On January 20, the United States will hold its 59th inaugural ceremony to swear in President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The event, held at the US Capitol in Washington,......
This is something that Modi's critics are reluctant to accept: He is the most popular leader that India has seen since Indira Gandhi, says Vir Sanghvi. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas......
What is it like to be canvassing for votes, especially when you want to do it in style? As the general elections inch closer, Shashi Tharoor, the Congress parliamentarian from Thiruvananthapuram,......
Rajinikanth and Kamalahaasan’s new generation movies of the twenty-first century may make bigger money than their earlier films but leave behind a lesser impact. That would make the......
Oh, Barack Obama, how we will miss you! Over their eight years in the White House, Barack, Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama undoubtedly left their mark on history. As he prepares for a life after......
Three Indian-origin women have been named by Forbes among America's 80 richest self-made women, the "ceiling crashers" and "overachievers" blazing their own trails as they create new businesses and......
One day in July 2002, Sunil Bharti Mittal was in a rooftop meeting room at Mumbai's Oberoi hotel, in the midst of 80 or so journalists, to celebrate Airtel's launch in the city. He tried to light......
Congress may or may not be writing the preliminary epitaph for GM this week. But it sure seems to be playing out the perfect epilogue for the comparably bankrupt Bush era. Another big complicated......
Nawazuddin Siddiqui is not romcom material, notes Deepa Gahlot. The sworn-off marriage protagonist of Jogira Sara Ra Ra declares that he is not husband or boyfriend material, but he can be......
Tigmanshu Dhulia's earthy touches, perverse humour and queasy depiction of the upscale and underbelly revels in pulpy and devious twists, notes Sukanya Verma. Be its culture or chaos, India's......
From Westerns to pastries, the OTT spectrum is looking wide and versatile this week. Sukanya Verma lists them out. News of the WorldWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: English Directed by Paul......
On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......
Film festivals don't just applaud art, but also cultivate a discerning viewer. When the Mumbai Film Festival kicked off in 1997, its goal was to showcase 'good, social, family-oriented films.' But......
The problem with allowing a bunch of rowdy gate crashers into the party is they will repay you by re-arranging your furniture. It must feel a little bit like that for the established names at this......
Madhura Nagendra, the woman who gatecrashed into the Indian Olympic contingent's march past at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, today regretted the incident, saying "it was an error of......
A woman who gatecrashed India's parade at the Olympic opening ceremony was a member of the cast from the extravaganza but should not have been with the athletes, London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe......