​ Debutant Tamil director R Gowtham tells Meenakshi Shedde, who has been curator/programmer of Indian/South Asian films for TIFF Toronto and the former South Asia delegate at Berlin International Film Festival, how the film ‘Members of the Problematic Family’s journey started with Diamond Rum and chicken liver. In this interview in Berlin, he describes how his film grew from his poem; how he observes life “like a dog in the balcony”; how his script, inspired by Goethe’s book, is ‘sketchy, doubtful and incomplete,’ and how he finally said ‘Action’ and ‘Cut’ only at the end of the shoot.  

​ If you have a vision, we are your perfect partner for global success, says CM Revanth Reddy, wooing investors with assurances of best infrastructure, land, power, water, incentives and fastest execution of projects  

​ INS Vikrant-led carrier battle group and forward deployment near Karachi kept Pakistan on the defensive  

​ Pawan Khera said he was surprised at PM Modi accusing Congress of trying to bring in the Communal Violence Bill as ‘strange statement’  

​ The West Bengal Chief Minister questioned why the Assembly polls cannot be conducted with the same electoral rolls, which were used in the 2024 general elections