Mallika Nawal

The date 11th March 2017 is forever going to remain etched in people’s memory for a very very long time indeed…for that was the day when — after a long sojourn of 14 years — BJP gloriously returned to power in the state of Uttar Pradesh, in a historic landslide victory, winning a massive 312 seats out of a...

Social anthropologist, Lise McKean, who authored the book ‘Divine Enterprise’ once said, “Religion is not only good for business…it is the best business of all: start-up costs are low, there are never any problems with supply or inventory and one receives tangible goods for intangible ones.” To be honest, that is the most profound statements ever made about religion. Religion,...

For the uninformed, the Delhi Crime branch has now commenced its investigation into the violent clashes that broke out between the RSS-backed Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) students and students from leftist outfits like the All India Student’s Association (AISA), DSU and SFI at Ramjas College, Delhi University over the invitation and then the subsequent cancellation of the invitation...

Just a few days back, I was in Bithoor — the place that took centre-stage during the revolt of 1857 (if you still find it difficult to remember the context…remember Nana Sahib, Tatya Tope and the Sepoy Mutiny from your NCERT textbooks). What struck me most about the place was not the fort or its historical relevance but the...

Once upon a time, we lived in simpler times when it was almost a given that all movies would subscribe to the concept of “Satyamev Jayate”. Audiences flocked to cinema theatres…certain…that they would be witnessing a magnum opus where the protagonist (aka the “hero” or the “good guy”) would beat the s**t out of the antagonist (aka the “villain”...