Will miss my twin: Supriya Sule remembers Cyrus Mistry

Calling Cyrus Mistry her twin, Nationalist Congress Party leader Supriya Sule on Monday said she has been devastated by the demise of the former chairman of Tata Sons. IMAGE: Cyrus Mistry pays......

The Green Invasion

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Humour finds its way through coronavirus stresses

Laughter they say is the best medicine. At least to beat the blues resulting from the coronavirus lockdown. Subtle and sharp, sarcastic and self-deprecating. And sometimes just downright rude.......

The Gouri Amma I Knew

She was capable of a level of human compassion that is rare today among politicians, recalls Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who knew the Communist legend K R Gowri, who passed into the ages on May 11,......

Will Modi grasp the economic nettle?

In putting the country's economy back on the rails, it is best that Narendra Modi and Arun Jaitley draw on grass-roots feedback and their own practical sense and native wisdom without allowing......

Montek Singh on Indian economy and reforms

The first thing Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, 64, told Siddharth Zarabi and Asit Ranjan Mishra as they walked into his office was to live up to Business Standard's......

COLUMN: Can we have waterless agriculture too Mr PM?

We need a master plan to increase our water storage capacity, improve irrigation facilities and create water networks across the country that links the draught prone with those experiencing floods,......

'My family thought I was mad!'

Karan Bilimoria, the founder of Cobra Beer, has just become Lord Bilimoria. While several Indians have hit the big-time internationally, Bilimoria is the only one to have done so by building a......

19 Brilliant Movies You Need To Watch

Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you. A lot has changed since the 2019......

Is this the BEST Jodi of Bigg Boss?

Pratik and Akshara become the first Boss lady and Boss man of the house. The drama continues on Day 3 as the Bigg Boss OTT episode begins with Shamita Shetty and Akshara Singh locking horns over......

5 actors who could play Anurag's superhero

Okay, so we know that director Anurag Kashyap has already cast Kunal Kapoor to play Doga in his cinematic adaptation of the popular Raj Comics series. Yet fantasy-casting is always a fun game to......

Bollywood pregnancies that caused a furor

When making a melodrama and in doubt, give your heroine a big false stomach. That seems to be the primary thought in Bollywood drama at least, the filmmakers milking pregnancy for sympathy as......

Cricket's alive again, but it's action minus atmosphere

'Ghost-like stands repel rather than attract audiences,' observes Ashis Ray. IMAGE: Day four of the 1st #RaiseTheBat Test match between England and the West Indies at The Ageas Bowl in......

'Getting an Olympic medal in athletics is my one-point agenda'

'We keep climbing one step and slipping three. In 2004, our relay team was 7th in the world. Then we slipped from there. Otherwise, today our 4x400 metres relay team would have been gearing for a......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......