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Irreverent, provocative, opinionated... Shobhaa De has been challenging status quo for four decades... and is at her best when she punctures inflated egoes. You can reach her at: @ShobhaaDe(Instagram) and @DeShobhaa(Twitter).

A hoarding with picture of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Trumps forthcoming Namaste Trump event in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Trump bhaisaab aayega: Aapun ke vaastey kya?

The wall in India is being mocked as aggressively as the other, more notorious wall in America.

22 Feb 2020 3:16 AM IST

Protesters raise slogans during a demonstration against the amended Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Is the BJP paying attention to the voices from Shaheen Bagh?

The rest of the disturbing and depressing domestic news involves comical clips that would have raised a chuckle had they...

8 Feb 2020 3:09 AM IST

$The amended Citizenship law along with a National Register of Citizens (NRC) being planned by the Narendra Modi government \may affect the status\ of Muslim minority in India, a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has said. (Photo: PTI)$ Opinion

Conversations by women, about women

Delhi's Shaheen Bagh model is being efficiently cloned from Lucknow, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Prayagraj to Kolkata.

25 Jan 2020 5:52 AM IST

JNU Students Union president Aishe Ghosh during a meeting with HRD secretrary Amit Khare in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

After JNU attack, bring on the black bands

Citizens had started to believe that this foul, vitiated atmosphere based on belligerence and muscle power was here to...

11 Jan 2020 6:29 AM IST

Protesters from the Muslim community burn tyres during a demonstration against National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Howrah district of West Bengal on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Am I a citizen of India? Dunno! I am still scratching my head

The Assam agitation will polarise India like no other political development since Independence.

14 Dec 2019 6:12 AM IST

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray greets his supporters after being sworn in as Maharashtra CM at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Thursday. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Maha ghotala and Gondhal' in Maharashtra

Mumbaikars are known to shrug, grin and get going with their lives in the metro.

30 Nov 2019 12:37 AM IST

Pilot of Air India Jaipur-Delhi flight refused to fly due to duty limitations prescribed by the DGCA. (Photo: File)

Is India prepared to bid the Maharajah a royal goodbye?

Despite all of this, regulars insist there was no better service than the one offered by Air India on its non-stop...

16 Nov 2019 7:26 AM IST

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis celebrates his partys win in Assembly elections outside BJP head office in Mumbai. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

BJP-Sena drama: Bhaisaab, yeh 50-50 kya hai?

Today, Mr Fadnavis wants to hang on to all the key portfolios and hand out the leftovers to the Shiv Sena.

2 Nov 2019 12:09 AM IST

Abhijit Banerjee

The Bongo-fication of a Nobel Laureate

To make matters worse, Banerjee is also Amartya Sen's prot©g©. Oh dear! Amartya babu, also a Bengali Nobel Laureate, is...

19 Oct 2019 4:40 AM IST

The SDMC had earlier told the court that two plots of land have been identified in west Delhi for artisans making Ravan effigies ahead of the festive season.

Folks, get ready to vanquish evil this Dusshera!

As a lead up to Dusshera next week, we should ideally be focusing on the victory of good over evil.

5 Oct 2019 1:46 AM IST

Ayushmann Khurrana

A new kind of Bollywood hero is now emerging

Here, Ayushmann gets to channel his inner woman by effectively using his falsetto voice to fool ardent listeners.

21 Sept 2019 2:12 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: File)

In times of economic anxiety, old is gold indeed

Madame Sitharaman, it is time to rejig outdated rules and challenge Budget traditions.

7 Sept 2019 12:16 AM IST