The V S Naipaul I came to know

Nikhil Lakshman remembers the times he spent with the legendary writer who passed into the ages six days before his 86th birthday. IMAGE: Sir V S Naipaul gives the Nobel lecture at the Old Stock......

Images: The Pope at the Beach

Argentina and Brazil are traditional rivals and there was a time when their antagonism was being compared to India-Pakistan relations. They have overcome to a great extent their history of......

Heartbreak led pope to priesthood

The childhood sweetheart of Pope Francis has revealed that she had been forced to reject his marriage offer in youth, a move that eventually led him to devote his life to God.The woman, known as......

Obama No 1, Manmohan No 19 on top tweeting leaders list

The Digital Policy Council, an international, non-partisan 'think tank' on 21st Century Governance, has released its 2012 ranking report on the use of social media by heads of state. United States......

Viral's exit: Blow for RBI autonomy, or expat over-sensitivity?

Although this may not be music to Raghuram Rajan and Viral Acharya's ears, the real reason in my estimation for their quitting is expatriate over-sensitivity, intolerance or arrogance, argues B S......

SBI says rupee still overvalued, no need to panic

SBI managing director PK Gupta told reporters that the rupee has been faring better than many of its peers, including the Turkish, Argentinean, and Indonesian currencies. Even as the rupee......

WTO talks collapse, no agreement on food security

The fate of the ministerial conference was sealed after assistant US trade representative Sharon Bomer Lauritsen said permanent solution to the food stockholding issue was not acceptable to......

Only Bajaj in Peru

Bajaj three-wheelers outsell Chinese three-wheelers in Peru. The Pulsar is number one in its category. Nikhil Lakshman discovers in Lima that even though the Chinese are far ahead in investments in......

SRK to host desi version of Wipe Out?

Endemol India is set to launch the desi version of internationally popular show Wipe out on Imagine. And thebuzz is thatShah Rukh Khan has been approached to host the show along with an Argentinean......

A doctor who rocks the music charts

Even before the band Rupa & the April Fishes began a tour that would take them to over two dozen cities in America, Canada and Europe, bandleader Rupa Marya was being sought out for interviews......

Wrestling with Eesha Koppikhar!

Following the footsteps of many Bollywood stars before her, Eesha Koppikhar has decided to extend herself to television once again after Nach Baliye. She will host 100 Percent De Dhana Dhan -- a......

The best of Johnny Depp

He's 46, and widely considered one of the best leading men in world cinema. He balances the quirky with the commercial, and can play anything from a mad confectionary maker to a pirate with equal......

As Messi fallout grows in China, Hangzhou cancels Argentina friendly

IMAGE: Inter Miami's Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and teammates sit on the substitute bench. Photograph: Lam Yik/Reuters Chinese sporting authorities have cancelled next month's friendly......

PIX: Messi magic continues as Inter Miami reach final

IMAGE: Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring a goal against the Philadelphia Union at Subaru Park. Photographs: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Lionel Messi notched his ninth goal in six......

PIX: 10-man Manchester City go top after last-gasp win

Erling Haaland Haaland has now scored 16 goals in his last 10 Premier League appearances. A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League. IMAGE: Erling Haaland scores Manchester City's......

Maradona's 'Hand of God' shirt up for auction 'not the one'

IMAGE: Diego Maradona scores the infamous 'Hand of God' goal past England goalkeeper Peter Shilton during the 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter-final at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, on June 22,......

Hockey: India joins Belgium, Australia, Germany in semis

IMAGE: Alex Hendrickx celebrates with his teammates after scoring for Belgium in the Olympics men's hockey quarter-final against Spain. Photograph: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters Belgium beat Spain 3-1......