Seventy years after Mohandas Gandhi died, people have come to recognise his assassination (or the argued causes behind it) as a fault-line between competing ideas of modern India. Gandhi’s assassination still has a bearing, not only on Hindu-Muslim relations and the “Secularism vs Hindutva” debate, but also on the very nature of what it means to be a Hindu in the 21st Century. However, bitter disputes on all these issues […]

As a professional, if I am too saintly, work will not happen. Is anger the path for me? We always use the word “professional” in the context of saying that someone did something without any emotion – someone did just what is needed. When someone is just doing what he is trained to do, where is the room for anger or anything else? It is good to function as an […]

Hackers are misusing Google’s DoubleClick ad platform on YouTube to access users’ computers to mine cryptocurrency, security research firm Trend Micro reported on Friday. The firm reported that the number of Coinhive web minor detections had grown three-fold through a malvertising campaign. “We discovered that advertisements found on high-traffic sites not only used Coinhive (detected by Trend Micro as JS_COINHIVE.GN), but also a separate web miner that connects to a […]

For 47-year-old BSF jawan Dara Singh marching on the Rajpath for a record 18th time today, it is just a small tribute to his namesake and the iconic wrestler. Singh, who first put his foot on the historic road in the national capital on January 26, 1996, is addressed as “Chacha” and “Sir” by the greenhorn troopers of various marching contingents from the paramilitary and defence forces. The head constable […]

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President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday addressed the nation for the first time on the eve of 69th Republic Day of India. During his address President Kovind thanked every citizen of the country for their self-less service to India. President spoke in favour of equal and just society. “A happy and equal-opportunity nation is built by happy and equal-opportunity families and communities. Families where girls have the same rights and […]

The official teaser for the Ram Charan-Samantha starrer Rangasthalam was released on Wednesday. Finally, the makers have released the teaser just now with Ram Charan playing Chitti Babu in the film. Directed by Sukumar, the film is a Telugu period drama, where Ram Charan plays a simple villager. The teaser gives an intriguing peek into a place which calls a hearing-impaired engineer, ‘sound engineer’. Apart from Ram Charan and Samantha […]

Historians call Afghanistan the graveyard of empires. In future, they may label it the training ground of Indian statecraft. Avinash Paliwal’s book on Indian policy towards Afghanistan describes how, despite being dealt a poor hand by geography, military capacity and excessive caution, New Delhi has been able to remain a Great Game player for two decades. If the yardstick is ensuring a pro-Pakistani regime does not rule in Kabul, India […]

In an age where travel has become a thing, it would seem there are very few destinations which are unexplored or unheard of in the world. However, as they say, the power of nature is incomprehensible. The world is full of hidden places which are yet to be overrun by tourists or are yet to be featured in international travel guides. These gems of hidden natural treasure are some of […]

If you’re an urban adult in India, it’s hard not to have an Old Monk memory. After all, the rum brand marketed by Mohan Meakins, whose former managing director Kapil Mohan died on January 6, has acquired legendary status. To wash down individual memories of Old Monk, here is a short film from 2015, valorising the brand, titled Monk (above). Starring Sanjay Mishra and Jeetu Shastri, the film is a […]