The Oxford alumnus fighting the Bihar election

'The uneducated think of their rights as a gift. This is deeply troubling.''If they were educated they could claim what is rightfully theirs.' IMAGE: Mathematics and Finance teacher Manish......

'Modi won't accept defeat for himself'

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Alert employee prevents major derailment near Mumbai

A major tragedy was averted on early Tuesday morning, when a keyman noticed a rail fracture between Palghar and Kelwe Road stations, and sounded an alert to officials.Railway officials from the......

'You don't get cover for job loss in India'

There were as many questions on investment as on insurance during the weekly insurance chat with insurance and investment consultant Jigessh Patel on Wednesday. Here is the transcript:Jigessh Patel......

Which is India's first biotech company?

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Simputer: Not a common man's device anymore

Only three years ago, the Simputer was the biggest story to come out of the Indian IT industry.It was to be the first time that a computing product would be completely indigenously developed and......

Pooja Hegde, Allu Arjun, Ranveer's Big Award Night

The 10th edition of South Indian International Awards took place in Bengaluru over the weekend. Pushpa: The Rise was the big winner at the event, which also saw a liberal sprinkling of......

'Bapi's films conveyed the natural colours of life'

'Bapi's characters looked and spoke like people we know.' IMAGE: Bindiya Goswami and Rakesh Roshan in Khatta Meetha. "Bapi -- that's what I called him -- lived a full and complete life," Rupali,......

The Wonderful Films of Basu Chatterjee

'Basuda welcomed viewers into a world that was instantly familiar and comfortable,' observes Sukanya Verma. Basu Chatterjee didn't just make movies for us. He made movies about us. I saw life in......

Bigg Boss 10: Jason and Mona sizzle

There were many twists in the show over the weekend, observes Divya Nair.   Highlights Manveer hurts himself; Gaurav wins captaincy Swami Om and Manu exit the show Elena is evicted Jason......

Indian archers shine bright in Asia Cup

India bag four medals, confirm 10 more in Asia Cup Archery Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepika Kumari/Instagram Indian archers bagged four medals including three gold in the compound section as they......

Sports Shorts: Sharath Kamal sails into at WTT Contender semis

IMAGE: World No 41 Achanta Sharath Kamal is the lone Indian in the competition. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters Veteran Sharath Kamal finally made the men's singles medal round in a major......

Of Brazil and memories of another Cup

A young school boy is enraptured by tales of Brazilian soccer magic told by a classmate and falls in love with the joga bonito -- the beautiful game and the men in yellow. M P Anil Kumar travels......