Modi's Rahul-Sized Headache

For the first time, Modi is eyeball to eyeball with his bete noire, sitting a few feet across him. Given the last 10 years, a confrontation between them was unavoidable, inevitable, points out......

Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

India's Untold Nepal Stories

In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts. A fascinating......

How did Sahajahan Sheikh rise to prominence in TMC?

Following the assault on Enforcement Directorate officials during a raid in a remote West Bengal village on Friday, all eyes are now on Sahajahan Sheikh, popularly known as 'bhai,' who is alleged......

Shah Rukh Khan Is A Lifelong Learner

From the pinnacle of Veer Zara's teary romance, the transition to Pathaan and Jawan must have entailed a lot of resetting, rewiring, and recalibration in the mind.But SRK has done it. And done it......

Nadal makes majestic return to Roland Garros for Spain

IMAGE: Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his first round match against Marton Fucsovics of Hungary. Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters Spain's Rafael Nadal made a triumphant......

'Gill Is Clueless About Captaincy'

'I am not a Shubman Gill hater but I feel Ruturaj is a better option because he has scored runs in tougher situations.' IMAGE: India Captain Shubman Gill celebrates his half-century during the......

T20 WC: West Indies, England set for Super 8 run fest

IMAGE: England had a anxious group stage and needed arch-rivals Australia's help to keep alive their title defence. Photograph: Kind courtesy England Cricket/X An in-form West Indies will be......

T20 World Cup: West Indies, Afghanistan in battle for supremacy

IMAGE: After starting off with a scrappy win over Papua New Guinea, West Indies are slowly but steadily finding their rhythm with convincing victories against Uganda and New Zealand. Photograph:......

NZ-WI in crunch match; rain looms over England again

IMAGE: New Zealand will have to buck up as a batting unit to pose any challenge to the local favourites. Photograph: Kind courtesy Black Caps/X Staring at early elimination, New Zealand will......