Life, Leisure, Letters
Dadlani SLAPPed
The case of music composer Vishal Dadlani, whom the Supreme Court recently refused relief, has highlighted, for the nth time,...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 08 Sep 2016, 09:08Time to sack AFI autocrats
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has not covered itself in glory by defaming and maligning marathoner O.P. Jaisha. The...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 24 Aug 2016, 02:16Modi should rein in Sri Sri, Ramdev
The abuse-and-accuse strategy, which has delivered rich dividends to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has found favor with several men, including...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 20 Aug 2016, 10:18Let Amnesty expose itself
The Narendra Modi regime and the Sangh Parivar may find it odd but their excessive zeal to combat ‘anti-national’ elements...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 19 Aug 2016, 01:12Independence Day and content of freedom
Busy celebrating the 69th Independence Day, India tends to ignore a disturbing reality: the sphere of liberty is incessantly shrinking—and,...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 15 Aug 2016, 11:20Act against Naik, not liberty
We, the people of India, claim to have become free on August 15, 1947. Over the years, however, we have...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jul 2016, 10:54Moral equivalence—tool to shield Naik
Almost every terror attack is followed with some kind of deception by the apologists for Islamism and, of course, by...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 10 Jul 2016, 10:15Udta Punjab: Power of art sans message
Abhishek Chaubey’s Udta Punjab is about depravity and redemption, despair and hope, the omnipotence of venality and the heroism of...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 20 Jun 2016, 12:27Nihalani’s jihad against creativity
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap should be lauded for taking on Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) Chairman Pahlaj Nihalani over his...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 09 Jun 2016, 11:24In defence of a vulgar comedian
The reaction of the political class and many others against Tanmay Bhat’s video is a testimony to India’s puerility. A...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 31 May 2016, 01:11