On the night of July 5, the Tigers launched their first kamikaze operation.Miller took the wheels of the explosive-packed truck, smiled at everyone as he turned the ignition key and drove it slowly......
'There was a time when a movie star could win an election just by stepping into politics. That era is over.' IMAGE: A fan pours milk on Vijay's poster to celebrate the release of his film The......
Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......
Tamil Nadu is the celebrated home of the 'social justice' movement in the country, yet caste differences and violence has only been increasing in numbers and becoming more brutal in recent years,......
It is not unlikely that ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP government comes up with more imaginative schemes aimed at constituency-building.The party under Modi's leadership has a more......
Uncertainty may shroud their deemed status with the apex court yet to deliver its final verdict. However, admissions to nearly 50 per cent of deemed universities blacklisted by the Ministry of......
Although it projected to become a global hub for pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) and clinical research, in particular, the country is now facing a severe shortage of trained clinical......
In the early 1970s, Manmohan Singh was a mild-mannered academic who went to work on a bicycle and held unfashionable views on economic management. His thesis that India could successfully compete......
'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian......
How a bus conductor named Shivaji Gaekwad became the mega-phenomenon called Rajinikanth.A fascinating excerpt from Naman Ramachandran's Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. Vanivilas Hospital......
Filmmaker Karan Bali shares the fascinating story of Ellis Roderick Dungan with Aseem Chhabra. Ellis Roderick Dungan was born in 1908 in Ohio. After travelling to France where he learned......
Things just keep getting better for Bollywood's most bankable khiladi. You guessed it. We're talking about Akshay Kumar, whose dream run last year with four hits -- Namastey London, Welcome, Heyy......
The Sathyabama Deemed Universityfelicitated Kamal Haasan with an honourary doctorate onJanuary 17. Several Tamil film industry figures were present at the function but the person who stood closest......
India's Sania Mirza (right) and Switzerland's Martina Hingis are ecstatic on winning their Wimbledon doubles title on Saturday. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images When you think of Indian......