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People should beware of stepbrothers spreading rumours about Ladki Bahin: Shinde targets Oppn

People should beware of 'stepbrothers' spreading rumours about 'Ladki Bahin': Shinde targets Oppn

10 Aug 2024 9:30 AM IST
Thane: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde targeted the opposition parties, accusing them of spreading rumours about his government's flagship...
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On that frightful day
"Jallianwala Bagh" | On that frightful day

Author: VN Datta

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

Before Dyer’s arrival, eight speakers, including Abdul Aziz, Dr Gurbax Rai and Rai Ram Singh, had...

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Musicians of Mayhem
"Escaped : True Stories of Indian Fugitives in London" | Musicians of Mayhem

Author: Danish Khan and Ruhi Khan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

The rift between Nadeem and Gulshan was no secret. The cassette king and the reigning musical czars...

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An unvarnished account
"Life in American Politics & Diplomatic Years in India" | An unvarnished account

Author: Richard Celeste

Publisher: Har-Anand Publications

Price: 995

At five am on Wednesday, March 6th, 1985 my phone rang. I picked up immediately. “Governor,” Marvin...

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For a greater good
"Bike Ambulance Dada" | For a greater good

Author: Biswajit Jha

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 250

Now that Karimul had a bike, he was no longer dependent on his cycle to ferry a patient. The bike...

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First signs of trouble
"The Banker Who Crushed His Diamonds" | First signs of trouble

Author: Furquan Moharkan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 350

In September 1957, a Punjabi family in Delhi was blessed with a baby boy—a boy who would go on to...

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On a formidable pulpit
"By Many a Happy Accident" | On a formidable pulpit

Author: M. Hamid Ansari

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 795

Roger Sherman, a founding father of the American Constitution, had observed that ‘if the vice...

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Wakeup call
"Celebrating Small Victories: My Journey Through Two Decades of AIDS Response" | Wakeup call

Author: J.V.R. Prasada Rao

Publisher: Notion Press

Price: 600

The book ‘Celebrating Small Victories: My Journey Through Two Decades of AIDS Response’ traces the...

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Path-breaking decisions
"The Presidential Years: 2012-2017" | Path-breaking decisions

Author: Pranab Mukherjee

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 695

The internal process of decision-making varies from government to government, and PM Modi has...

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Politics of citizenship
"ON CITIZENSHIP" | Politics of citizenship

Author: N Ram, Romila Thapar, Gautam Bhatia and Gautam Patel

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 499

India might have awakened to ‘life and freedom’ at the stroke of the midnight hour separating 14...

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Stories of steel and gunpowder
"The Maharaja of Jodhpur's Guns" | Stories of steel and gunpowder

Author: Robert Elgood

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 4500

The Mehrangarh Museum Trust at Jodhpur has preserved the historic monuments and artefacts of the...

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Painting a picture
"Broken Lines and Rainbows" | Painting a picture

Author: Raja Chakraborty

Publisher: Hawakal Publishers

Price: 350

Raja Chakraborty’s creative repertoire includes verse collections in both English and Bengali. While...

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Crisis on multiple fronts
"Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis" | Crisis on multiple fronts

Author: Arun Kumar

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 499

By mid-March, the government realized that a lockdown had become inevitable to control the spread of...

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All about Marvelous Ms Brosnahan

"The Marvelous Mrs Maisel 3" | All about Marvelous Ms Brosnahan

Director: Amy Sherman-Palladino

Star Cast: Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin Pollak

It must be the law of averages, really, how Season Three pales in comparison to Season two, which in...

A fun on the run

"Jumanji: The Next Level" | A fun on the run

Director: Jake Kasdan

Star Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart

The odd bunch is back again, in the oddest game you have known. Jumanji: The Next Level keeps things...

Laugh while it lasts

"Dream Girl" | Laugh while it lasts

Director: Raaj Shaandilyaa

Star Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Annu Kapoor, Nushrat Bharucha

Put a Bollywood leading man in a woman’s garb, and watch the box-office rock. Kamal Haasan did it in...

Tried and tested formula

"Typewriter" | Tried and tested formula

Director: Sujoy Ghosh

Star Cast: Palomi Ghosh, Samir Kochhar, Kanwaljit Singh

In our childhood days, all of us believed that ghosts do exist. Firming our childhood beliefs and...

Super 30 anything but super

"Super 30" | Super 30 anything but super

Director: Vikas Bahl

Star Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Mrunal Thakur, Pankaj Tripathi

The film is a biopic of Patna-based educationist Anand Kumar (played by Hrithik Roshan), a math wiz...

Kataria’s ‘noble’ debut

"Noblemen" | Kataria’s ‘noble’ debut

Director: Vandana Kataria

Star Cast: Kunal Kapoor, Ali Haji, Mohommad Ali Mir

If I say ‘all boys boarding school’, the first thing which might come to your mind is bullying. And,...

‘Kaafir’ derives power from its political undertones

"Kaafir" | ‘Kaafir’ derives power from its political undertones

Director: Sonam Nair

Star Cast: Dia Mirza, Mohit Raina

Kashmir and its blood-soaked political history renders itself well to cinematic treatment. It is to...

A Shahid canvas

"Kabir Singh" | A Shahid canvas

Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga

Star Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Arjun Bawa

A Hindi remake of the popular Telegu film Arjun Reddy, director Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Kabir Singh,...

A compelling film with social message

"Nakkash" | A compelling film with social message

Director: Zaigham Imam

Star Cast: Inaamulhaq, Sharib Hashmi, Kumud Mishra, Pawan Tiwari, Rajesh Sharma and Gulki Joshi

Religion often creates conflict if not preached and understood properly. Though meant to unite...

‘Criminal Justice’ better than ‘Sacred Games’

"Criminal Justice" | ‘Criminal Justice’ better than ‘Sacred Games’

Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vishal Furia

Star Cast: Vikrant Massey, Pankaj Tripathi, Mita Vashisht, Jackie Shroff and Pankaj Saraswat

Only 15 minutes into this crime drama, and I was hooked. This, despite having seen the BBC series of...

More personal than cricket

"22 Yards" | More personal than cricket

Director: Mitali Ghoshal

Star Cast: Barun Sobti, Amartya Ray, Chaiti Ghoshal, Rajit Kapoor, Panchi Bora, Geetika Tyagi, Rajeev Sharma

22 Yards is a cricket film that’s not actually about cricket. The actual game takes up less than 15...

Nuanced performances elevate this narrative

"The Wife" | Nuanced performances elevate this narrative

Director: Bjorn Runge

Star Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Alix Wilton Regan, Elizabeth McGovern

Swedish director Bjorn Runge’s The Wife, written by Jane Anderson from Meg Wolitzer’s novel of the...

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