Two generations, one fast-vanishing standard of excellence. One in broadcast journalism, the other in public life. Preeti Choudhry’s interview with Capt.Amarinder Singh brings the contrast and the continuity into view. His range of thought, his articulation, his reading of

ਜਿਸ ਬੇਹਿਸਾਬ ਬੇਸ਼ਰਮੀ ਨਾਲ ਕੁਝ ਸਿਆਸਤਦਾਨਾਂ ਨੇ ਮਾਤਾ ਭਾਗ ਕੌਰ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਮਹਾਨ ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ਦਾ ਮਖੌਲ ਬਣਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਉਹ ਸਾਬਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਸਾਡੀ ਕੌਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਇੱਕ ਘਟੀਆ ਗੋਦੀ-ਮੀਡੀਆ ਬਣ ਚੁੱਕਿਆ ਹੈ – ਜੋ ਕਦੇ ਕਾਮਰੇਡਾਂ ਦੀ ਝੋਲੀ ਚੁੱਕਦਾ ਹੈ, ਕਦੇ “ਨੀਓ-ਪੰਥਕ” ਟਿੱਲੇ ਦੀ ਚਾਪਲੂਸੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਫਿਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤੇ ਕਦੇ ਨਵੀਂ ਪਨੀਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਏਸੇ ਰਾਹ ਪਾਉਣ

Divine Gurbani • Poised Singing • Uncomplicated Meaning -ਭਿੰਨੀ ਰੈਨੜੀਐ- A night softened by fine drizzle, with stars shining more sharply. Guru Arjan Sahib uses this imagery to show how inner light rises when the heart turns towards the Eternal. This video features a rare

Propagandist cinema has a long lineage. Hollywood, Seoul and Mumbai have all produced films shaped by the politics of their day. But audiences respond to how a film is built: its narrative grip, its actors’ choices, its command over action and atmosphere. Dhurandhar succeeds on

Nine years ago at Delhi’s Gymkhana, before ChatGPT existed, we spoke (and wrote) without tidied-up turns of phrase or borrowed gravitas. Everything carried its own rough edges, and even casual conversations like this felt comfortably human. barkha dutt Javed M Ansari

Heard this Punjabi “song” on the Jaipur to Delhi run that felt like the lyrics had travelled separately 🚗 One line cried 😢, the next one celebrated 🥳, and a third wandered in from some distant album 😞 By the time we drove into the capital, I realised the writer must have

Before you use the word “global star” again, read what Dhurandhar just revealed about Bollywood’s real reach: 🔗 ✍️ open.substack.com/pub/harmeetsha… #Bollywood #STARDOM #DhurandharMovie #AkshayeKhanna #Dhurandhar #DhurandharReview

Outside the Press Club of India on voting day with old friends and former colleagues. Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty in the fray for PCI President, backed by a panel that knows the ground and the grind. Wishing her and the team the very best. Go out there and make a statement with

What we miss when we call every other desi celebrity global: Dhurandhar as a reality check. My piece in Malaysia’s Asia Samachar: 🔗 asiasamachar.com/2025/12/14/bol… #Dhurandhar #Bollywood #Celebrities #AkshayeKhanna #RanveerSingh #SanjayDutt #RMadhavan

Congratulations to Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty on winning the presidency of the Press Club of India. At a time when much of the media has grown pliant, this result matters. Under her leadership, the PCI continues to stand for institutional integrity and editorial conscience. Rezaul Hasan Laskar

Delhi made me. London lets me breathe… Less than 24 hours in London, my work city, and I already miss Delhi. I miss the noise that argues back. The traffic that refuses to behave. The dust, the disorder, the familiarity of a city that never pretends to be polite. Delhi is

The pseudo-psephologists, neo-Panthak godi YouTubers, and self-certified veteran journalists who breathlessly branded the Panjab University protests in Chandigarh as “Sikh mobilisation” should now look at something less cinematic and more stubbornly factual. The rural elections

The most effective challenge to religious and racial nationalism comes from within communities, not from outside pressure. Wrote about this for The Wire after Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧’s London carol concert met resistance from Christian leaders. #ReligiousNationalism

More than two decades ago, France barred Sikh children from wearing the patka or turban in state schools. Sikh families challenged this at the United Nations, establishing clearly that the patka and turban are religious requirements, not cultural accessories. But today, Sikh

Oxford Street: A living mosaic of humanity! Thousands of people from every corner of the world, speaking dozens of languages, following different faiths and traditions, all squeezed into one bustling street. No debate. No disagreement. They are just there, moving under the same

From #haka to #Gurbani: What context protects and politics consumes. In Malaysia’s AsiaSamachar, I reflect on a New Zealand MP’s resolute stand against misuse of sacred expression: 🔗 asiasamachar.com/2025/12/24/wha… #newzealand #maori #orrinikaipara #nagarkirtan #sikh

What a nonsensical headline. Who decided that India is “pondering”? Or has the writer’s (or the desk editor’s) own musing been passed off as India’s position? The copy reads like pure speculation, with no political or economic sense to support it. Reuters this is strikingly