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Poet Neeraj said his ‘fattest royalty cheques’ came from Dev Anand songs

Gopaldas Neeraj passed away Thursday. This excerpt from 'S.D. Burman: The Prince Musician', tells how Neeraj wrote 'Rangeela Re' for Dev Anand's Prem Pujari.

Jairam Ramesh recounts what really happened behind the scenes of the Simla agreement

Former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh in his new book ‘Intertwined Lives’, drawing on P. N. Haksar’s archives, presents a compelling chronicle of the people...

When a Bihar policeman’s decision to nab a local don set off a chain of deadly events

Amit Lodha in his book, published by Penguin India writes on how a Bihar don played a crucial role in leaking question papers of...

Book on Priyanka Chopra shows why ethnicity of Quantico’s protagonist was not a big deal

Many Indians were waiting for Priyanka Chopra to fail in Quantico and they found her failure in her accent.

Karan Thapar on how his childhood friend Sanjay Gandhi took him on a daredevil jeep ride

Sanjay Gandhi was a daredevil in contrast to his shy & quiet character, writes Karan Thapar in his book 'Devil's Advocate'.

Essential to distinguish religion from practices for Muslim women to progress

Substantive gender equality is a prerequisite for women to become active and equal partners in the creation of a humane society.

The only constant amidst changing circumstances and fortunes was SD Burman’s unfettered quest for perfectness in music

The legendary musician never shied away from experimenting with new shades of rhythms and was eternally resilient to constantly improve his compositions.

Imran Khan & Jemima went for counselling, but he only ‘stared at counsellor’s breasts’

The Pakistani politician hated that his then wife Jemima partied and often portrayed her as a hysteric woman, writes Reham Khan in new book

When Reham caught ex-husband Imran Khan admiring male genitalia

In her book, Reham Khan writes about Imran Khan's long-term live-in relationships with several men.

Imran Khan was doing about six grams of cocaine a night and sinking deep

Reham Khan writes about how ex-husband Imran Khan's drug addiction got out of hand, even if he preferred her being a 'clean woman'.

On Camera

India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.