Life, Leisure, Letters
In defence of Gajendra Chauhan
The 40 alumni of the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), who have extended their support to the...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 19 Jun 2015, 01:44Enemies of reason try to SLAPP Swamy
The issuance of a non-bailable warrant against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy by an Assam court is an assault on...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 03 Jun 2015, 02:43Bravo, Anupam Kher!
In a country where film stars and other celebrities wallow in platitudes and politically correct claptrap, it is indeed...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Apr 2015, 03:29Filmmakers, say no to message
How many messages the people of a country can be burdened with? This is a question worth pondering over....
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 08 Apr 2015, 02:39Sacrifice: The bane of India
We, the people of India, have been conditioned to believe that tyaag or sacrifice is a great virtue. The...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 25 Mar 2015, 02:13Freedom screams: Repeal Section 66A
A school student allegedly maligns the image of senior Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Azam...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 20 Mar 2015, 03:25India’s Daughter and India’s pathology
India’s reaction to India’s Daughter, the BBC documentary on the Nirbhaya gang-rape, has been a mix of sanctimoniousness, chauvinism,...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 07 Mar 2015, 09:59Muslim woman scribe persecuted: Jinhe naaz hai secularism par wo kahaan hain?
Shirin Dalvi, who was the Mumbai bureau chief of the Urdu daily Avadhnama till two weeks ago, has lost...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 03 Feb 2015, 02:08PK and the truth about Hindu-Muslim marriages
The movie PK is in the news for a number of reasons. Some saffron outfits have complained that it...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 15 Jan 2015, 08:43Haider: Hamlet without the prince
Jesus cautioned the faithful about the menace of charlatans, saying “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 15 Jan 2015, 08:31