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Bumla pass: India-China face-off in the high Himalayas

A chilly wind howled through the Bumla pass, the snow-bound border between India and China, one of the few recognised frontiers between the two gigantic Asian neighbours. IMAGE: The road......

Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of......

The odd, odd world around us!

We truly live in a wonderfully weird world! A boy carries a little sheep from its summer pastures in the mountains down to the valley and through the town of Mittenwald during the traditional......

Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

From shy bride to passionate campaigner, the story of Princess Diana was more often than not told through photographs.On her 20th death anniversary, August 31, a walk down memory lane to remember......

Italy quake: Death toll rises to 247 as search for survivors continues

The death toll from the powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck central Italy on Wednesday has climbed to at least 247. Fabrizio Curcio, head of Italy’s civil protection agency, revised......

Bengal's tea industry seeks a new flavour

The alpona (artwork) on the steep, winding road leading to Makaibari bears testimony to the visit of G20 delegates for the second tourism working group meeting in April last year. Photograph:......

Taj to debut in Bhutan soon

Taj Leisure Hotels, the strategic business unit of Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces will launch Taj Tashi, its new property in Thimphu, the capital of the neighbouring state of Bhutan on January 23.......

10 global business trends of 2006

Looking back on Fast Company's staff blog, some of the year's most interesting companies, products, and people have been written about, for better or worse, and sometimes more than once.......

The world's best hotels & resorts

Admit it: In Forbes Traveler's list of the world's top 400 hotels and resorts, you want to know who's No. 1. It's a fair question of a list defining the best anything. But hotels are to the......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

The BEST 200 Indian Films of the Decade

Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade. IMAGE: A scene from Bulbul Can Sing. As the second decade of the young century comes to an end, it is time to look at how......

The 330 films I saw in 2015

'In 2015 I watched films in so many places. I attended several film festivals around the world -- Berlin, Tribeca (New York), Telluride, Toronto, Zurich, Mumbai, Dharamsala and Goa,' says Aseem......

10 movies you must see at MAMI

Satyajit Ray. Films from Italy, Iceland and Albania feature on Aseem Chhabra's list. Mumbai's own international film festival is back -- in a new incarnation, with a new team, infused by new......

Review: Pompeii is cheesy, masala fare

Pompeii is one of those rare films for which I am glad that a 3D format was used. If cheesy, overdone, masala flicks are your kind of fare, this is your kind of film. For the rest of us,......

Why is Hanuma Vihari opening for India?

Rishabh Pant, not Hanuma Vihari, can be the next Virender Sehwag that India is looking for,' says Sudhir Bisht. IMAGE: Physio Patrick Farhat checks on Hanuma Vihari after he was hit on the helmet......

'Modi offered all help in developing Kochi team'

The public spat between the IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and Minister of State for External Affairs Sashi Tharoor took a serious turn on Tuesday, with the minister saying Modi's Twitter posts are......

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Bumla pass: India-China face-off in the high Himalayas

Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

The odd, odd world around us!

Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

Italy quake: Death toll rises to 247 as search for survivors continues

Bengal's tea industry seeks a new flavour

Taj to debut in Bhutan soon

10 global business trends of 2006

The world's best hotels & resorts

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

The BEST 200 Indian Films of the Decade

The 330 films I saw in 2015

10 movies you must see at MAMI

Review: Pompeii is cheesy, masala fare

Why is Hanuma Vihari opening for India?

'Modi offered all help in developing Kochi team'

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