THE PHILOX

A joke on casting director Mukesh Chhabra’s girlfriend is now the centre of attraction in the discussion around Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent Season 2. Following the release of the episode, a social media post (which could not be independently verified) suggested that the shoot was halted for a short while after Chhabra allegedly felt … Read more

Theja Rio’s directorial debut Angh, which was set in Nagaland and based on Konyak culture, has now been selected for an Oscar race, after winning the Platform Prize at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. TIFF 2023: ‘Angh’ wins People’s … Read more

Lucknow is the city where I was born ( though I grew up in Allahabad ), so I have a special affinity to it. It too is a kind of Prayag, which though having only one river, Gomti, became renowned all over India for being the centre of the Ganga-Jamni tehzeeb. For advertisement on our … Read more

The Bible ( Psalm 90 :10 ) says : For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. ” The days of our life are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away … Read more

Like a fish flopping about out of water, and desperate to get back into it, Rahul Gandhi is pining for his Congress party to come back to power. After all he is the scion of the royal family of India, the Nehru-Gandhi family, and so he has a rightful claim to the throne of India, … Read more

Featured Movie # Meghna Gulzar’s Daayra Now Showing in Theatres – Kareena Kapoor and Prithviraj Sukumaran Star in Crime Thriller For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. Daayra is Out in Theatres The horror-fame film is starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, Prithviraj Sukumaran, in the film released on … Read more

My friend Saeed Naqvi, an eminent Indian journalist, whom I call Saeed bhai, as he is 86, 6 years older than me ( I am 80 ), often says ” There was only one leader of Indian Muslims, Jawaharlal Nehru, who died in 1964, and now there is only one leader of Indian Muslims, Markandey Katju … Read more

The death anniversary of the great Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir ( known briefly as Mir ) falls on the coming 20th September.  For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Taqi_Mir https://sabrangindia.in/column/mir-taqi-mir-romancer-delhi One of us, Justice Katju, has already written an article related to him recently, given below … Read more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizamuddin_Auliya For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. https://www.nizamuddinaulia.org/urs-of-hazrat-nizamuddin-aulia-r-annual-festival-guide-spiritual-significance  I intend to visit the Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah in Delhi during the urs, possibly with my very old friend Salman Khursheed, former Union Foreign Minister and senior advocate, Supreme Court, as we did last year ( see link … Read more

Hanuman Ansh Box Office Collection Day 40: Vishal Chaturvedi’s Film Maintains Stronghold As Crosses 290 Crore Worldwide Hanuman Ansh Keeping Kicking At The Box Office! Vishal Chaturvedi’s film Hanuman Ansh continues to do well at the box office on day 40. The film is now over 290 crore worldwide. For advertisement on our platform, do … Read more

Mirzapur: The Movie is enjoying a strong theatrical run, but lead actor Pankaj Tripathi says the team deliberately avoided turning the film’s box-office numbers into a constant social-media campaign. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. Tripathi, who reprises his popular role of Akhandanand “Kaleen” Tripathi, has … Read more

Is sab ko jalaane ki jwaala For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected].   Taajjub hai ab tak soti hai “           Hindi poet Dushyant Kumar The present situation in India presents a dark, dismal scene, causing despondency in one’s mind–massive socio-economic problems, … Read more

Today, 14th September, is Hindi Diwas, on which I have already written an article given below : For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. Now I am writing another article on the same topic. I have often said that modern Hindi poetry has no ‘dum’ ( power … Read more

Founders Day of La Martiniere College, Lucknow For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. By Justice Katju and Martinian Ali Sajid Husain 13th September 1800  is observed as Founder’s Day across 7 schools founded by Maj Gen Claude Martin – 2 in Lucknow, 2 in Kolkata and … Read more

In a recent video discussion, the well known Indian journalist Vinod Sharma, commenting on the BRICS summit 2026 in Delhi, said that India should improve its ties with China. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. This view is shared by many others. Thus, in an article titled … Read more

 I had written 2 articles relating to the great Urdu poets Mir Anees and Mir Taqi Mir who died in Lucknow. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected].  On reading them I received a whatsapp message from a Kashmiri, Amir Rashid Khan ( email [email protected] ), presently working in … Read more

I put the entire blame on what is happening in Pakistan on the Pakistan Supreme Court Judges. They passed orders ( like the recent one ordering the Pakistan government to send Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital for medical check up, allowing visits once a week to his family members, and phone calls by his … Read more

In his book ‘Merit My Foot– reply to anti-reservation racists’ published by Dalit Sahitya Academy, Bangalore in 1987, V.T. Rajshekhar, Editor of Dalit Voice, strongly condemned the concept of merit in admissions to educational institutions and appointment on posts, alleging this is only an upper caste trick, and he strongly supported caste reservations. For advertisement on … Read more

The BRICS annual summit meeting is taking place in New Delhi on 12th and 13th September 2026. The Presidentship of the organization rotates annually, and since 1st January India is the President, and hence it is hosting this year’s annual summit For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at … Read more

Many people have asked me which sher (couplet) I regard the greatest in Urdu poetry. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. Courts & Judiciary Now there have been many great Urdu poets who wrote excellent poetry e.g. Mir, Ghalib, Momin, Daagh, Faiz, Josh, Sahir, Majrooh, etc. … Read more

In a function in Delhi on 31st August 2026, former film actress Swara Bhaskar, referring to the Hindi film ‘Padmaavat ‘ called the women who did ‘jauhar’ ( self immolation ) as cowards. She asked whether women who are raped should commit suicide ? Does their life end on being raped ? Should no rape survivor … Read more

September 5th is being celebrated as Teachers Day in India. But I regret I cannot celebrate it. My reason is that in my opinion most teachers in India are not real teachers but are wage earners, working only to fill their stomachs and feed their families. Many have got their jobs by giving bribes. I am … Read more

Today there are about 200 million Muslims in India, of the total Indian population of over 1400 million. This is less than the Muslim population in Pakistan of about 235 million, but more than the Muslim population in Bangladesh of about 150 million.In recent times, Indian Muslims have been marginalised in the political life of India, often … Read more

Our national aim must be to transform India into a modern industrial giant, like China or USA. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. We are told that we became free in 1947. But real freedom is freedom from poverty, unemployment, hunger, ignorance, lack of healthcare, and … Read more

Leaders and supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party ( CJP ) in India are celebrating their ‘victory’ after the criminal cases against them, filed in connection with their protest at Jantar Mantar, have been withdrawn. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/supreme-court-cancels-all-firs-against-cjp-protesters-criminal-antecedents-only-exception-11986491 To my mind this … Read more

In a recent speech in New York which he is presently visiting, Mohan Bhagwat, the head of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh ( RSS, a right wing Hindu organisation ) said ” If any Hindu thinks there should be no Muslim in Bharat, he will not remain a Hindu ”. He added ” Every human has dignity. … Read more

The wait for Ajay Devgn’s Drishyam The Conclusion has entered its final stretch. The makers have started the countdown to the film’s October 2 release with a new poster featuring Devgn as Vijay Salgaonkar. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. The third film in the Hindi … Read more

Tara Sutaria recently disclosed a personal struggle related to one of life’s very common aspects: dealing with numbers. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. The actress revealed she lives with dyscalculia, a learning disability centered on mathematics. She shared this during a discussion on financial literacy … Read more