The legend who inspired 3 Idiots

Magsaysay Award winner and teacher extraordinaire Sonam Wangchuk tells Claude Arpi about his journey, his fights, his hopes and how he became an inspiration for the Bollywood blockbuster.A......

Of dubious products & cautionary warnings

Are 'dubious' new categories and 'shady' new brands, financed and funded by avaricious investors, trying to change the contours of the Indian marketplace forever, asks ad guru Sandeep Goyal?......

IPL 2020: Disney-Star may earn Rs 20 billion

95 per cent of advertising inventory has been sold on television and 18 on-air sponsors have been signed up so far, the highest for any season.Viveat Susan Pinto reports. IMAGE: Chennai Super......

Consumer goods: How lockdown 4.0 was different

From fast food and athleisure to ACs, the demand for several non-discretionary items has spiked since May 17, when Lockdown 4.0 was extended till May 31. If the first three phases of the......

Another French Revolution in India's sports goods sector

Two French sports retailers - Go Sport and Decathlon – are all set for battle royal to grab market share in India. Both are competing with sports goods makers Nike, Puma and Adidas and......

Maidaan Review: Snooze Soccer

Maidaan draws out more yawns than yays, observes Sukanya Verma. Underdog sports stories are as life-affirming as they are formulaic. What distinguishes the decent ones from the drags is vision.......

Gold Review: Confused Crime Caper

Once you are done paying your respect to God and Grasshoppers, you circle back to the human beings in Gold, and that's when things become progressively more and more muddled, observes Sreehari......

Magic Magic Moments. Amitabh Style

Sukanya Verma applauds the man, the movies and the many, many, MANY memories he's created on the big screen through 80 Amitabh Bachchan moments. Amitabh Magic: Adventures of Mr Natwarlal More......

'The next Cannes is in India'

'We are the land of stories.' IMAGE: While Deepika Padukone's pleated shirt and sleek black pants were lovely, her serpent necklace grabbed everyone's attention. Photograph: ANI Photo/ANI Picture......

Olympics Surfing: Vaast takes gold for France and Tahiti

IMAGE: France's Kauli Vaast won the gold medal in the men's surfing event at Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia, at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Photograph: Ed Sloane/Reuters Tahitian Kauli......

Did Pakistan's Imad Wasim deliberately waste balls?

'I feel ashamed. As a fan I want to back the Pakistan cricket team all the way but there is a limit to something.' IMAGE: Imad Wasim looked ill at ease against Axar Patel and was unable to......

'Biggest insult for...': Akmal slams Pakistan

'The biggest insult for Pakistan cricket is losing the game in the Super Over. There can't be a bigger insult than this' Photograph: Kind courtesy PCB/X.com Former cricketer Kamran Akmal lambasted......

Doordarshan to telecast T20 World Cup

Photograph: BCCI/X Prasar Bharati on Monday announced that it will telecast the ongoing T20 World Cup, the Paris Olympics and Wimbledon on its DD Sports channel. The announcement was made by......

IPL 2024: Nobody gives you a discount for age: Dhoni

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 42, said is it is tough to maintain his fitness as his only tournament in the year is the IPL. Photograph: BCCI Chennai Super Kings talisman Mahendra Singh Dhoni said......