Sridevi would have been 55 on August 13, 2018. Her sudden death from a cardiac arrest in Dubai on February 24 shocked her admirers and sparked off an outpouring of grief and remembrances. The movie star’s roles spawned five languages, and at the height of her career in the 1980s, she had achieved a hard-won superstardom that matched, if not eclipsed, some of her male co-stars, as our quiz reveals.
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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No plan to introduce inheritance tax, clarifies Congress after Sam Pitroda’s remarks trigger row
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments