How many times must a woman speak before the system listens? How many headlines must scream before a powerful man is made to answer for an alleged sexual crime?

Picture it. A woman walks onto a public stage. She questions the government. She takes on her opponents. She defends her party without flinching.

Indian politics is changing faster than desert sands in a storm. Yesterday's kingmaker is today's survivor. Yesterday's fortress is today's house of cards.

Do the gods now meet devotees through camera lenses rather than prayer? Has pilgrimage become a journey of the soul, or merely another Instagram story waiting to be posted...

The Partition of 1947 remains one of the deepest wounds in Indian history. Millions were displaced. Countless families were torn apart. The flames of violence and hatred engulfed the subcontinent. Even today, memories of that period evoke profound sorrow and anguish.

The American Dream comes with fine print. Santosh Nayar discovered it the hard way. He went to America with ambition, professional qualifications and hopes of building a better life. What he got was a package nobody would willingly order: career success, three marriages, bipolar disorder, alcohol, broken relationships, courtrooms and prison. Hollywood might have turned it into a blockbuster.