director: Gail Mancuso

Star Cast: Kathryn Prescott, Abby Ryder Fortson, Emma Volk, Josh Gad, Betty Gilpin, Marg Helgenberger, Henry Lau, Dennis Quaid, Ian Chen, Jake Manley, Daniela Barbosa and Conrad Coates

What happens when an elastic band gets stretched? It snaps, right? That’s exactly what happens while...

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