How to protect yourself from COVID-19

'The social distancing vaccine.' 'And the mask vaccine.' 'If you adhere to these two vaccines and go and meet people in a well-ventilated room -- not in an enclosed, non-ventilated, room -- you are......

Sheena Bora Trial: The Simple Witness

Maruti Warke's basic understanding illustrated how far outside the system most less privileged Indians are -- simple, innocent people barely but admirably eking out an existence, with almost no......

The men who inspire Kamal Haasan

Why did Kamal Haasan name the leaders he did? IMAGE: Kamal Haasan at the House of Kalam in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, February 21, 2018.Photograph: Diamond Babu Tamil movie superstar......

Sheena Bora Trial: 'Indrani Mukerjea has no hand in this murder'

Indrani, radiant in an immaculate white and gold salwar-kurta that matched the moment, her hair open, a bindi gleaming on her forehead, beamed placidly, fully enjoying this small minute of......

Going abroad? Buy health insurance first

In 2005, Simran Jagdev was all set to go to the UK to pursue a Masters in Finance Investment at the University of Nottingham. Like all other students going abroad, she had to buy a health insurance......

Why Deve Gowda is bad for Bangalore

Bangaloreans must banish H D Deve Gowda if they wish to see any developmental works come to fruition.I am conscious of the fact that I am saying this about a former prime minister of India, but......

Mammootty Gets Off A Bus; Goes Down A Rabbit Hole

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mammootty in Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam. In Nanpakal......

'Heroines flocked to him, but...'

'... their love was jinxed.''His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than......

Can Bollywood make a film as smart as this one?

Sreehari Nair reviews Ayyappanum Koshiyum. IMAGE: Prithviraj as Koshi Kurian in Ayyappanum Koshiyum.   Sachy's Ayyappanum Koshiyum starts off as a Man versus Man story and, very slowly,......

Review: Gurgaon is supremely entertaining

Director Shanker Raman, with an appetite for noir and a natural temperament for fast-cutting, takes you so swiftly and so deeply inside Gurgaon's anomie that you may mistake his vision of the city......

Kolkata 2001: The Odyssey, viewed from the sidelines

20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history.Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.......

Mayweather maintains undefeated run after beating Pacquiao in megabout

'When the history books are written, it was worth the wait' 'Manny Pacquiao is a hell of fighter, I see now why he is at the pinnacle of boxing' 'My next fight in September will be my last and I......

'Indian cricket's colourful story is still being written'

'What is true khadoos? Stubborn? Dogged? Unyielding? Relentless? Or something in between that? Or all of it together?' 'Just like you can't translate it, you can't teach a kid to be khadoos either.......

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