New Delhi: Faced with an ever-increasing compulsion to improve revenue collections, the Union Finance Ministry has mooted a proposal to bring more items under the tax bracket, and the list is said to include speech (and other forms of popular expression) which hitherto was said to be available free in this country. This idea to tax speech is not only… Read more →
On a week when a Tamil film has proved to be the talking point all over, we have to indeed discuss the one man in Kollywood who has the courage and conviction to remain his own self, and not be cowed down by the negative comments and adverse reactions surrounding him and his works. Ladies and gentlemen, presenting to you… Read more →
Chennai: In a simple and practical move, the Central government, based on the overwhelming advice of all State governments, today announced that all movies would by default stand banned till they were formally cleared by religious groups, caste organisations or, in general, any body or association with the requisite numbers to create nuisance that has the potential to be noticed…. Read more →
After a visit to the Chennai Book Fair this week, I have to but come to the conclusion that there are no more readers. Most of them have become authors. On the day I went, it was not writers outnumbered the lay visitors by a comfortable ratio of 2:1. At one stall — I am not making this up —… Read more →
Also: Gujarat’s foreign policy gaffes exposed New Delhi: The continued sluggishness in the Indian economy is an ‘inalienable proof’ for the fact that Narendra Modi’s influence is confined to Gujarat alone, and it is clear that his much-touted administrative acumen has had no real impact outside of the State, according to an international affairs expert specialising in the internal matter… Read more →
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