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How does one do a retrospective of someone still seething with creative energy—and fills our spaces like very few other people? Amitabh Bachchan is turning 80, a moment for us to pause in reflection and wonder. For a cinema-besotted nation, the magic

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How two states slipped out of the Congress under Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘observation’, while a third one is on the line By Kaushik Deka The Karnataka Congressman’s record at crisis management is not very impressive https://bit.ly/3yivyIj Who won the la

IDFC FIRST Bank was created by the merger of IDFC Bank and Capital First in early 2019, and we were an early stage bank. Our Bank, though highly respected, was not very well known at that stage. In one of our discussions, we came up with the idea of

Rupee against the US dollar on Sept. 28, 2021 Rupee against the US dollar on Sept. 28, 2022 (a record low) India’s forex reserves as on Sept. 3, 2021 (a record high) India’s forex reserves as on Sept. 23, 2022 What FPIs have pulled out from the India

• To encourage youth towards sports, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has conferred cricketer Rishabh Pant as brand ambassador of Uttarakhand.• For the budding sports persons, Mukhymantri Udayiman Khiladi Unnayen Vojana has been launched under whic

If there is one entity that has benefited from the Yogi Adityanath government’s push for religious tourism, it is the hitherto innocuous Dharmarth Karya Vibhaag (religious affairs department) of the Uttar Pradesh administration. Set up in 1985, it wa

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s imprint was evident in the nationwide crackdown on the Popular Front of India (PFI), and the appointment of Lt Gen. Anil Chauhan as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). If PFI was most active in the former IPS

If conducting surprise midnight checks on government hospitals was not enough, Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, who also holds the health portfolio, has now started responding to Twitter messages by common citizens seeking hospital beds. He is not onl

The Eknath Shinde-led T Maharashtra government may have recently transferred 44 babus in its first major reshuffle after wresting power in June, but it had deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis’s stamp all over. He not only got the controversial retired bureau

↘ THE DRIVING LOGIC: The BJP in 2019 got about 38 per cent votes nationwide. This means 62 per cent of the electorate still voted against the BJP. The idea is to consolidate these voters as much as possible ↘ TARGET BJP IN THEIR STRONG AREAS: 262 of

↘ The mahagathbandhan has to make good on their poll promises. To project Bihar as a governance success before 2024, Nitish must move towards the creation of two million jobs that he promised on August 15 ↘ There has to be greater coordination betwee

↘ The BJP is a force to reckon with and the opposition still appears to be a divided lot ↘ Till now, the opposition hasn’t projected a charismatic leader to take on PM Modi ↘ Opposition unity is a vexed question. Leaders like Om Prakash Chautala, Suk

Seldom in the annals of Indian public life has an individual garnered so much respect and adoration as Amitji has done in his long, eventful career as a film artist and public figure. From his days when he assumed a screen persona of an ‘angry young

He’s one of the most versatile actors in history. An iconic figure. He defines the word ‘stardom’. He’s one of a kind. Simply put, THE. GREATEST. OF. ALL. TIME. Amitabh Bachchan is to Hindi movies what Michael Jordan is to basketball. Sure, it’s a lo

I was one of the very few in the industry who could see and appreciate the immense talent in this young actor, even as his films were not doing well. There was Raaste ka Patthar (1972), a flop—I think besides its producer, I must have been the only o

It was close to 4 am, but there were still a few people left with enough energy to keep dancing at the party. Amitabh Bachchan and I were among those still shaking our legs. It was his brother’s marriage party at a Mumbai hotel. Then, I suddenly noti

I know of no other 80-year-old who goes through the grind of recording an elaborate, high-intensity show like Kaun Banega Crorepati with such zest. Whatever his health issues, tiredness from long hours, stresses and strains of being an uber public fi

I grew up in a family that wasn’t obsessed with movies. But we knew that Amitabh Bachchan is a name that’s synonymous with Hindi cinema. I was only one Hindi film old when Pink (2016, right) came my way. More than celebrating being a part of it, I wa

People talk about his angry young man persona and his comic flair but it’s a scene in Dostana (right) where he’s teasing Zeenat Aman that, for me, is the essence of Amitabh Bachchan—sarcasm delivered with a poker face. For me, he is more special than

Mr Bachchan is a hermit…a monk. His destinations are his characters. He travels and lives those parts just the way we live in our homes…safe, with a deep sense of belonging. And yet he doesn’t remain in that place. He is constantly, film after film,

70,000 men 65 battalions ↘ Romeo Force in Rajouri and Poonch ↘ Delta Force in Doda ↘ Victor Force in Pulwama, Badgam and Anantnag ↘ Kilo Force in Baramula, Kupwara, Srinagar ↘ Uniform Force in Banihal and Udhampur 47 2020 35 2021 18 2022 143 2020 92

By Elizabeth Strout PENGUIN ₹499; 256 pages When Lucy Barton, a writer in New York, reconnects with her first husband William, she embarks on a journey into the past that will change the way she looks at the present and how she faces the future. By A

Best Canadian Feature (TIFF) Harrowing and inspiring in equal measure, Nisha Pahuja’s documentary tells the story of how Ranjit, a farmer in Jharkhand, fights for his daughter after she is gang-raped by three men. Amplify Voices Award (TIFF) This doc