'Astad had the courage to plough a lonely furrow. He made a life of his own, on his own, and created a path-breaking dance style.''Only a few in the performing arts could do what he did.''A......
There are few artistes who qualify to be called a living legend.India's finest contemporary dancer, Astad Deboo, is one of those rare few.On Thursday, December 10, after a brief illness, the Living......
'We must begin dialogue with openness and goodwill, but we will not proceed very far without trust and good faith. The alternative is the violence of 'might is right,' which settles very little and......
If only the Italians had accepted that it was a wrong judgement on the part of the crew of the ship, apologised and offered adequate compensation, the matter could have been resolved. But their......
Barack Obama is one sporting US President, and he gave a glimpse of his game by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch to St Louis Cardinals' first baseman Albert Pujols before the All-Star......
Money permits patronage.Money means power. No wonder details of the crores locked up in NPAs and never repaid loans are top secret, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. Photograph: PTI Photo It could well be......
Funny never really goes out of style; it just takes on different (sometimes unpleasant) avatars. Jerry Seinfeld wanted to go out at number one and he did just that when he ended his critically......
When Wayne Rooney played his hundreth match for England on Saturday, he was honoured with a trophy. Djokovic was in sublime form at the recently concluded ATP World Tour Finals, seeing him end the......
The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Sunday to win the World Series in their second four-game sweep of the Fall Classic in four years. Starter Jon Lester took the win, Jonathan......
Among the pine-scented groves of Ancient Olympia, along the marathon route traced by Phidippides and on the cycle course beneath the Acropolis, the 2004 Athens Olympics produced a stream of......
The Curse of the Bambino may have ended this year but Babe Ruth proved to have plenty of clout at the auction table as the bat he used to hit the first homer at Yankee Stadium sold for $1.265......
She is the 'Dream Girl' on America's designated 'Dream Team' for the Athens Olympics.She is rated one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people, voted ESPN's 'Hottest Female Athlete' and comes......