Sunanda K Datta-Ray: The anomaly of a secular Bangladesh

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) poses with the newly elected President Pranab Mukherjee (R) in New Delhi in this July 22, 2012 file photo. Picture: Reuters NEW DELHI INDIA'S prime minister said yesterday a dispute over an alleged incursion ...

SHE is dressed in a black-and-white frilly gown by designers Gauri and Nainika Karan, even though her surroundings hardly hint at an elaborate evening do. The model lies on a bed with fake carcasses suspended from the ceiling on one side and a bare ...

On Tuesday, 23rd April a select audience in the commercial & entertainment capital of India, Mumbai, interacted with the new face of Shiromani Akali Dal and Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal at the latest edition of Express Adda.

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The art world has lost three greats this year. Jagmohan Chopra, Bal Chhabda and Ganesh Pyne have individually left behind legacies of printmaking, a vast collection of artwork and a series of black paintings respectively. We look back at their lives ...

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a slew of monetary measures leading industry to welcome the step. Lalit Kumar Jain, President, CREDAI "Though RBI has made a good beginning, the repo rate cut by 25 basis points is just not enough. What ...

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Sheikh Hasina should draw a veil over the nation's blood-soaked past, moderate her quest for justice and resolve the dilemma of the Bengali and Muslim identities, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray Begum Khaleda Zia’s snub to President Pranab Mukherjee sadly confirmed that Bangladeshis are still fighting yesterday’s battles. They still suffer from the dilemma Zulfikar Ali Bhutto tried to exploit by arguing mischievously during the liberation war that if ‘Muslim Bangla’ was ...