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In Madaari. common man Irrfan takes on the mighty...July 31 2016

Korean films flog Japanese occupation…July 24 2016

Was Pak social media star Qandeel a victim of dishonour or hypocrisy?…July 19 2016

Have 17 Indians forsaken ‘God’s Own Country’ for IS land?…July 13 2016

Do Indian actresses Sharmila and Frieda qualifiy for Academy membership?…July 4 2016

Surge in Korean film remakes in India…June 26 2016

Bangladesh: Fresh wave of migration feared as Islamists target Hindus…June 19 2016

Big fish spared as India’s Punjab state fights drug menace...June 10 2016

India’s Mathura cult clashes raise disturbing questions…June 4 2016

Indian states must take steps against attacks on African nationals…May 28 2016

Korea’s The Handmaiden wows the world at Cannes…May 25 2016

Hope burns bright for Indian tigers…April 30 2016

India takes U-turn on visa to Uyghur ‘terrorist‘…April 26 2016

Kerala temple fire: A case of flouted rules...April 11 2016

Panama Papers: Bollywood’s Bachchan denies offshore links…April 6 2016

Kolkata flyover crash: Supervisors ignored the warning sound…April 2 2016

India must act fast to stop farmer suicides...March 30 2016

After Brussels, Indian airports may well be  sitting ducks…March 24 2016

Mother Teresa: Sainthood comes, despite a crisis of Faith...March 20 2016

Saving the rhino…March 11 2016

Bollywood’s Priyanka is the new babe on the beach in Hollywood…March 2 2016

Can the Indian tiger take on Chinese dragon…February 27 2016

Can student politics be seditious? …February 22 2016

Law of the jungle in a different conflict zone...February 17 2016

Black girl in Bengaluru stripped by “racist” India…February 11 2016

India’s gays and lesbians see a flicker of freedom...February 6 2016

Kill a child for honour, but how heinous!…January 30 2016

Oscars are white, not black or brown…January 23 2016

Dalit student’s suicide exposes rot in India’s higher education system...January 19 2106

Men to fight bulls again in India...January 10 2016

Terror strike in India underlines a frightful picture…January 5 2016

Kolkata’s rickshaw’s: Inhuman, degrading…January 2 2016

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The Oscar eludes India, yet again…December 26 2015

The circus, where clowns cry under a shrinking top…December 19 2015

Big bad bucks still in Bollywood bag…December 11 2015

Bond has to give kiss a miss…December 6 2015

El-Nino, poor urban design leave Chennai battered…December 4 2015

Irrfan Khan: A tale of two Woods…November 27 2015

Paris to shake out gloom through cinema…November 21 2015

Hollywood chases the Bollywood dream…November 13 2105

Yuan, the new Hollywood hero...November 7 2015

Castration for child rapists in India, oh no!…October 30 2015

Japanese cinema gets a boost at Tokyo Film Fest…October 24 2015

Intolerance, thy name is India…October 20 2015

Poor enforcement of traffic laws leads to road deaths…October 15 2015

Murder most foul — and over beef!…October 11 2015

Kolkata’s Chinese live is stateless sorrow…October 7 2015

Apathy and arrogance wrecking India’s heritage…October 4 2015

Jafar Panahi, a symbol of daring cinema…October  2015

Leggings caught in Indian moral issue, what next?…September 29 2015

Indian films start to glorify ex-Khalistan leaders…September 23 2015

Chinese fireworks smoking out India’s Sivakasi…September 21 2015

Is India turning into a “fatwa factory?”…September 18 2015

Life in the time of bans, perilously enslaved…September 15 2015

Tamil film at Venice Fest captures cop cruelty…September 12 2015

Patel row  blow to Modi model of governance…September 1 2015

Getting Dawood remains a fantasy for India…August 28 2015

Manjhi, the man who humbled a mountain…August 24 2015

Man’s best friend turns a rabid foe…August 19 2015

Elephant country turns into killing fields...August 15 2015

Pirating pictures, yo-ho-ho, a bottle of rum…August 10 2015

India’s short ban on porn reflects a medieval mind-set…August 6 2015

Yakub Memon hanged: Can there be times darker than this?...July 30 2015

Terror attack in Punjab brings back memories of bloody times…July 28 2015

A rush to the gallows: India’s Yakub Memon execution…July 25 2015

Will India’s cinema help Salman Khan stay out of jail?…July 22 2015

Mumbai blasts execution: Noose is barbaric, serves no purpose...July 17 2015

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Dickensian tragedy in India…April 28 2011

New spy links to Mumbai carnage…April 22 2011

New ‘Gandhi’ takes on India’s corruption…April 12 2011

Claws are out over India’s tiger resurgence…April 8 2011

Miserly Indians see the light…March 30 2011

Welcome to the scam capital…March 24 2011