Stalin declares war on Governor Ravi, but within the Constitution

The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu had begun seeing Governor Ravi's decisions and actions as a part of the state BJP's non-stop criticism of its government and directed from Delhi, a view strengthened by......

Why were the BK 16 Arrested?

None of them had anything to do with the violence at Bhima Koregaon, where they were not even present, points out Aakar Patel. IMAGE: A protest in Mumbai, March 26, 2018, to demand action against......

Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain wins 2020 Booker, Avni Doshi misses out

New York-based Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the prestigious 50,000-pound Booker Prize for his autobiographical debut novel Shuggie Bain, a coming of age tale of love and alcoholism set in......

Students rough up Mumbai prof

Students blackened the face of a professor of the prestigious Wilson College here for allegedly misbehaving with a girl student and paraded him with a garland of slippers before handing him over to......

Demographic dividend or impending catastrophe?

No country has grown without educating its people. India's shameful lag in primary and secondary education has persisted for several decades, and the crisis in higher education is now threatening a......

Nilekani comes up with a 'Genie'

EkStep to offer android app-based solutions to help children solve learning problemsIt all started on June 15 last year during a small meeting at the house of Nandan Nilekani, who had just returned......

Money really can't buy happiness

A study of the mental state of the modern American woman has found that financial security might not be enough to ensure happiness or satisfaction with one's life. Women who concentrate much of......

6 US teenagers: Whizkids and entrepreneurs

From Web designers to future fashion moguls, meet high-school students who have already taken the entrepreneurial leap. Meet six students who have already taken the entrepreneurial leap. 1. Laima......

In The Times Of Usha Mehta And Savarkar

As Ae Watan Mere Watan and Swatantra Veer Savarkar release this week, Utkarsh Mishra takes us down history and reminds us about India's freedom struggle. IMAGE: Sara Ali Khan plays Usha Mehta in......

Romance, Action, Koffee: On OTT This Week

JLo's dazzling bride, Kamal Haasan's action-packed antics, Karan Johar in gossip mode, Sukanya Verma says it's all there on OTT this week.   Marry MeWhere to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage:......

COMING in MARCH: B-I-G OTT Releases!

Ajay Devgn steps into the OTT space in March with his new thriller, Rudra: The Edge Of Darkness. That's not all. Vidya Balan gets together with Shefali Shah to spin a tale about a journalist and......

Boman Irani launches book on sex workers

The Crossword book shop at Kemp's corner in south Mumbai was the venue of an unusual book launch on February 21. Actor Boman Irani read excerpts from the book Not Like Most Young Girls, a......

Serena's brand will stay strong post-retirement

IMAGE: Serena Williams positioned her well ahead of other female athletes in terms of appeal to major sponsors. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The end of Serena Williams' glittering......

P T Usha's coach O M Nambiar passes away

IMAGE: Coach O M Nambiar with Indian athletics legend P T Usha. Photograph: Kind courtesy, P T Usha - Olympics.com Renowned athletics coach O M Nambiar, who nurtured India's athletics great P T......

Shetty ineligible to contest election as MCA alters rules

The Mumbai Cricket Association has changed its eligibility rules for contesting its forthcoming elections. The move is widely seen as a bid to prevent senior administrator Prof Ratnakar Shetty from......

Boxing takes a beating after pugilist's death

There's growing fear in Mumbai's boxing circles that negativity could engulf the sport following the death of a young pugilist due to 'compression of brain', says Laxmi Negi. It is said that we......

Marriage proposals at Marine Drive

The celebratory cavalcade is currently inching along Mumbai's famed Marine Drive -- and the arterial road has come to a total standstill. Inching is the operative word fans have taken over the......