Obituary: Praful Bidwai’s narrative on human liberation will live on
Just about two weeks back, Praful Bidwai wanted to eat fish. He knew that Sagar Chatterjee, who started his Bengali...
Amit Sengupta
Praful Bidwai: tribute to a scholar journalist
In the age of Wikipedia, Praful was the person you called for things you could not find on the Net,...
Yeh hain Bombay meri jaan…
Even as the infinite sea moves like a gigantic, living creature in perpetual motion, bringing cool winds and the tide...
King the Con
The irony about Arvind Kejriwal is that his propaganda adrenaline and ‘I am the only Prophet’ aphrodisiac are driven by...
West Bengal: Ma Maati Amanush
So why are they so eternally tense and distinctly unhappy? They should be buoyant, upbeat, eyes sparkling, touching hearts...
You call the rain. It will come
They are all straight out of the classics of Munshi Premchand and Phanishwar Nath Renu: the incredible characters of the...
IPL: The requiem of a Dream
It’s a deadly, addictive, I-love-my-hangover cocktail of new capitalism in If-I-were-a-rich-man India. Superpower India floating in a quagmire of sleaze...
A Red Evening with LAAL from Pakistan
Young Pakistani revolutionary rock band Laal took Delhi by storm even as hundreds of men and women, young and old,...
Jashn-e-Azadi: Why did Symbiosis Back Out?
Pune’s Symbiosis University easily succumbed to hardline Hindutva fundamentalists as it promptly cancelled a high profile open-ended seminar on the...
Mass murderer can not become a saint
A mass murderer just cannot become a saint of sadbhavana or a symbol of progress. He will be forever mapped...
Chronicle of a story told, around a fire
(Backed by dubious multinationals, cash-rich fat cats and shallow celebrities, as Jaipur Lit Fest celebrates the crass obscenity of the...
The Megalomania called Team Anna
The irony is that if the Lokpal bill drafted by Team Anna is accepted in toto, even then they will...
Mission Assassination Modi: Fake
In a civilised country firmly based on the principles of justice with the rule of law, ethical behaviour and social...
