Kalki: The Revolutionary Writer Behind PS 1

Gowri Ramnarayan explores the world of Kalki Krishnamurthy whose magnificent novel Ponniyin Selvan has inspired Mani Ratnam's latest film PS I. IMAGE: Director Mani Ratnam, third from right, with......

What the Putin-XI Nexus Means for US

Russia and China have a broad consensus today on almost all core issues related to global strategic stability, which is unprecedented in modern history, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE:......

What is Putin up to?

'Like everyone else addicted to Kremlin politics, I too have a thesis.''Foreign policy is known to be Putin's forte -- and Russia's stability his obsession.''As we enter the 2020s, it is clear that......

What remains of the October Revolution in St Petersburg

It's been 100 years since Lenin and the Bolsheviks overthrew the government, and its legacy remains visible even today in the buildings and monuments scattered throughout St Petersburg.T N Ninan......

Ghetto superstar

You know a director is a true master when he can turn shit into dreams. And if a man can do it twice over, he's a true bloody genius. In Danny Boyle's 1996 masterpiece Trainspotting, Ewan......

Music Review: Yaaradi Nee Mohini

Mithran Jawahar's Yaaradi Nee Mohini follows the Tamil filmmakers' current obsession with borrowing titles from old hit songs. Here, the director has used the opening line of the old hit Yaaradi......

Indiralogathil's music is a letdown

Tamil film Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi, a spoofon Alexander Dumas'literary classic, The Man In The Iron Mask, stars comedian Vadivelu. The film was received well at the box office. Now, Vadivelu......

The Yawntastic Four

If this film had been made a couple of decades ago, we might have sat transfixed, our bright smiles (and the Human Torch's, well, heat) lighting up the dark, applause-smattered theatre.As it......

Russian Olympic chief Zhukov to resign

Russian Olympic chief Alexander Zhukov intends to step down as head of the national Olympic Committee to focus on parliamentary work, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday. "There is an......

Henman reaches fourth round

Results: Men's singles | Women's singlesA swashbuckling Marat Safin took 24 minutes to finish off Felix Mantilla at the French Open on Friday, finally beating the Spaniard 11-9 in the fifth set of......