Brangelina awesome, but both are banned

Lamat R Hasan in New Delhi The much-awaited list of banished words for 2007 is out. In its 32nd annual list Michigan's Lake Superior State University (LSSU) has banished "gitmo", "awesome", "now......

These legs are worth over a million pounds!

upermodel Heidi Klum legs are worth-- hold your breath -- 1.1 million!And the man who came to that figure? John Souglides, from the auction house Phillips De Pury & Company, whoassessed the......

In gender street fight, new rules of engagement

It was not surprising to see the support a fellow columnist received from other presumably single-by-choice women for her rousing piece on the pressures a woman must face for choosing to remain......

How Virat Kohli cracked the Rs 100-crore league

There is more to the cricketer’s rise in brand valuation than his cracking form on the cricket field, notes Sandeep Goyal Virat Kohli is today, without doubt, India’s premier human......

Old Spice: No longer the mark of a man?

Once known as the definitive aftershave brand, its deodorant avatar is yet to become such an icon The lone surfer riding the waves to the stirring score of the 20th-century German composer Carl......

Builders start raising home prices again

DLF, the country's largest property developer, will soon conduct a poll among property brokers to decide the pricing and number of apartments to be offered in the second phase of its Capital......

Why mangoes will be cheaper in the US

If you are in America and are longing for a taste of fresh Indian mangoes without it burning a hole in your pocket, your wait is finally over. A 14 tonne shipment of luscious Kesar......

The evolving Bollywood hero

Our men cry on screen now. They also wear pink shirts, raise babies, kill people, break hearts. The modern Bollywood hero is fast becoming a heavily textured character, one who is both metrosexual......

Life Partner: One-time paisa vasool only!

It's important to know why you want to marry more than who you want to marry. A certain ideology -- largely a combination of dreams and expectations, influences an independently-thinking......

First Look: Love Guru

One Kannada film that is receiving uniform appreciation for its songs and promos is Love Guru. The film directed by debutant Prashanth, who worked as an assistant director in Hindi films like......

Review: Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai

They say that the first line of any story is the key towards engaging a reader's interest. If so, the same rule applies for the first scene of a movie as well. And when the first few scenes from......

Spotted: Sreesanth at Bandra

Reader Sameer Shaikh sent us this photograph from Mumbai. 'Can you guys believe who I met on my birthday?,' asks Sameer. 'It was my birthday on 10th June and I gave my friends a treat at......