controversy

Justice Dipak Misra: Courting Controversy

Siddharth Singh

The travails of Justice Misra are those of a soldier in an age that wants heroes

A Late Night Racket

Aditya Iyer

On Serena Williams

The Surfer’s Guide to Advertising

Aresh Shirali

An ode to Old Spice for its current relevance

Sanal Kumar Sasidharan: ‘Unless you are ready to talk, you are part of the problem’

Avantika Bhuyan

The audacity of his art is matched by the controversy he courts. It’s the title of his new film that comes in the way of its commercial release. The award-winning filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan is in no mood to compromise

Virat Kohli: ‘I am a hero at personal convenience’

Boria Majumdar

Virat Kohli on being a monk in permanent media glare

Who’s Afraid of a Caricature?

S Prasannarajan

The Trump problem is more a crisis of aesthetics than an imminence of madness

Mutiny in the Court

Siddharth Singh

Four dissenting Supreme Court judges go public with their grievances. Now what?

Can Trump Be Dumped?

James Astill

On the first anniversary of his presidency, speculation about the state of Donald Trump’s mental health is leading to some wishful thinking about the chances of removing him

In the Name of Cinema

Divya Unny

Despite the controversies, the independent film flag was held up at the International Film Festival of India

Padmavati: History as a Dispute

Siddharth Singh

Blasts from the past strike modern India with unfailing regularity. The controversy over Padmavati focuses on the fact that what endangers freedom is the politicisation of protest in the name of freedom