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TopicJaved Akhtar

Topic: Javed Akhtar

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

Kasme Vaade to C.I.D.—Delhi show salutes Bollywood’s poster painters

'Poster bolte hain' exhibition had 42 posters adorning the second-floor gallery at the National Cooperative Union of India auditorium in Delhi.

Restored ‘Sholay’ with original ending, deleted scenes to premiere in Italy for 50th anniversary

The restoration is the result of a 3-yr collaboration between the Film Heritage Foundation & Sippy Films. The screening will take place on 27 June at the Piazza Maggiore in Bologna.

Pakistani actor attacks Javed Akhtar for seeking strict action against terrorists in her country

Bushra Ansari, who won the Presidential Pride of Performance Award, asked Javed Akhtar to have some restraint, saying, ‘You have very little time left in life, and yet you’re still talking like this’.

Traya Health is using an old ad format with a new twist—Javed Akhtar’s voice

Traya could’ve hired any seasoned narrator, but they chose Akhtar—who, at the age of 80, still sports a full head of hair. It’s not a coincidence but a mindful move by the brand.

When ‘Jai Shri Ram’ met ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’—Delhi book launch unpacks India of the past decade

"I reject this notion of Hindu nation. India must forge a new identity," P. Chidambaram said at the launch of Maria Shakil and Narendra Nath Mishra's book 'India on the Move'.

Nehru’s idealism vs prejudiced Bharat. ‘Trust India’, says Javed Akhtar at book launch

The launch of Rakhshanda Jalil’s ‘Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu’ brought forth a conversation between poetry, politics, and prejudice.

Defaming Javed Akhtar to maligning farmers — the 8 cases against actor & now politician Kangana Ranaut

Himachal BJP, in line with EC rules, has disclosed criminal cases against its Mandi candidate Ranaut. She also faces FIR for allegedly spreading communal hatred through social media.

‘No script more scientific than Devanagari’—Javed Akhtar would write all Urdu poetry in it

According to Akhtar, Urdu poetry has had its own place in all the political movements of India. And even till 1960, very good Urdu poetry would be written and read.

Stop fighting over Hindi vs Urdu. Hindustani is the answer, says Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar wove the story of the twin languages’ separation into a romantic, absurdist narrative at a standing-room-only talk at Delhi’s India International Centre.

On Camera

This is how China is reading US-Saudi Arabia ties

Trump’s announcement of a security arrangement that would allow Riyadh to acquire jets like Israel’s F-35 is seen in China as much more than a routine arms deal.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.