S.P. Balasubrahmanyam SPB: A genius ignored in Hindi cinemaZiya Us SalamSPB cast a spell on the young cinemagoer in north India, but Hindi cinema failed to make full use of his talent.
Crime Hasty cremation of Hathras gang-rape victim raises doubts about administration’s role Ziya Us SalamYet another violent rape and murder in Uttar Pradesh, barely 200 kilometres from the national capital, exposes the links between caste and violence ag
Controversy Centre starving Christian organistions into submission ZIYA US SALAMThe Central government, without giving any reason, has suspended the FCRA licences of six Christian organisations.
Interview: Declan Walsh Declan Walsh: ‘I hesitate to call Pakistan a failed democracy’Ziya Us SalamInterview with Declan Walsh, author of the recently published “The Nine Lives of Pakistan”.
Communalism Tablighi Jamaat: Vindicated, finallyZiya Us SalamThe recent High Court verdicts ordering the quashing of cases filed against members of the Tablighi Jamaat under the IPC and the Epidemic Diseases Act
Pandit Jasraj Music of the planetZiya Us SalamWith a clear singing style, subtle innovations and a stress on devotion that transcended faith, Pandit Jasraj (1930-2020) redefined the way the world
Media Hindutva’s drumbeaters Ziya Us SalamThe media, for the most part, acted as cheerleaders rather than alert watchdogs in the coverage of the bhumi pujan of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Communalism ‘The government does not listen to us’ Ziya Us SalamInterview with Zafarul-Islam Khan, former Chairman of the Delhi Minorities Commission.
Communalism Christians as target during the lockdownZiya Us SalamChristian institutions allege increase in violence against their members during the lockdown.
Pandit Jasraj, doyen of the Mewati gharana of Hindustani classical music, no more Ziya Us SalamFor close to eight decades, Pandit Jasraj ruled the world of music. For connoisseurs, no musical evening was complete without Pandit Jasraj’s inimitab
Former India cricketer and two-time MP Chetan Chauhan dies of COVID-19 Ziya Us SalamFormer India opening batsman Chetan Chauhan is no more. After being diagnosed with COVID-19 in early July, Chauhan fought a long and courageous battle
Rahat Indori, Urdu poetry’s man of the masses, succumbs to COVID-19 Ziya Us Salam FOR months on end, he was the voice of the anti- Citizenship Amendment Act protestors across the country. Not a single protest was complete wi
Is a reversal of bank nationalisation on the cards? Calls for privatisation have grown louder just as public sector banks clean up their balance sheets.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
