Building cities for 21st-century India

Mahatma Gandhi had once famously said, "India lives in its villages". With the urbanisation of China in the last 20 years, India is the last major country with a rural majority (65-70 per cent of......

The world is not flat

Tom Friedman has got his challenger. The world is not flat, says the World Bank, in its latest World Development Report. And don't you believe in the "death of distance", because distance from a......

To market, to market...

The installations are assembled using what one knows as mundane objects that make up a middle class Indian lifestyle, yet Subodh Gupta's constructions with them have conjured up a global......

Imported cars are still hot

Flashing past a gawking suburbia in an imported car was indeed the ultimate power trip of the Licence Raj.And after more than a decade of reforms and a phalanx of local models to choose from,......

Why I am thankful to Hasan Minhaj

'You made me realise that it is great to be brown, even if we are currently living under Donald Trump's false definition of America.''In my 36 years in America there have been few instances where I......

Movies, now playing on a smartphone near you

'Movie theatres, despite their diminished stature, will continue to play a role in our culture. Just like cinema. After all, we have at least another big centennial to commemorate in our lifetime,'......

Review: Vishwaroopam is NO threat to Muslims

On Friday afternoon, as he sat in a freezing cold New Jersey theater watching Kamal Haasan's latest film Vishwaroopam, a two and a half hour long international terrorism thriller and an......

Revolutionary Road is a must see movie

Twelve years ago, the unlikely screen pairing of Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet captured the imagination of moviegoers (and romantics) the world over as the star-crossed lovers in Titanic. In......

Panesar returns to his roots

England's new spin-bowling hero Monty Panesar returned to his roots on Thursday and took a wicket with his first delivery.The 24-year-old left-arm spinner was back in his hometown of Luton, 40......