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Hanif Kureishi. (Deccan Chronicle Photo)

Shobhaa De | Why time for â€˜maun vratâ€™ is over: Silence not an...

I am on a self-imposed “maun vrat” (acute laryingitis). Not at all sure what I am protesting against. But...

11 Feb 2023 3:31 AM

On 26/01/23, we screened the banned BBC documentary Â‘The Modi Question at FTII, said a statement issued by the FTII Students Association. (Photo: Teitter)

Saeed Naqvi | Will the BBC TV documentary be revived here for...

Was the Thames as much on fire as the Jamuna was when India: The Modi Factor, the BBC documentary, was telecast in...

7 Feb 2023 7:05 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Kishwar Desai | Whiff of duplicity! Why did BBC sit on Gujarat...

The BBC story with a narrative that was obviously antagonistic towards the Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, is...

22 Jan 2023 7:00 PM

Any parent with a teen or two under their rooves will have dealt with this accelerated development this transformation of their tender tots into fully-formed individuals in the blink of a bleary, parental eye. (Photo By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Smells like teen spirit? Donâ€™t sweat it, step...

With my daughter’s recent birthday, I now find myself with two mercurial teenagers in the house, both in the early...

26 Nov 2022 6:35 PM

Farewell Sir Vidia! Always politically incorrect

Farewell Sir Vidia! Always politically incorrect

Naipaul first book on India was, as he said to me, the product of disillusion.

12 Aug 2018 7:13 PM

Cabbages & Kings: Why did the English stay behind

Cabbages & Kings: Why did the English stay behind

There was no analysis of how Partition came about, though several historians had their partial say.

1 Sept 2017 7:40 PM

In picture: The main entrance to the headquarters of the BBC in London. (Photo: AP)

Cabbages & Kings: BBC - Push for diversity on air

The latest statistics show that for the Â£7.5 million spent on the network it gets 632,000 listeners a week.

11 Aug 2017 7:26 PM

David Bowie (1947-2016)

David Bowie kept changing his tune

The experts and the BBC will tell you that Bowie and the Beatles were successful.

15 Jan 2016 9:18 PM

No rhyme or reason

No rhyme or reason

As children in the 1950s, we inherited this rhyme from our ex-Raj schools

24 May 2014 1:41 AM