Cheers, Terry Pratchett, who christened me a dragon

'Pratchett's work mocked the very idea of literary limitations, going from police procedural in one book to Christmas adventure in the next, from vampires to football, from the birth of motion......

A small scar and Ode to Joy

A large shop display window, located in a corridor directly opposite the entrance to the now-boarded-up Harbour Bar, that was decimated in the 26/11 attack on the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower......

Myanmar's Iron Lady

This is no spaghetti western. This is a real story from Danubyu, Myanmar.April 5, 1989, two months before the Tiananmen Square massacre in nearby China. A woman walks down the middle of the street,......

Date till you drop!

Date till you drop!Don't be such a wuss. Try it! Try it!"She is totally in love. As it happens, the object of her affections is not a human being. It's not even an object. She might have had hope......

Bankers back on the front foot

After being on the defensive for the last two years, global bankers are making their presence felt in Davos. The tone was set this morning by JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive James Dimon who......

Overall, Porsche Cayenne Coupe is a great package

This coupe SUV has all the elements that make a Porsche both aesthetically and dynamically poised. Coupe SUVs are garnering hype in an exponential manner with each passing day. Since BMW debuted......

Inflation control no bar to growth

I frankly cannot figure out the frenzied excitement of the commentariat (the new buzz word denoting the entire community of commentators) every time the Reserve Bank of India Governor, Dr Y V......

Meet the Jabong founder: A man who wears many hats

While pursuing his MBA, Sinha launched his first venture, Aquabrim, a water solution company, which, incidentally, is still in operation. That was also the time when he met the woman who would be......

Why Raja Sen thought Prince was The Joker

Prince, remembers Raja Sen, snuck his way into an underage brain and sparked off deliciously inappropriate thoughts in style. When I was eight years old, I thought Prince was The Joker. Allow me to......

Paiyya is not one of Yuvan Shankar Raja's best

"Hundred journeys make a love story," triumphantly proclaims the audio cover of Thirrupathi Brothers Media Ltd's Tamil film titled Paiyya -- also a Lingusamy film. With Paruthiveeran's Karthi and......

Patiala House: Bend it like Akshay!

Sukanya Verma reviews Patiala House.Post YOUR reviews here!Some things never change. One of them is our obsession with drama.Even today the minute the besiegedhero's displeased father, mother, wife......

Review: Ayan is worth a listen

There's something about a Harris Jeyaraj-Surya combo that seems to have everyone raise expectations to a fever-pitch, and AVM's Tamil movie Ayan, directed by K V Anand seems to be no......

Batsmen bludgeon Kiwis into submission

Scoreboard | Graphical analysis| ImagesNew Zealand were here to make history.Thirty-eight fours and six sixes later, New Zealand were history. India scored 353-5 in 50 overs with centuries from......