Chinua Achebe wins 2007 Man Booker Prize

Nigerian-born Chinua Achebe, considered the father of modern African writing, has won the second Man Booker International Prize worth 60,000 pounds, edging out, among others, Indian-born Salman......

Top cop who has become an anti-trafficking hero

Fighting sex trafficking and forced labour became Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat's life mission.The winner of the US State Department's 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report Heroes Award speaks to......

Billionaire earmarks $ 25 mn to stop Bush

Billionaire investor-philanthropist George Soros plans to spend $ 25 million of his own money to convince American voters that a second George Bush term would 'unhinge the future of the world,' a......

'BJP won't benefit from the NRC electorally'

'Most Assamese don't understand a word like ghuspethiya and its insulting connotation.' IMAGE: Maya Devi Sonar, left, and Malati Thapa, residents of Hatigaon, show documents outside the NRC Seva......

Lawsuit filed against Trump's new H-1B visa rules

Several individuals and organisations, including the US Chambers of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's recent rules......

Entrepreneurs who rose from the ashes

A word of encouragement for all the entrepreneurs (and every other working stiff, for that matter) scrapping it out in the latest downturn: Recessions--for all the havoc they wreak--can also sow......

Which book-to-screen is YOUR fave? VOTE!

In Parineeti Chopra's upcoming Netflix release The Girl On The Train, the actress goes against type to play an alcoholic, whose obsession around a happily married couple lands her in the middle of......

The Meyerowitz Stories: Thank God for Netflix!

If it wasn't for Netflix, we'd never have seen The Meyerowitz Stories in India.J Jagannath is captivated by this film about three disconnected siblings and their even more disconnected father.......

The Bard of Blood Review

Bard of Blood works up several moments of intrigue and drama but falls short of culminating into a satisfying watch, says Sukanya Verma. The courtship continues as Netflix doles out more......

Ismail Merchant passes away at 68

Filmmaker Ismail Merchant, 68, passed away at 4.30 pm on Wednesday at a hospital in London, surrounded by friends and family. He was unmarried, and had no children.His brother-in-law Waheed Chauhan......