Why Are Voters Not Turning Up To Vote?

Is the unusually and unbearably scorching Sun and the general laxity, bordering on laziness, among voters, responsible, asks N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Voters line up outside a polling station at......

'Ajit has choked Pawar politically'

'Pawar is a fighter. He will fight back.' IMAGE: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar during the Jyot Nishthechi Mahila Melawa event in Mumbai, February 15, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo......

Maha speaker gets more time to decide on pleas against Ajit Pawar

The Supreme Court on Monday extended the deadline till February 15 for Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide the Sharad Pawar faction's plea seeking disqualification of NCP MLAs......

Can Mahua Moitra Fight A 30 Year Battle With BJP?

For that to happen, Moitra's much followed speeches should be heard outside Parliament so that the PR spins of the ruling dispensation are countered with informed debate, argues Shyam G Menon.......

Godrej Split Handled With Admirable Dignity

'Business families like the Godrej group are increasingly realising that an amicable settlement is better.''Else, the wealth of all shareholders gets destroyed.' IMAGE: Clockwise: Jamshyd N......

Cloudy future for Kolkata's great roadside tea

Just as unregulated unauthorised hawkers and their shops can kill a city, some space needs to be carved out for distinctive affordable street food, says Shubir Roy. At Rs 5 per small glass of tea......

Godrej MD reveals how the company beats the blues

It could be his designation or the organisation he represents. Equally, it could be his name: Vivek ‘Gambhir’. At any rate, I was half expecting to meet an intensely serious,......

Orient-Express to be a value buy for Tatas

Indian Hotels' ambitious bid to acquire Orient-Express Hotels (OEH) has disappointed the Street. However, this might be a knee-jerk reaction. Analysts say Indian Hotels is acquiring OEH at prices......

The Difference Between Fawad And Shah Rukh Khan

'I think because India is a bigger country and Bollywood is such a well-oiled machine, the star thing has become so much bigger than the actor thing.' IMAGE: Fawad Khan in Barzakh. Film-maker Asim......

Heeramandi Review: Romance, Revenge, Rebellion

Heeramandi, a passion project that took off after years in development and planning, mirrors Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film-making's finest and frustrating features, observes Sukanya Verma. It's......

Looking At 1999: 25 Years Ago In Bollywood...

1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......

Vikrant Rona Review

The plot keeps getting weirder by the minute, and scenes leapfrog round with no control...The end result is bafflement and boredom, observes Deepa Gahlot. For a film that aimed at a pan-Indian......

Wimbledon champion Halep enjoys Romania's adulation

IMAGE: Simona Halep of Romania poses for a photo with the trophy in the Royal Box on centre court. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Romania's presidency and the Orthodox Church......

Football backs 'Fergie', the greatest manager of all

Ferguson was immovable for more than quarter of a century re-inventing United as the world's most celebrated club IMAGE: Sir Alex Ferguson in the stands. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters If......

Children of another dangal

'Dangal gives people the impression that Geeta and Babita Phogat's rise to fame as wrestlers is a one-off phenomenon.''Many young wrestlers in Haryana are capable of reaching the same heights as......