The topic then quickly changes to the quirky quotes used in our various native hinterlands and in cities too, with a smattering of English thrown in. How about the phrase “Aapne aap ko Colgate s...

Ukraine is no walkover and the longer the war persists, the more will it bleed Russia, former Indian foreign secretary Krishnan Srinivasan said on Sunday. “Ukraine is no walkover. The Russians ...

The perception among many in India about Muslims being “backward and unsophisticated” pertains largely to the country’s north, which witnessed large-scale migration of educated Musli...

A session called “Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh”, featuring Shrayana Bhattacharya and Paroma Roy Chowdhury, supposed to have been a part of Day Five (Saturday) of Tata Steel Kolkata L...

All Indians are migrants and the racial purity of Aryans is a myth, a session on Day Five of the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet (Kalam), held in association with the Victoria Memorial Hall and The T...

Mallika Sarabhai, dancer, activist and daughter of scientist Vikram Sarabhai, said her father had serious differences with nuclear physicist Homi Bhabha but they never turned acrimonious, something th...

If an adult joke was a taboo for comedians in the past, the red flags of the present are politics and religion. Cyrus Broacha, comedian, anchor, podcaster and columnist, and fellow comedian and autho...

The feudal lord of the 1930s to obsessed young lover of 90s, the evolution of Indian on-screen villains was dissected at a city auditorium on Wednesday. GD Birla Sabhagar was the venue of Day Two of ...

Ekanath Padmanabhan Unny and Rahul DaCunha discussed RK Laxman’s legacy on his centenary at a session titled An UnCommon Man on Day 2 of the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet, held in association...