I received the biggest trophy / award / reward of my career in the form of a telex message from my Editor for my stories on "karseva" in Ayodhya way back in 1992.

The seat-sharing talks could test the Congress-SP alliance, under which both parties made gains in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Congress To Seek up to 200 UP Seats From SP deccanchronicle.com/nation/c…

The BJP brought back @Vinay1011 as in-charge of its @BJP4Delhi , banking on his experience of steering the party to a record two-thirds majority in the 2017 municipal polls, ahead of the MCD elections due in April next year. @bhaskisharma

NSUI Rout Puts Kanhaiya Kumar Under Scrutiny deccanchronicle.com/nation/n… @ashharkhan1

#HumLog, #India's first #soapopera :from concept to execution. A fascinating story. Kudos to the then I&B Minister #VasantSathe and writer #ManoharShyamJoshi for developing the concept and bringing a quality TV serial to the masses. @DDNational #Doordarshan

My daughter, a lawyer by profession, has followed her passion for cinema and taken on the role of the protagonist in Secret Soldier, a Telugu film directed by Akki Vishwanadha Reddy. Trailer- piped.video/pGe7_kn8NE0?si=WqM9… film premieres tomorrow and releases in theatres on 18 Sept.

Saying a big thank you to the @MEAIndia #BRICS team for pulling off a splendid Summit! Took a lot of elbow grease and loads of midnight oil! Well done to all. @DrSJaishankar @PMOIndia

The most plural gathering one has seen in India in recent years was perhaps the one the Iranians put together at the Oberoi in Delhi for visiting President Masoud Pezeshkian to address. It was so nice to see Pandits, Peers and Gyanis (and the Mirwaiz) rubbing shoulders with businessmen, intellectuals and diplomats. While most BRICS leaders confined their Delhi engagements largely to the summit circuit, Pezeshkian used the occasion for high-visibility public diplomacy, with the world, not just India, as the intended audience. It was a charm offensive aimed, among other things, at countering the American portrayal of Iran as an isolated and rogue state. Zahra, Pezeshkian’s daughter, going to the BRICS Bazaar, interacting with artisans and visiting the Prime Minister’s Museum added another layer of cultural diplomacy. Pezeshkian’s bilateral with Prime Minister Modi, the second meeting between the two within two weeks, was also highly deliberate and high-stakes from Tehran’s perspective. Iran clearly wanted to appropriate the India visit for more than the usual summit diplomacy. India, too, did quite a measured balancing act, given what the US might read into it. And perhaps the most consequential gain was the mini-summit with the UAE leadership, a remarkable diplomatic juxtaposition against the backdrop of the two countries’ rivalry in the Gulf. There was, therefore, something unusually well choreographed about Iran’s presence in Delhi. Pezeshkian seemed to understand that a BRICS summit is not merely a room in which governments negotiate; it is also a global stage on which Tehran could reconstruct its legitimacy, relationships and narrative. Iran came to Delhi not merely to participate in BRICS, but to present itself to India, to the Global South and, perhaps most importantly, to the larger world.

RT @SanjayKaw5: Sketch by my friend and ex-TOI colleague Uday Shankar !

#Blog | Rakesh Mehta: A Life Spent Building Delhi, A Death No One Saw Coming - By Kumar Kunal ndtv.com/blog/rakesh-mehta-s…

Rakesh Sinha sir ! My first mentor at The Statesman in Delhi in early 90's. Must listen 🙏

Always remember how governor Koshyari rushed to organise oath taking ceremony for him,in early hours of sat morning way back in 2019. 🤔

While Delhi debates how much of Vande Mataram should be sung, Kashmir seems to have settled the matter rather effortlessly - the full song, followed by the full anthem. No debate, no drama, no fuel for the idiot-box. Just music. 🙂 From the inaugural event of the film festival in Srinagar last evening,

LG Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena ji given additional charge of LG J&K as Manoj Saxena ji has taken leave. Rest your imagination. This is a good story TV channels and social media influencers can play up.

The visuals represent an Indian wedding feast(looks delicious to me!)where food is often served on plantain leaves. When the late #GloriaSteinem arrived in #Delhi in February 1957,she recollected landing bang in the middle of the auspicious wedding season and being invited to many weddings :"Sikh,Hindu,village orthodoxy,high society, everything". She also recorded this about her experience of eating a feast at an #Indian #wedding - "We learned about many kinds of Indian food and the possible elegance of eating with one's fingers off plantain-leaf plates(The art of it is to let the right hand droop lotus-like over the food with monumental unconcern while deftly forming bite-size conglomerations,and never should the fingers be soiled above the first joint.)" As a #Kashmiri whose staple diet includes rice,which is best enjoyed without the use of any cutlery,I wholeheartedly approve of MsSteinem's elegant description of how to enjoy Indian food, especially a feast served at a wedding🤗

AM J Mishra has higher challenge in Ayodhya than in Op Sindoor. Ram Mandir must now put ordinary devotees at centre. My take millenniumpost.in/opinion/a-… #OpSindoor #rammandir #ayodhyarammandir #RamMandirTrust @IAF_MCC @RahulGandhi @PMOIndia @myogioffice @RSSorg @yadavakhilesh

IIT Delhi is deeply saddened by the demise of Prof. Krishna AchutaRao, a Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS). He passed away on September 4, 2026. Prof. AchutaRao served at the Institute for about two decades and held various positions of responsibility, including Dean (Faculty) and Head, CAS. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Centre of Excellence for Climate Change Adaptation at the Institute. He was a well-known researcher in climate change, climate risk assessment, and adaptation to climate change. He contributed significantly to various international bodies, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the World Climate Research Program. The Institute community extends its heartfelt condolences to Prof. AchutaRao’s family, friends, and students.

Finally - Sonia Gandhi’s memoirs will be published in india by @HarperCollinsIN - here is me tracking her journey - for years - piped.video/HxItbkRuvu8?si=chJx…

On the occasion of Janamashtami,usually celebrated one day earlier than rest of India as ZaramaSatam by KashmiriPandits,enjoying once more the original "Maiyya mori main nahi makhan khayo" Pandit Omkarnath Thakur: the original, the unparalleled. Aap bhi suniye. #HappyJanamashtami 🕉️🍁🙏 piped.video/hElaD4xG_mY?si=rVG7…

#Janamashtami in #Kashmir : My father tells me that a procession (#Krishna jhanki) would start on #Janamashtami from close to our ancestral house in #Sheetalnath and cross the seven bridges of #Srinagar. More people would join the procession as it passed through colonies where Hindu families resided. Large drums filled with a solution made of milk, water and sugar would be kept all along the path for processionists to refresh themselves. The procession would culminate in Sheetalnath which was a thriving community where leaders, artists, writers and other cultural luminaries congregated frequently, including on important religious festivals. #HappyJanamashtami 🕉️🍁🙏

#Vasudev transferring #Krishna from the prison to house of #Nanda(1600-1700 AD), Deccan/Golconda school painting from the #NationalMuseum,New Delhi collection.Text in ancient Persian(if anyone can read and translate the text,I would be grateful) @NMnewdelhi #happyjanamashtami 🕉️🍁🙏