Bangladesh has erupted in massive secular protests demanding justice against Islamists who unleashed mass murder and rape during the liberation war
Syed Zain Al-Mahmood Dhaka
MARCH 2013
MARCH 2013
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If the government does not do something quickly enough, the slowdown evident through the falling growth rate will become so severe that it might trigger a cycle of social pain and mass unrest
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
Fixing a broken economy with an eye on the 2014 elections is a tough call
Hardnews Bureau Delhi
Sexually assaulted for 40 days continuously, by 42 men: After 17 long years, will this epic tale of injustice ever end?
Arathi PM Delhi/Kasaragod (Kerala)
At 105, Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan, recently awarded the Padma Bhushan, is the oldest performer in Hindustani music
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
Kamal Haasan’s new film Vishwaroopam recently became a victim of the growing intolerance in the country.Hardnews spoke to Atul Tiwari, a leading theatre artist and scriptwriter who co-wrote Vishwaroopam with Haasan
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
The slick thriller tries to look at terrorism from both viewpoints — that of the patriot-fighter and patriot-terrorist. In every episode, your notions of the myth of heroism keep taking a 360 degree turn
Sonali Ghosh Sen Kolkata
Eminent journalist Seema Mustafa speaks about her new book and the Rightwing-communal shift in Indian politics
Sadiq Naqvi and Souzeina Mushtaq Delhi
Will tigers live to see the end of the 21st century? Will the forests of India? Will the natural world? Will Indian cultures?
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In an exclusive interview, the External Affairs Minister calls for a more responsible media
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
Redressing investor-related concerns and restoring lustre to the India growth story will take a lot more time than UPA II has at its disposal
N Chandra Mohan Delhi
While the rich splurge on real estate, luxury cars and private jets, is crony capitalism dictating tax policies?
MR Sivaraman Chennai
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The Bangladesh upsurge is a watershed moment in the life of South Asian Islam which is accommodating, deeply secular and has enriched the culture of this region. Can Pakistan see a Shahbag?
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Narendrabhai has Arjuna-like clarity of vision. Narendrabhai literally is the lord of men, a leader among leaders and the king among kings. Let me attempt to paint another picture: October 2, 1869, Porbandar, Gujarat — the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the father of the nation; October 31, 1875, Nariyal, Gujarat — the birth of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India’s man of steel; December 28, 1932, Chorwad, Gujarat — the birth of Dhirubhai Ambani, India’s greatest entrepreneur; and September 17, 1950, Vadnagar, Gujarat — the birth of Narendra Modi.
When I first arrived in Vienna, way back in 1982, I made a beeline for the city office of Solidarity. At that time the popularity of Lech Walesa, founder of Solidarity two years earlier in Poland, was at its peak. Not much was known about eastern European countries in those days. It was extremely difficult for people of those countries to travel abroad and foreigners found it almost impossible to visit. But there was so much to know about what was going on in that closed country. The question was how?
7 am: Wrote a spot of poetry. It’s absolute rubbish, as always, but people will buy anything written by me. They adore me. Poetry apart, if I could publish all the fiction I order my state officials to write as statistics, I would instantly knock ChetanBhagat off the bestseller lists. Sweet boy, though. I love people who adore me.