Wednesday, July 06, 2016

Straight Talk: My Dear Muslim Leaders, What Are You Doing?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Solution does not lie in playing competitive communalism with Prachi and Adityanath.

While defending himself at his trial for sedition Socrates said, “An unexamined life is not worth living“. This piece is written in that spirit, seeing what the faith community in which i was born and raised has been up to of late. A recent discussion on economist Abusaleh Shariff 's book `Instutionalizing Constitutional Rights' suggested that issues of development do not resonate among middle-class Muslims.

Special Story: The Power Of 'Sons' Rise In Two 'Telugu States'

By NEWSCOP } INNLIVE

Nara Lokesh And KT Rama Rao Are Being Aggressively Pushed By Their Dads. But Political Inheritance Apart, The Two Scions Are Like Chalk And Cheese.

When a journalist recently asked him whether son Nara Lokesh would be projected as the chief ministerial candidate in the 2019 elections, Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu shot back:

Editorial: The Dream Of 'Digital India' Is Virtually Dying!

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Without intervention, Digital India looks to simply be a colony of US and China.

Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Digital India and Startup India, to declare India's impending digital eco nomy and local entrepreneurship ecosystem. Today , it looks as though India's ability to build a local digital economy may be failing.

Spotlight: Telangana IT Corridor Is Brewing Troubles

By RENUKA REDDY | INNLIVE

Many Start-Ups In The Incubator Are Complaining Of Lack Of Space, Absent Mentors And Skewed Support System.

Nearly seven months after the T-Hub threw its doors open amid much expectations and promises, the state government-run incubator is ridden with issues.Steep rates, lack of room to expand teams and a `virtually absent' and inaccessible network of mentors feature in the long list of grievances raised by many who signed up with the facility.

The Great Fall & Demotion: Two “Eventful” Years On, India’s Education Minister Shunted From Textbooks To Textiles

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Smriti Irani, India’s education minister, has been shunted from textbooks to textiles—her new ministry. The move was part of a cabinet reshuffle announced late on Tuesday (July 5) by prime minister Narendra Modi’s government. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar will replace Irani.

The move was so unexpected that The Times of India newspaper called it a “shocker.” The fact that Modi had earlier this week hinted that there would be no reshuffle but just an expansion only added to the intrigue.

Pirate Versions Of Salman Khan's Film Sultan 'Leaked' Just A Day Before Release

By NISHI KHAN | INNLIVE

Cyber crime experts confirmed that Salman Khan's new film Sultan had been leaked online a day before its scheduled release in cinemas

After Udta Punjab, the movie piracy syndicate has allegedly targeted the most keenly-awaited film of the year - Sultan, starring Salman Khan.

Cyber experts claim that the online leak of Sultan came just a day before its release in over 4,500 screens across India.

Film Review: ‘Sultan’ Is A Biopic Of Salman Khan, The Man Conquered All Odds

By RAMAN KAPOOR | INNLIVE

Director Ali Abbas Zafar’s sports drama is a thinly veiled study of the dark star’s triumph over his off-screen troubles.

Mixed martial arts league promoter Akash (Amit Sadh) needs a star fighter, preferably an Indian, to boost the prospects of his upcoming tournament. His father advises him to go see what Sultan Ali Khan is upto these days.

India Unzipped: How Did Polyamory Become Synonymous With Sexual Liberation?

By RUMAISA KHAN | INNLIVE

Film celebrity and ace director Karan Johar recently established how getting enough of, or chasing, sex may not be a marker of success, happiness or liberalism.

Two recent high-profile missives have brought the question of sexual liberation to the forefront again. The petition by five openly gay persons, with illustrious careers, to decriminalise homosexuality, and filmmaker Karan Johar’s admission that he’s okay without sex, are powerful assertions of individual sexuality.