A Day That Ustad Zakir Hussain Gifted Me

The eulogies will pour for Ustad Zakir Hussain.There will be those who recount his genius, his enterprise, his achievements, his grace, and his charm.I have no selfies or autographs to remember him......

Amid logjam in Parliament, Oppn MPs offer roses to BJP members

Several opposition MPs on Wednesday greeted their Bharatiya Janata Party counterparts in Parliament premises with the tricolour in one hand and a red rose in the other, as they urged the ruling......

Why Talks With Naga Groups Have Stalled

'People's expectations were very high.''We felt both sides had understood each other.''But the removal of Article 370 triggered apprehensions within the Naga people.'Rashme Sehgal reports. IMAGE:......

'People Have Spent Life's Moments On What I Made'

At 13, he left Bihar to work in a saw-mill in Bhutan. He learnt the craft of making sofas, and some of the pieces he made found a place in the royal palace. He returned home after spending 35 years......

Sensex tanks 1,176 points, Nifty falls below 23,500

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty plunged about 1.5 per cent on Friday, taking their downtrend to the fifth straight session, due to risk aversion in the global markets after the hawkish......

Markets stage strong comeback; Sensex jumps 843 points

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended sharply higher on Friday amid heavy buying in telecommunication stocks and encouraging domestic inflation data. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters After......

Intense selling in select index majors; Sensex, Nifty end down

Equity market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Thursday due to intense selling in index majors Reliance Industries, L&T and HUL as investors turned cautious ahead of the inflation......

Nifty Next 50 intensifies competition in the largecap space

Nifty Next 50 gives investors exposure to companies on their way to joining the top 50 as well as those transitioning towards the midcap space. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Passive......

All We Imagine As Light Review: Ode To Hope, Humanity And Her

Payal Kapadia's understanding of what it means to be a woman is as poignant as her authentic portrait of Mumbai's hoi polloi, observes Sukanya Verma. Three immigrant women from different......

Want To Know Nayanthara's Story?

Taapsee goes rani pink... Mira-Shahid's first meeting....Vijay has a feast... Photograph: Kind courtesy Netflix India/Instagram Do you know how Nayanthara became the Lady Superstar? The actor......

The FABULOUS Life of Shalini Passi

In its new season, the Bollywood Wives are joined by the Fabulous Lives! Yes, it's titled Fabulous Lives VS Bollywood Wives, and we have new faces joining the original cast of Maheep Kapoor,......

Citadel: Honey Bunny: Varun-Sam Fire Up Guns & Stunts

Varun and Samantha's electric chemistry remains the highlight amid all that action, making for a trustworthy team that will not disappoint, says Mayur Sanap. Guns, bullets and high-voltage drama,......

Ashwin was humiliated; forced to retire, says father

'The sudden change – retirement – gave us a shock. We were expecting it because humiliation was going on.' IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin's father dropped a bombshell when he said......

Ashwin's exit mirrors Dhoni, Kumble's abrupt farewells

IMAGE: R Ashwin and MS Dhoni played their final Test Down Under, and called it quits on their own terms. Photograph: CSK/X A heavy sense of deja vu accompanied R Ashwin's retirement from......

Ashwin: Evolutionary, cerebral and never a one-trick pony

If one has to analyse Ashwin the cricketer, it is very difficult to ignore Ashwin, the person, who had a very independent mind and a brain that probably ticked 24x7. He believed in de-construction......

Ashwin retires from international cricket

IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin finished his career with a whopping 537 Test wickets. Photograph: ICC/X India's premier off-spinner R Ashwin on Wednesday surprised the cricketing world by announcing......

Sara Tendulkar Stuns at the Gabba

IMAGE: Sara Tendulkar was spotted cheering on Team India. Photograph: Sara Tendulkar/Instagram Sara Tendulkar, the daughter of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, turned heads at the Gabba Stadium......