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IMAGE: Girls hold the national flag during Independence Day dress rehersals in Jabalpur. Photograph: PTI Photo Independence Day is a special moment in the history of a nation.  And when the......

Newton, Darwin take note: Gagandeep Kang makes history

Women are great team players and collaborators, 'but they don't put themselves forward,' Dr Gagandeep Kang, the first Indian woman scientist to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, tells......

When Mahatma Gandhi mobilised Rs 6,000 for flood relief in Kerala

Following Gandhi's appeal, people from various walks of life including women and children had donated even their gold jewels and meagre savings to help the flood-affected people. Nearly a century......

'The Uniform Should Be Above Religion'

'The political leadership is not realising that it is dividing the uniform on the lines of religion.''This will lead to anarchy.' IMAGE: Kind courtesy the Mumbai Police calendar 2018. Dr Meeran C......

IndiGo and the habit of consistently making money

Travelling on IndiGo is a smoother experience than observing its handling of its IPO in the past fortnight has been, notes Rahul Jacob A few years ago at the air show in Hyderabad, Rahul Bhatia,......

Rajat Gupta's daughter takes witness stand

A day after former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta notified the court that he will not testify in his own defence, his eldest daughter and close friends took the witness stand on his behalf in......

The dark side of call centers!

Trin! Trin! The phone rings, and Stephanie (an alias used by the call centre employee taking the call) has 20 seconds to get ready with her headphones and chant her opening script."Thank you for......

Review: Mirzya is all budget, no heart

Neither the intense-because-we-say-it-is romance running through Mirzya or the soft-focus-myth is actually interesting, feels Raja Sen. Hindi movies of a certain vintage used to feature an opening......

Meet Bollywood's Next Big Thing, Saiyami Kher

'One can't be inhibited in Bollywood, so southern cinema was the best place to learn and break inhibitions.''That's why I went there.''It was just dancing around trees and on top of buses, and a......

Review: Calendar Girls is another Madhur Bhandarkar dud

It's hard to believe Calendar Girls has been made by someone who makes films, fumes Raja Sen. Halfway through Calendar Girls, the new film by Madhur Bhandarkar, a young actress is shooting a......

'No inhibitions about wearing a bikini'

'I wasn't sure if I could carry off a bikini well. So I did a photo shoot and showed it Madhur Bhandarkar. He said it looked great. That gave me the confidence to carry it off.' Meet Calendar girl......

Why medals in badminton will be tougher in Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: PV Sindhu in action. Photograph: BAI/Twitter India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal says the badminton competition at next year's Olympics will be tougher than the last three Games and she is......

PHOTOS: Ravindra Jadeja meets his 'match'

'Reeva is a God's gift for me.' Team India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja tells Haresh Pandya what attracted him to Reeva Solanki. IMAGE: Reeva Solanki and Ravindra Jadeja after their engagement in......