After brazen heist targeting Venezuela's President Maduro, US unlikely to back off on Iran

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- In 2009, a young official from the US Department of State visited Tehran. At that time, Iran was in ferment. Ahmadinejad was the President of the Islamic nation-a principlist and... Read More

Legendary singer Suman Kalyanpur: One of India's Most Beloved Voices, Padma Bhushan awardee.

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Remember Shammi Kapoor's carefree, flamboyant, high-energy moves, and Mumtaz's cabaret/jazz-infused dance in 'Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche' (Brahmachari, 1968)? Mohammed Raf... Read More

Legendary singer Suman Kalyanpur- whose similarity with Lata's voice became her curse

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Remember Shammi Kapoor's carefree, flamboyant, high-energy moves, and Mumtaz's cabaret/jazz-infused dance in 'Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche' (Brahmachari, 1968)? Mohammed Raf... Read More

Regime change in Venezuela and the crisis of global order

New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- The US capture of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their official residence in Caracas in a military raid has sent shockwaves around the worl... Read More

Remembering Indian poet and Hindi film lyricist Qamar Jalalabadi on his death anniversary, January 9.

New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- "Jagat narayan ko chhod ke santo, nagad narayan ke hain sab yaaram; While the song had salience to my work as a taxman, its popularity (it ranked 4th in the 1971 Binaca Geetmala ... Read More

Not long after Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, a private song was released in 1948- "Suno Suno Ae Duniya Waalon Bapu Ki Ye Amar Kahani"

New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- The death of Mahatma Gandhi came as a jolt to the film industry as well. As a mark of tribute, this song was conceived. It required the composing genius of a composing duo, the l... Read More

India Breaks the Backlog: For the First Time, Clears More POCSO Cases Than It Files

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- For the first time, India has disposed of more POCSO cases in a year than were registered, marking a historic shift in the country's long battle with judicial backlog. In 2025, 8... Read More

Dharmendra: The Eternal Hero Who Stole India's Heart

New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- I first met Dharmendra in May 1992. I had just been posted to Bombay, and a friend-cum-batchmate, whose family was related to Dharmendra, took me one Sunday to his Juhu bungalow ... Read More

Is India Election Commission Protecting Democracy - Or Undermining It?

New Delhi, Nov. 16 -- This contradiction forms the heart of our present democratic crisis. On one hand, the opposition denounces the Commission as partial; on the other, it willingly walks into elect... Read More

What Happens Next in Bihar

New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- What has left the political class befuddled is trying to make sense of this unusually high voter turnout. Is it driven by anti-incumbency against Nitish Kumar's coalition governm... Read More