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Arijit Bose
Jun 28, 20184 min read
What makes Maghar, PM Modi’s first choice to sound poll bugle for 2019
PM Narendra Damodardas Modi – Courtesy PTI Looking invincible till a year ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suddenly is caught in a...
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Arijit Bose
May 6, 20184 min read
How once Dawood aide Chhota Rajan’s role in meticulously planned Underworld nemesis J Dey̵
Chhota Rajan has been given a life sentence for his role in the murder of journalist J Dey. Jyotirmoy Dey better remembered as J Dey was...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 28, 20184 min read
India’s Godmen in Unholy Mess
Self styled godmen and India’s tryst with spirituality goes back a long way. In the recent past many so called spiritual gurus have been...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 28, 20182 min read
The CJI storm that refuses to die down anytime soon
Even as serious questions are being raised on the independence of the judiciary in India, not surprisingly a political slugfest has...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 28, 20184 min read
Ending decades long animosity Kim Jong Un strikes peace deal with South Korea
Called Mota Kim, Crazy Kim or Missile man, Kim Jong Un has done what not many people would have thought would have happened in the Korean...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 23, 20182 min read
The Last Bite: Cupid had different plans for these two
You never know what cupid has in store for you. He can either play the matchmaker or test you by breaking you down emotionally and then...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 23, 20182 min read
Laced with humour, 102 Not Out is a film that needs to be taken seriously
While 102 Not Out is yet to hit the big screens this summer, it makes an important viewing not just for the old but also for those who...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 22, 20184 min read
Will Yashwant Sinha prove to be BJP’s Achilles heel?
BJP faces strong criticism from all quarters on multiple fronts and its road to 2019 is now turning out to be a very rocky one. Voices...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 19, 20181 min read
#Asifa: Torn Apart
It’s dark and dreadful I have died each day on streets of this great land As I died in rather irksome circumstances Torn apart by people...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 18, 20182 min read
New Asifa fetish on darkweb speaks volumes of India’s Sanskaar
The Asifa story is disturbing at many levels. It is nothing surprising that much like the Jyoti Singh gangrape and consequent death, even...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 12, 20183 min read
1971 युद्ध के एक जाँबाज़ हिन्दुस्तानी जासूस के किरदार में काफ़ी जच रही हैं आलिया भट्ट
आलिया भट्ट का कॉफी वित करन का शो किसे नही याद होगा. उस शो के लिए उन्हे काफ़ी मज़ाक झेलने पड़े थे लेकिन वो उन सब से उभर के एक नायाब नगीना...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 12, 20183 min read
How a local Ramleela changed the life of young Kundan Lal Saigal
In a country where Yo Yo Honey Singh and Badshah are a rage these days, the generation of today has little memory of Kundan Lal Saigal, a...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 9, 20182 min read
Adyaant is about being lonely, psychic and all things dark
Loneliness kills and some even suffer that sinking feeling at a very early age in life. Loosely based on the haunted house in Kolkata’s...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 4, 20183 min read
Starting life at 4 with Leatherface, Bollywood’s Meena Kumari scripted a Cinderella like fairytale
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Born to be a star, Meena Kumari was considered a burden by her parents – Ali Bux and Iqbal Begum –...
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Arijit Bose
Apr 1, 20183 min read
Kapil Mohan, a teetotaller who gave India it’s finest Rum ‘Old Monk’
Imagine a man who never sipped one bit of alcohol but still emerged as a leading force in the liquor business and the first person who...
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Arijit Bose
Mar 31, 20183 min read
Christopher Wylie: The man in the eye of the Facebook Storm
Christopher Wylie’s strange and intriguing path from Canadian political operative to digital soldier to a whistle-blower has been long...
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Arijit Bose
Mar 30, 20183 min read
Rani Mukerji is every student’s idol as Naina Mathur in Hichki
Hiccups aside, Rani Mukerji’s performance is seamless as Naina Mathur in Hichki There are no bad students, there are just bad teachers –...
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Arijit Bose
Mar 25, 20183 min read
Lucknow’s Art Street that goes beyond just Nawabiyat
Imagine a world where Dhyan Chand, Cliff Richard, Atal Behari Vajpayee, Naushad Ali , Trevor Keelor and Mir Taqi Meer all coexisted in...
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Arijit Bose
Mar 23, 20185 min read
Living Tales Exclusive: Scarred but not scared
This slideshow requires JavaScript. It’s a Saturday afternoon and the sun is as bright as a firefly. Amidst the slight breeze that...
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Arijit Bose
Mar 18, 20182 min read
These photos by Lucknow Camera Club speak a thousand words….
This slideshow requires JavaScript. When modernity marries what is slightly old it often brings out a unique blend of creative...
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