Faces of Eve
"Despite the constraints, they drew creative mileage from these portrayals, turning them into memorable milestones. They had beautiful faces and we were kept away from knowing whether they had brains to match"
The world is our stage
"Some young Mumbai filmmakers are moving away from hackneyed commercial praxis and informing their work with intelligence and sensitivity. They want box office success, but not at the expense of creative integrity"
What's more important: Saving the economy or electing a President?
Let's just say the housing society in which you live is on fire. What would be your priority? Running for fire extinguishers and trying to call the fire brigade or debating about who should cut the ribbon when the new building is inaugurated? Something similar is happening in India.
"Approach to disabled soldiers too casual"
The disabled soldier requires facilities of medical cover nearest to their homes besides obtaining their just entitlements.
"There is no list of retired armymen"
The problems remain the same for both soldiers and officers. It begins with difficulty in adjusting to civil life as they are not conversant with the way the civil system functions and face basic problems like electricity, telephone and water connections.
Peacetime War
For connoisseurs of the 1962 Indo-China border conflict, the name of rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat is etched in stone, quite literally in Arunachal Pradesh's Jaswantgarh.
Touchdown to nowhere. Who killed aviation?
Crony capitalism manifests itself in many ways. One way it reveals itself is when someone betrays the supreme ability to act as if nothing has happened and all is well even when the Emperor is without clothes.
When eco-saviours come calling...
Eminent Bengali poet Kamal Chakraborty is not just good at weaving words, he is also a master at crafting greenery.
The New Jungle Book
The hot tropical sun beat down our backs. Rivers of perspiration soaked our clothes. But we resolutely trudged along the dusty path on the outskirts of Kokilamukh village north of Jorhat city in Assam. Soon, we had to ditch our car as the terrain became difficult to navigate in a vehicle. The trail led us into a walk along a dyke, where we crossed a broken bamboo bridge over a small rivulet to approach the Brahmaputra embankment. Up next was a boat ride across the kilometer long stream of the river where we knew Jadav Payeng patiently awaited our arrival – complete with his green and resplendent man-made forest.
"There is no dissidence in BJP"
We in the BJP do not believe in individual achievements. We work as a team and take collective decisions by consensus.
Fighting your demons
The BJP is in the throes of virulent factionalism with state satraps pitted against central leaders. Can they get their act together in time?
Like lambs to slaughter
Kochi police recently arrested two people for perpetuating an online robbery of Rs 13.4 lakhs from the bank account of one Dr Shabeer Khan.
Sim terror
For a terrorist hell bent on wreaking havoc in India, the ordinary Subscriber Identity Module or SIM card on a mobile phone is a highly potent weapon.
'Faith'ful coalition
Surviving on a wafer thin majority, the Congress which leads the United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala has taken it upon itself to keep the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and the Kerala Congress happy in equal measure.
Religious Rumours
Kaiser Bhat's kindergarten turned into a nursery of trouble about a fortnight ago.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
