Artist Vivan Sundaram, among India's greats, dies at 79

Vivan Sundaram, a pioneering multidisciplinary artist who often used his work, melding sculptures, photographs, videos and paintings, to reflect contemporary issues of the day, died in New Delhi on......

Aga Khan museum cancels 'Kaali' documentary show in Toronto

The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto has said it "deeply regrets" causing offence to members of the Hindu and other faith communities and has removed the presentation of the documentary Kaali, after the......

PM Modi in Singapore: Day 3

On day 3 of his visit to Singapore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a busy schedule. Here's what the PM was up to on his third day.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore's former......

Partition: Lest We Forget

For Aanchal Malhotra, the stories of Partition were stories that needed to be told.It resulted in a book, reports Payal Mohanka, punctuated with endearing moments, uncontrollable tears, a poignant......

Why these Aranmula mirrors sell for Rs 1 lakh!

With fake products making its way into the market, Aranmula's metal mirror makers are finding new ways to keep the glory of the traditional craft intact, finds Manu A B/Rediff.com Image: Aranmula......

In largest-ever US city bankruptcy, cuts coming for Detroit creditors

A federal judge on Tuesday formally declared Detroit bankrupt, a landmark ruling that clears the way for potentially sweeping cuts to city worker pensions and retirement benefits and for steep and......

India's uber-rich plan private museums to display collections

India's uber-rich are now keen to set up private museums to display their treasured asset collections. High net worth individuals are now approaching their bankers to help them set up trusts that......

What Bengaluru must learn from San Francisco

San Francisco and Bengaluru have a lot in common but there is a lot more that is different. Bengaluru needs to imbibe the spirit of San Francisco, says Subir Roy. San Francisco and Bengaluru have......

Fine films, fabulous discoveries at MAMI

The movies that impressed, puzzled and stunned Sukanya Verma at MAMI this year. You know it's time for the annual Mumbai Film Festival when the city's cinephile population flocks to theatres in......

Sunny Leone, Arvind Kejriwal, Konkona: Stars in Toronto

Of all the Indian films screened in Toronto, three stood out for Aseem Chhabra -- A Death in the Gunj, Mostly Sunny and An Insignificant Man. "There are so many films from India this year," my......

'Where's your turban?'

Just when everything seemed picture perfect for brown faces on American television, Showtime reverts to form with its new series Billions. Aseem Chhabra points out how popular media still hasn't......

The 330 films I saw in 2015

'In 2015 I watched films in so many places. I attended several film festivals around the world -- Berlin, Tribeca (New York), Telluride, Toronto, Zurich, Mumbai, Dharamsala and Goa,' says Aseem......

Tennis Roundup: Bopanna-Shapovalov in quarters

IMAGE: Rohan Bopanna, right, with his partner Denis Shapovalov. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Patrice Lapointe/Tennis Canada India's Rohan Bopanna teamed up with Canada's Denis Shapovalov to......

King proud women's tennis leads fight for equality

IMAGE: From left, Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, Naomi Osaka of Japan, Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, Ashleigh Barty of Australia, Simona Halep of Romania pose with the Billie Jean King......

Do not underestimate India after Test loss, warns Hussey

India are a completely different outfit in limited-overs Virat Kohli talks to India's Director of Cricket, Ravi Shastri. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images Former Australia batsman Michael......

French Open 2010 poster by Pak-born Indian artist

The Indian representation in this year's French Open is not confined to just the Somdev Devvarmans and Leander Paeses alone. The official poster for French Open 2010 iscreated by 64-year-old artist......

Wellington: The score... and more

The second Twenty20 international between India and New Zealand will be played at the Westpacstadium in Wellington on February 27.The venue hashosted just a solitary Twenty20 international, between......