An open letter to Kashmiris – Times of India

“The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.” –Prophet Muhammad Dear Kashmiri brothers and sisters, It is easy to pontificate from a secure perch. While you have been forced to stay indoors, cut off from the world as internet is down, phones are off and curfew is on, I […]

Keerthy Suresh bags National award for Mahanati – Telugu Cinema

It was an epitome of performance, said a critic, when Keerthy Suresh starrer Mahanati was released. Indeed it was. The actress essayed the role of yester year actress Savitri in the biopic Mahanati. Keerthy Suresh has won the best actress National award for this film. The award winners list is being announced. Ayushmann Khurrana and […]

Ghulam Nabi Azad Stopped At Srinagar Airport, May Be Sent Back – NDTV News

New Delhi:  Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad was stopped at Srinagar airport today after he landed in the city, which has been on a security lockdown since midnight Sunday to head off trouble over the centre’s big decisions to end special status under Article 370 and to split the state into two union territories. “He […]

Sushma Swaraj funeral; latest updates: Ex-minister cremated with State honours in Delhi as top NDA leaders bid farewell – Firstpost

Sushma Swaraj funeral; LATEST updates: Former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has been cremated with State honours at Lodhi Crematorium in Delhi. Top dignitaries and others who came to the crematorium to pay their respects are now vacating the premises. Sushma Swaraj’s mortal remains have been brought to the Lodhi crematorium in Delhi from the BJP […]

‘New India’ at the Cost of a Partition – The Wire

This is that time of year when memories of Partition come alive. When the violence and trauma of that vivisection visit us as a reminder, a warning. Habitually, we say, “Never again.” Yet, barely a fortnight before this Independence Day, a state within independent India was partitioned without the consent or knowledge of its citizens. […]

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