Painter Uma Bardhan in quest of 'Soul of my country'

The BJP is to convey to the opposition and other parties the name of its choice of presidential candidate in the final round of talks with them next week, its leaders said. This will be after the PM and BJP brass finalises their choice or choices-- on the ...

Namrata Acharya finds out more about a movement aimed at preserving not only the mansions of north Calcutta and the grand colonial buildings of central Calcutta, but also the architecturally modest, yet unique, houses of south Kolkata. IMAGE: While both north and south Kolkata collectively constitute the essence of the city, it is the south that is under greater threat from real estate developers as it constitutes the prime residential area. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images. ...

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) patriarch M Karunanidhi’s 94th birthday should have been an occasion for a grand, non-partisan celebration. But his son MK Stalin has managed to highjack it and make it into a political affair by bringing together a host ...