What sets her apart, says Vidya Balan, is her need to grab roles that demand what few others can deliver

In the big bad world, it is again the Russian who happens to be the biggest baddie

While the Supreme Court has issued notices to states and union territories seeking their views on legalising passive euthanasia, the families of comatose patients Shruti, Najma and Amit refuse to even discuss the issue. They think they are being unjust to their loved ones

Nuts over Dates • Feuding Filmstars • The Price of Lechery

As rebellion erupts and resentment grows in Congress, the leader is out of sight as usual. A party sliding deeper into irrelevance

The Modi model of governance has banished power brokers and set in motion a new work culture. The inside story

How Bollywood’s Punjabi inflection unifies India

...And the Modi Government is all set for discreet hiring of potential candidates from schools and colleges. The new frontier of national security

The rise of vegetarian terrorism

Smart marketing has turned cider into a cool drink for a new generation. Toddy makers could learn a thing or two from this apple beverage’s success

How the novelist in her simplistic rhetoric on caste got Gandhi wrong

The IB report on NGOs brings out the battle between the state and nature