Mainstream audiences will be none the wiser about India’s fastest-disappearing community after seeing this nepo movie
The presumptive innocence of women and the fuzzy definition of children has exposed to Hamas and other terrorists the soft underbelly of their enemies
The world has to understand the motivations of both sides and then decide what to demand from them
India singlehandedly looked after 10 million refugees from East Pakistan back in 1971; there is no need to panic unduly about the 2023 Gaza crisis
The continued rocket launches from Gaza towards Israel and the move to stop civilians from moving southward shows Hamas puts its Islamist ideology over the wellbeing of its own families
By ‘sparing’ people the horror of seeing what Hamas did to defenceless civilians, is the validity of the Israeli reaction being undermined? Or is Israel robbing Hamas of its ‘glory’ by depriving it of its images of terror?
The pushback to the Khalistan agenda in Canada cannot only come from India. The Indian-Canadian diaspora as a whole — the 7.7 lakh Sikhs plus 8.3 lakh Hindus, minus Khalistanis — should also clarify where it stands
One hopes Trudeau used his extra hours in India to understand this country better and figure out why he was cold-shouldered in New Delhi despite his boyish charm and impeccable pedigree
Indians need to deal with their love for tomatoes more pragmatically, if only for the sake of their pockets
Tarla Dalal, who wrote over 100 books and hosted TV shows, was more than what was portrayed on screen
The discovery of the Berenike Buddha should lead to new research about the deep influence of faiths from India in the Graeco-Roman world too, instead of only in regions in eastern Asia
It is time Indians realise their folly and explore India’s traditional foods rather retain or adopt aspirational diets from elsewhere
The predicted change in government after the 2024 general elections may not lead to a less libatious Downing Street or Whitehall. Maybe if teetotaller Rishi Sunak wins his own mandate, there may be some real change
In May, PM Narendra Modi exhorted the desi diaspora in Sydney to get his Australian counterpart to taste chaat and jalebis. In Washington DC, he can persuade the Bidens to try desi food, though not necessarily 'Modiji Thali'
Why this unapologetically Indian Parliament building, redolent of traditional symbols of good governance and righteousness, is timely and symbolic