Nuanced family dramas from across the border break the monotony of Indian soap operas on television

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

The rise of vegetarian terrorism

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 Rashtrapati Bhavan is shedding its imperial attitude and opening its splendid doors to hoi polloi. On the eve of the second anniversary of the Pranab Mukherjee presidency, Open takes a tour of the House that is changing

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

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