It was Soni Somarajan's biggest dream -- to see himself as a proud member of the Indian Armed Forces.Life brutally shattered that dream.So, Soni tells Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd), he wove new......
I first met Kamala Das in Bank House on Backbay Reclamation. The flat was quite close to what is today my office in Nariman Point (in Mumbai). I had come from Kolkata, where I lived in those days,......
One misstep in the Taliban stronghold of Zabul and the chances are that you would be kidnapped or killed. There have been scores of such incidents and the southern province remains the hotbed of......
Consider the following events that took place involving people from Kerala in dangerous situations in the recent past: A driver with the Border Roads Organization is kidnapped by the Taliban in......
Uzhavoor village is in mourning. The nondescript village in Kerala's Kottayam district, that smells of raw rubber, came into the limelight because of its illustrious son: Kocheril Raman......
It’s not just the pandemic that has shrunk every Indian festival to a shadow of its exuberant self. Pollution also has been a factor. Enter the fireworks city of Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu......
There are people who live for their jobs. And a few -- very few -- who die for them. In the latter category, you generally think of soldiers dying to protect the Motherland. Yes, we have plenty of......
Ananya drops a picture... Huma gets clicked by Akshay... Divyanka votes... Photograph: Kind courtesy Nia Sharma/Instagram Nia Sharma gets us excited about her new show, Suhagan Chudail, which will......
At the Leo fete, Vijay had this to tell his fans: 'I know you all are in my heart. But today, I also know that I am also in the hearts of all of you...'A typical politician's line, did you say,......
Vadh is watchable because of its terrific cast, notes Mayur Sanap. There is something oddly satisfying about seeing an actor deconstructing the image that made him so popular in the first place.......
This is a film written for an audience that thrives on Vijay's stardom and it satisfies them thoroughly, observes Divya Nair. In the last few years, I have realised one thing: There are few......
The film bears its weight largely on Mohanlal's shoulders who mostly looks tired and old as he delivers his flat, unmemorable, lines trying to look passionate, observes Divya Nair. IMAGE: Mohanlal......
'I wanted people to know me for who I am, because a lot of times, Ashwin's picking up a wicket and Virat Kohli is all over the place.''He's just jumping about, and people very often tend to believe......
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......
IMAGE: Virat Kohli hugs Ravichandran Ashwin in the dressing room at The Gabba in Brisbane during the tea break on Day 5 of the 3rd Test. Photograph: Screengrab/X Spin legend Ravichandran......
'I don't have the common insecurities that people have.' IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin is India's second highest wicket-taker in Tests with 516 wickets from 100 Tests. Photographs: BCCI Engineer,......
'It's a downfall for the powerhouse that produced some iconic names such as PT Usha, Shiny Wilson, Anju Bobby George' IMAGE: Kerala will be represented by four members -- Muhammed Anas, Muhammed......