WTF: It's Weird, True and Funny!

From the Elvis festival to a fanatic Homer Simpson fan, the world is crazy. Here’s a fresh collection of stories that prove it’s truly a weird and funny world.  Sexy......

Holy cows, global and local

'Many scholars have suggested that the importance of the cow and her association with the pantheon grew with the growing influence of the cult of Krishna,' says Arundhuti Dasgupta.Illustration:......

WTF News! It's Weird, True and Funny

Here’s your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world. At this gym, you nap for 45 minutes -- and still burn calories Ever feel like you should conform to society’s......

Sweet Fashion in Paris: Chocolate Dresses!

This what Homer Simpson means when he says: ‘Mmm. Chocolate!’ The Salon Du Chocolat kicked off in France on October 28, on the country’s National Chocolate Day. The event is an......

Can Modi ride the demonetisation tiger?

'The government's principal aim should be to reduce the volume of cash transactions.''That would bring more of the Indian economy within the purview of taxation.''The current downturn in economic......

Why India should take lesson from Greece

Homer has been stood on his head; it is now the Greeks who have been gifted a "Trojan" horse. The gift is a financial bailout package, so that the country does not default on its international......

The Peter Principle lives

The Peter Principle, about to be reissued in a 40th anniversary edition, was a best seller when it was first published. A satiric treatise on workplace incompetence, it touched a nerve with readers......

2010: An economic odyssey

What happens after the war has been won is an equally important story, says Subir Gokarn. As we look back over the crisis of 2007-2009, a striking feature is that it played itself out in three very......

Coming soon: 'Muslim Homer Simpson'

A character in English comedian David Baddiel's movie about a British Muslim who finds out he is actually Jewish, has been compared to Homer Simpson. Omid Djalili, 44, who is set to star as the......

Bar Refaeli puts on a bikini in Mexico

Get your lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood, right here!Israeli model Bar Refaeli was spotted sporting a tiny bikini in Mexico. While New Yorkers brave several inches of snow, the Sports......

Keira Knightley to play princess Diana?

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Keira Knightly is set to play princess Diana in a new movie called Diana based on the life of the Princess of Wales.......

Review: Killing Them Softly kills us sleepily

Raja Sen thinks Killing Them Softly shows off sparks of potential but doesn't work.Mob movie traditions bounce all over the place in Andrew Dominik's neat, nihilistic Killing Them Softly, a film......

PIX: Real Madrid ease past Chelsea; Milan in semis

IMAGE: Real Madrid's players celebrate after Rodrygo scored the second goal against Chelsea during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg match at Stamford Bridge in London, on......

Tokyo Games: DRAMATIC Pix!

Please click on the images for a better look at the action. IMAGE: Nguyen Thuy Linh of Team Vietnam competes against Sabrina Jaquet of Team Switzerland during a women's singles match at the......

Japan, rivals dominate their openers as Games action begins

IMAGE: Miu Goto of Japan in action. Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters Japan, the United States and Canada let a lone run among them during victories in softball on Wednesday as the first event......

Don't miss! Ganguly and Nasser Hussain's banter

Photograph Courtesy: Sourav Ganguly/Twitter Former skippers of India and England respectively, Sourav Ganguly and Nasser Hussain, on Saturday, indulged in a funny banter on Twitter regarding the......

Baseball legend, 'Hammerin' Hank' Aaron, dies at 86

'He grew up poor and faced racism as he worked to become one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Hank never let the hatred he faced consume him.' IMAGE: Atlanta Braves legend Hank Aaron......