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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

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.