Europe looks like a dream until you start paying the bills. The streets are clean, the trains glide smoothly, the rivers sparkle, and the buildings look straight out of a fairy tale. Everything appears beautifully organised. But there is one small problem. Your wallet begins to cry before you have finished admiring the scenery...

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Congress politics today resembles a caravan lost in the wilderness, the path unclear, the guide uncertain. Under Rahul Gandhi's leadership, the party repeatedly stages what can only be called political ‘crow feasts’, where every half-baked statement, every hasty decision, and every weak strategy hollow out its credibility a little more. The country wants a strong opposition, but Congress often appears like a wounded traveller, one more interested in finding excuses than reaching a destination.

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Some Hindi film songs evoke images of lush green mountains, the music of waterfalls and two hearts immersed in love as soon as we listen to them. The song ‘In Haseen Wadiyon Se...’ from the 1981 film 'Pyaasa Sawan' is one such composition. It presents the beauty of nature not merely as something to admire, but as an integral part of the experience of love. The idea of stealing a few stars from the vast sky and carrying away a few beautiful sights from the valleys lends the song a charmingly romantic touch.

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What happens when an alleged gang rape of a minor girl in a park turns, within minutes, from a demand for justice into a competition of rhymes?

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In Indian cinema, certain compositions are used in ways that completely transform the impact of a scene the moment they appear on screen. The ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ is one such composition. In Hindi films, it has sometimes been used to evoke faith amid fear and adversity, while at other times it has been employed to portray the awakening of a character’s inner strength. In some films, its recitation has become an important part of the storyline, while in others, its melody has transformed an otherwise ordinary scene into a memorable cinematic moment.

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​The cockroaches now crawling across India’s political landscape deserve close scrutiny. These self-appointed tribunes of ‘simmering discontent’ appear to have no clear programme or principles: only noise, invective and an appetite for disruption. Calling themselves the Cockroach Janta Party, they claim to speak for an outraged public. Critics, however, see them as a proxy for an opposition unable to defeat the Modi government at the ballot box.

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The life of the enigmatic Siddha Yogi Devraha Baba, who had a deep connection with Brajbhoomi and Vrindavan, is now set to come to the big screen.

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A son shoots his mother on Mother’s Day. Two brothers become sworn enemies over a narrow strip of farmland. An old woman spends her final years abandoned in the corner of a city flat, unwanted and unheard. A young corporate employee, crushed by loneliness, attempts suicide. These are not scenes from a dark television crime series. They are fragments of modern India’s unsettling social reality.

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What happens to a society when the newspaper no longer lands with authority at the doorstep, and the television no longer commands silence in the living room?

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Some songs allow a young person in love to hear the voice of their own heart, while someone who has lived through the experiences of age finds in them the ache of days gone by. The song 'Humein Tumse Pyar Kitna...' from the 1981 film 'Kudrat' belongs to this rare category. Its lyrics convey the depth of love, its melody carries an unspoken restlessness, and its singing has an emotional stillness that connects listeners with their inner selves.

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