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Jal review: A beautiful looking but largely unwatchable film

All in all, Jal is a beautiful-looking but largely unwatchable film, one that aspires to be a work of art but fails in some of the most basic aspects of filmmaking.

Déjà vu in Pakistan: Decoding Musharraf’s 'safe passage' to Saudi Arabia

It is déjà vu in Pakistan’s theatre of the absurd again as Musharraf finds himself in a snake pit having been indicted by a special court.

How the Modi, Khobragade factor resulted in Powell's resignation

Few US ambassadors in India would have had such a disastrous tenure as Powell’s two-year stint in New Delhi has proven to be.

Why Nancy Powell's exit can help India-US rebuild relations

US ambassador Nancy Powell’s resignation is the first real indication that Washington has woken up and is starting to smell the “chai.”

Noah review: Aronofsky’s Biblical epic is long and flawed

Aside from its wear-and-tear, Noah suffers from the classic ‘too much of one thing, not enough of the other’ problem.

Forget personalities, why aren't we debating party manifestos

Why don't we talk about NDA's manifesto vs UPA manifesto vs AAP manifesto (which by the way does not exist because their committees could not come up with any policies).

Not just BJP, Sri Ram Sene: Medieval mindsets cut across parties

My point is that medieval mindsets cut across parties and if you're going to castigate politicians for it, reprimand them all.

Sharad Pawar's call to vote twice is fraud, not humour

Pawar will have to explain himself. The Election Commission should do so too, for the sanctity of the voters’ list is quite eroded.

Narendra Modi or not, opportunistic politics will govern India

In some ways the UPA had ceased being 'progressive', the quaint term used to allude to leftism, after the exit of the Communists.

Social revolution: When the ex-cook sends that Facebook request

There's a social revolution brewing across class lines. What does one do when the DHL courier guy, the cook, the chauffeur start sending friend requests on social media?

For young India, Virat Kohli is 'the man'

In every era of Indian cricket, there has been ‘the man’ – the one the team turns too, the one the lovers of cricket just cannot avoid watching.

Who was Paulino Alcantara, the man whose record Messi broke?

Alcantara’s 369 goals for the Catalan club meant he’d stayed atop Barcelona’s goal-scoring charts for eighty-seven years, until Lionel Messi overtook the legendary striker when he notched his 370th goal in a Blaugrana shirt when his club smashed Osasuna for seven.

Ragini MMS 2 review: Sunny Leone's sex bomb routine can't save film

Watching Ragini MMS 2 feels like being caned and then ordered by your teacher to kneel down on the floor, because you made the mistake of giving money to the first movie.

Lakshmi review: Nagesh Kukunoor's film on trafficking is just offensive

A rare, powerful story of how a young girl was able to get justice for herself has been turned into a film that tries to cash in on India’s surging interest in women’s rights and violence against women.

Missing Malaysian plane: Why a 9/11-type India-centric hijacking is not plausible

No terror outfit in the world has a proven capability of dealing with such complex avionics.

Why the judicial system's fear of mobs is frightening

I do not understand what collective conscience is and how it is to be measured for extreme or moderate revulsion.

Bewakoofiyaan more than just a love story, says director Nupur Asthana

This week’s release, Bewakoofiyaan, is Nupur Asthana’s sophomore directorial effort. Her first film was the teenybopper rom-com Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge. Here are excerpts from an interview.

Modi's mentors: KK Shastri, the scholar who helped save the Gujarati language

KK Shastri was one of the greatest scholars of the Gujarati language. Shastri also led the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Gujarat, and died in 2006 at the age of 101

Why is the media blatantly targeting AAP and Kejriwal?

News outlets are judgemental, and adversely so, when it comes to the AAP.

When it comes to Modi as PM, the West can't preach to India

Because Modi represents an Indian identity, a unification of interests of weaker sections, a religion agnostic government, these people are afraid they won't win any longer in preaching to us that India is all about casteism, corruption and filth.

Open letter to AAP from a fence sitter: Why should I vote for you?

What will AAP do in a post poll scenario? Will it support the Congress, the BJP or will it go for a re-election?

Why has 'spineless' Gavaskar suddenly found his mojo?

One needs a perspective to understand why this 'spineless' man suddenly found his so called 'mojo'.

Hate Modi but what other option do Muslims in India have?

I have never been able to fathom what makes the Gujarat riots so different from the hundreds that India has seen over the past decades.

Kejriwal leaked video: Even a live telecast can be fixed

Just because this interview was telecast live doesn't mean it cannot be fixed!

Reading Narendra Modi: Pity a PM candidate is so full of himself

It is not easy to swallow the idea that someone so full of petty bombast is the prime ministerial candidate of the party most likely to win the next election.

India's latest conservation fix: dehorn rhinos, deport leopards

Assam minister mulls cutting off rhino horns to save them from poachers. Maharashtra lawmakers seek removal of all leopards from Mumbai's Aarey colony to resolve conflict.

Gulaab Gang review: Juhi Chawla, from crush to crushing disappointment

As Sumitra Devi, Chawla’s idea of appearing menacing is to continuously arch her eyebrows and smile sardonically, like she's a mixture of Aamir Khan and Jack Nicholson.

After one 'interrogation', why is Rahul meeting the press off-record?

What should be interesting is the reason why Rahul Gandhi is meeting journalists but off the record.

From AAP to BJP: Protest politics is a case of serpent eating its own tail

Intellectuals, writers and commentators, who embraced the A-word to denounce AAP forgot it completely when Reddy, Kumar and Chouhan used the tool of dharna to express similar angst.

Modi's Mentors: Anantrao Kale, who gifted Gujarat many a school

Narendra Modi writes in this chapter of Juotipunj of Anantrao Kale, the educationist who set up many schools in Gujarat. Modi spent the mid-70s working with Kale to ensure the Janata Party's win after the Emergency, only to be disappointed by their subsequent attack on the RSS.