The V S Naipaul I came to know

Nikhil Lakshman remembers the times he spent with the legendary writer who passed into the ages six days before his 86th birthday. IMAGE: Sir V S Naipaul gives the Nobel lecture at the Old Stock......

The Jaya you didn't know

'We spoke of everything but politics.''She was well-versed in the Eng. Lit. canon of Dickens and Austen, but had also read Oscar Wilde's famous epistolary tract from jail, De Profundis.'Sunil Sethi......

Man who 'booted' Bush released

Iraqi television journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who threw his shoe at former US president George W Bush in Baghdad last year, has been released from prison. Muntazer, 30, was initially sentenced to......

'William Shakespeare is our heritage too'

Ah, Bollywood. The things it manages to do. Take the recently released Omkara, for instance. A fine piece of filmmaking that should win its director Vishal Bhardwaj more than just a Filmfare Award.......

Kalpana Morparia: A banker with a difference

She didn't want to hang up her boots quite so soon; after all, she was used to 12-hour days in ICICI Bank. And she didn't think she was cut out to be an entrepreneur. So when the job came her way,......

Reuters eyes 26% stake in Times TV

Reuters India Pvt Ltd is negotiating with Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd to pick up a 26 per cent stake in Times Television. The deal price could not be ascertained but sources in the know of the......

Kamal Haasan@70: What Makes Him Ulaga Nayagan

'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian......

25 Movie Gems I Am Proud Of

'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pixabay It all began in September......

'40 Years On, Saaransh Is Still Relevant'

'It hasn't wrinkled because truth doesn't wrinkle. It's like fire; it burns every time you touch it.' IMAGE: Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi and Soni Razdan in Saaransh . As Saaransh completes 40......

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......