Perks have encouraged a brazen VIP culture in India

The race for VIP perks has pernicious consequences and is undermining the elite's authority Edward Said once wrote a short piece examining people in positions of power and responsibility who......

SARS whistleblower in trouble

Jiang Yanyong, a military surgeon and China's celebrated SARS whistleblower, is likely to face formal charges for criticising the government over the violent suppression of democracy protests in......

'Pakistan is not ready for a democracy yet'

Sharmeen Obaid is busy. The Pakistani filmmaker, inMumbai recently for the screening of her documentary Terror's Children, which focuses on the plight of Afghan children in Pakistani refugee camps......

Why is online shopping yet to pick up in India

Online shopping is yet to pick up in India where television has the most perceived advertising persuasiveness across all age groups, according to a survey.Companies in India might be rushing in to......

Here comes content marketing

Content marketing is perhaps part of the tectonic shift that is under way in media with the advent of the web, says Ajit Balakrishnan. If you say you haven't yet heard about "content......

'Entrepreneurs not only shape but create the future'

Five inspiring women who travelled thousands of miles to Hyderabad recently to grow their business and skills share their tales of global entrepreneurship. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel listened in. The......

Is Dhoni Aircel's success mantra?

For the last few weeks, India's cricket captain and youth icon Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been extolling the virtues of Aircel mobile services on television, billboards and newspapers across the......

Isn't That Michael Jackson's Sister Janet?

The day before her 56th birthday on Monday, Janet Jackson made a rare appearance at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas to present an award to singer Mary Jane Blige. Please click on the......

Spanish guitar great Paco De Lucia dies

According to reports, the news was announced by the mayor's office in Algeciras in southern Spain, where Lucia was born.One of the greatest musicians of the modern world died on Wednesday. BBC......

Bob Dylan 'to release' Christmas album

Bob Dylan is all set to release an album of Christmas songs, the Telegraph.co.uk reported. According to the website, the album will include songs like Here Comes Santa Claus and the carol O Little......

Of Jethro Tull and Aishwarya Rai

U2 frontman and last year's Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bono goes about changing the world "unfortunately, in a kind of showbizy way".Heavy metal pioneers Metallica printed 5,000 t-shirts saying......

Meet This Winter Olympics Sensation

IMAGE: Eileen Gu at the 2021 Met Gala. Photograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Chinese American Eileen Gu, representing the Winter Games hosts China, has her face......

Another baby boy for Shakira and Pique!

Shakira and her partner Gerard Pique with their son Milan. Photograph: Instagram Pop star Shakira and her longtime partner Gerard Pique have welcomed their second child, a baby boy. The......

India has learnt to accept female athletes but still a long way to go: Sania

'Sport in this side of the world does not come naturally to parents. They want their daughters to be doctors, lawyers, teachers but not an athlete.' IMAGE: Sania Mirza outlined the many challenges......

Real Madrid is world's most valuable football team

Real Madrid, who in 2018 won the Champions League for a third consecutive year, were valued at $4.24 billion, up 9% from a year ago, Forbes said. Real Madrid unseated Manchester United as the......

I'm all for freedom of choice, says Kohli following criticism

'Virat Kohli's statement is a reflection of the bubble that most famous people either slip into or are forced into' IMAGE: 'What an idiotic set of words to come from an India captain'. Photograph:......