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Opinion: A bland maid’s tale: ‘Leila’
Based on the 2017 novel by Prayaag Akbar, ‘Leila’ stars Huma QureshiThe show’s atmospherics are grim but the political overtones are too overt
4 min read21 Jun 2019‘Leila’: Mother, interrupted
Prayaag Akbar’s dystopian novel has been adapted as a Netflix seriesHuma Qureshi stars as a mother separated from her child by a puritan cult
5 min read14 Jun 2019Lounge Original: ‘The Twenty-Sixth Giant’ by Prayaag Akbar
Is my statue bigger than yours? In his piece for the Lounge year-end special, novelist Prayaag Akbar measures the height of statue politics
10 min read29 Dec 2018Hawaii volcano destroys 31 homes, spews lava 200 feet in air
Hawaii officials said the decimated homes were in the Leilani Estates subdivision, where molten rock, toxic gas and steam have been bursting through openings in the ground created by the volcano
2 min read7 May 2018Thousands flee after Hawaii quake triggers new volcano eruptions
The US GS said the quake struck at 2232 GMT and was centered on the south flank of the Kilauea volcano, which first erupted on Thursday after a series of tremors
3 min read6 May 2018Even the niche in India is bigger than most countries: Reed Hastings
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings talks about subscriber growth, technological advancements and consumption habits in India
4 min read26 Feb 2018Why French novelist Leila Slimani wrote the story of a killer nanny
Leila Slimani, the prize-winning writer of the French best-seller, speaks on why she wrote the story of a killer nanny
4 min read17 Feb 2018Justice Leila Seth, first woman chief justice of state HC, dies at 86
Justice Leila Seth died of cardiac seizure Friday night at her residence in Noida
1 min read6 May 2017Prayaag Akbar: The way we live
Prayaag Akbar speaks of the unique mother-daughter tie that is at the heart of his debut novel, and how his journalism has influenced his writing
4 min read21 Apr 2017Section 377: A legal incarnation of travesty
Section 377 is not so much about intercourse as much as permitting instruments of the state a handle to persecute a section of its citizens
4 min read3 Dec 2016Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared