Those who don't like it are free not to watch it: MoS SP Singh Baghel on 'Adipurush'The Union minister of state for health and family welfare was in Bhadohi to attend a programme on the completion of nine years of the Naren...
20 Jun, 2023, 04.19 PM IST
'Adipurush' faces protests across India, ban in Nepal; earns Rs 340 cr in 3 daysProtests against multilingual retelling of the Ramayana, "Adipurush," have led to a ban of all Hindi films in Nepal. The film, now shown in...
20 Jun, 2023, 01.41 PM IST
Nagula Chavithi 2022 on October 28th: Know significance, greetings and why it's celebratedMarried women offer puja on Nagula Chavithi to appease the serpents so that they don't harm their children. The festival is celebrated in A...
28 Oct, 2022, 10.01 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh cleric Tauqeer Raza calls for 'jail bharo' agitationThe cleric also took aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that if the PM like 'Dhritarashtra' (the blind king in the epic Mahabharat...
22 Apr, 2022, 11.57 AM IST
Origins of Nepotism: Decoding the fine print of business family successionsThese days, business families are including their daughters in the family businesses. Yet on careful observation, one notices that the son ...
09 Jul, 2021, 11.18 PM IST
View: What the last-meal ritual for prisoners tells us about lifeThe ritual of trying to make a condemned prisoner last meal slightly special seems to be followed, in some way, around the world. It is not...
15 Mar, 2020, 11.13 AM IST
View: The sacred balance of powerThe balancing force always came through spiritual authorities. It was the job of a prophet or a priest, who had direct access to God. The c...
06 Mar, 2020, 11.45 PM IST
Deb was not being daffy about ducksBiplab Deb's famous assertion on internet existing in ancient India has led all his subsequent observations to be treated with great scepti...
29 Aug, 2018, 10.34 PM IST
Biplab Deb's word of wisdom: Oxygen levels will ‘automatically’ rise in water bodies if ducks swim in themThe chief minister also said that the government was planning to distribute 50,000 ducklings to villagers whose homes are near water bodies...
28 Aug, 2018, 05.39 PM IST
Dinesh Sharma's journalism remark inspired by RSS belief?Sharma, who has a Ph.D. in Psychology, started his political career as a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing...
03 Jun, 2018, 01.59 PM IST
The myth and reality of India's heritageWhile politicians shoot their mouths off, passing off fabulous fiction as pure fact, there are other genuine causes for pride in India's he...
21 Apr, 2018, 11.56 PM IST
More than what meets the eye! Is SS Rajamouli raising deeper societal issues through 'Baahubali'?The two 'Baahubali' films explore and represent politics, political ideologies & rules of governance at various levels.
07 May, 2017, 10.16 AM IST
Lalu Prasad calls PM Narendra Modi 'Dhritarashtra' over his silence on Dadri lynchingLalu also defended his controversial comments on the beef row, asserting he had merely said that some Hindus too ate beef when they went ou...
05 Oct, 2015, 08.15 PM IST
Saviour of yogaIyengar was the embodiment of compassion with his all-too-ready laugh and jokes which he made with stinging slaps rapidly delivered to your...
21 Aug, 2014, 05.35 AM IST
I am not Dhritharashtra, responded Bal Thackeray during Raj Thackeray faceoffAfter Raj left the party, the Sena boss had asserted that he was not saddened by his exit. But a day later he said those who have left the ...
17 Nov, 2012, 08.53 PM IST
- Team Anna's Kiran Bedi describes Manmohan Singh as 'Dhritarashtra'
Bedi invoked the character of the blind king in the Mahabharata to attack Singh to allege that his 'tainted team' will not give a strong cr...
11 Jun, 2012, 03.29 AM IST
- Bedi likens PM to Dhritarashtra, Khurshid warns against personal campaign
Kiran Bedi today likened Manmohan Singh to Dhritarashtra of Mahabharata to attack him on the issue of corruption.
10 Jun, 2012, 09.14 PM IST