'The Way' written by Kristen Wolf reimagines the story of Jesus with a woman in the central role.
The Anna Hazare movement is powered by a new middle class that does not care for old-world democratic ideals and constitutional niceties.
Inspired by his fast and the consequent arrest, thousands of Indians felt that Anna was their voice, so they took the song from the Hero commercial, and overlaid it on a montage of images of Anna and the protest images.
We're a nation of convenient democrats who believe certain protests are more legitimate than others, and that the 'bad' kind of dissent poses a danger to democracy itself. Hazare is just the latest target of this double-standard.
Aarakshan is taking on the touchy subject of reservations in India. The US has its own program of affirmative action for minorities. A Dalit activist in the US says there's a key difference between the two.
Anna Hazare might have a bit of Gandhi complex. But by detaining him before his fast, the UPA government has played into his hands. They've turned him into the last Gandhian standing which makes them the British sarkar.
The Times of India rewarded its readers with a six-page reprint of its historic August 15, 1947 edition. Contemplating this mini time capsule, Lakshmi Chaudhry asks herself: have we come a long way, baby? Or just the wrong way?
Every August 15 we have a tryst with the famous speech Nehru made 64 years ago. It is the speech we use to measure ourselves against. And each time it tells us something more about who we have become.
When it comes to the crunch, I would rather stand with Anna Hazare than anyone else in the motley crowd of corrupt politicians whose moral bankruptcy is sought to be hidden in constitutional niceties.
Despite the king cobra being the world’s largest venomous snake, only two people are known to have died from its bite in Karnataka in 20 years. We have to remove venomous snakes but is there a humane way to do this?
Aarakshan has all the self-importance of a "message" film but it tells us nothing we didn't already know says Avirook Sen. But there is a portrait in the film which says more than all the dialogue its actors spout.
It is an Indian tragedy that we don't recognise our true heroes even if they were served to us on a plate with watercress around them, as PG Wodehouse would put it. We celebrate Arjuna, and not Karna.
The British PM called for government to have the power to shut down social media services in times of violence. It is time to stand up and protect us from Cameron and his cronies’ crass stupidity.
Firstpost writer Anant Rangaswami says there are times when one must acknowledge that all is not well, like Queen Elizabeth did in 1992, and that the PM should do now – the past year has been India’s Annus Horriblis.
How can extreme suffering be so commonplace if there is a God who knows everything, who is all-powerful and also compassionate? Respected mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik offers answers that intrigue and surprise.
Astrologers are conducting a ritual they say will help them understand the will of the God with regards to the treasure inside the vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple.
How can extreme suffering be so commonplace if there is a God who knows everything, who is all-powerful and also compassionate? We put these and other spiritual questions to renowned spiritual scholar and Gandhian Maulana Wahiduddin Khan.
Yesterday's ideas are very much with us. We believe in government, democracy, and obsolete ideas for the wrong reasons.
Vaseline’s communication partner, BBH India, had already been working hard on communicating the versatility and multiple benefits of the product and Vaughan’s comments gave them the perfect opportunity to set the record straight.
The Lokpal Bill has turned into the great Indian melodrama. But in hoping that the furore will die down and we will return to business as usual, the Congress might be writing its own obituary. They have not understood the moral force of Anna Hazare.
How can extreme suffering be so commonplace if there is a God who knows everything, who is all-powerful and also compassionate? Arun Shourie examines Gandhi's answers to this key question of faith, and finds his answers inadequate and unintentionally cruel.
The oldest purveyor of pulp romance has always remained current and relevant; its changing heroines marking the transformation of female fantasy over a century. Too bad its Indian incarnation remains stuck in time warp.
The Supreme Court might be accused of being an activist court. But perhaps it could be a little more active instead. The Supreme Court of India is one of the most vacation-happy in the world. But it does not have to be that way.
Over the years, media has consistently manipulated photographic evidence to make it work in their favour. Photoshop will always rule the roost as long we remain obsessed with scandal, beauty, and celebrities.
When the market crashes, the pessimism seems to be far, far, greater than the corresponding optimism for markets going up by a similar percentage.
Gurgaon is a poster-town built on the idea of insulation: Gates, guards, tinted glass, private water and power supply, rights of admission reserved. But the villagers are getting ready to storm those gates, no longer willing to be shut out.
But some politicians are loathed more than others, inspiring an incandescent, outsized rage. Sonia Gandhi is certainly one of them, but why?
Spiderman's costume is still red and blue. But under that mask, the new Spidey is half-black and half-Mexican. Call it the Obama-effect or just political correctness, but the new avatar of the superhero has some outraged Americans climbing the walls.
If news television in India is to survive, it needs to worry, as Kerry Packer did, about what the viewer wants, not what the channel wants.
It is not Obama who is a failure but the US political system which is beginning to devour itself. Obama's real problem: He's black, Democrat, and President of the United States.