China can't silence the call for Free Tibet

The people who know Tibet will continue to fight the good fight.Long, hard, less than hopeful, but always peaceful.Veer Arjun Singh reports. IMAGE: A Tibetan monk walks past Rapid Action Force......

India on the sidelines as the big boys spend

As the United States and China joust for supremacy, India might remain on the sidelines with its limited resources, says Ajai Shukla. After being sworn in as Americ'’s 45th president on......

Toys and prayers books: Inside the home of California shooters

The home of San Bernardino mass murderers Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik was opened to reporters on Friday. The media were granted access to the Redlands home, where they rushed in and went......

India-born author Manil Suri wins 'Bad Sex in Fiction Award'

Indian-born author Manil Suri has bagged this year's Bad Sex in Fiction Award, a dubious distinction given annually by Britain's 'Literary Review'. A cosmic-themed threesome in his latest novel,......

Businessmen who wrote books on prison life!

Former head of McKinsey & Co,c, is not alone in writing a book on his life after serving a prison term.  Image: Rajat Gupta Gupta's memoir would detail his rise and fall in the United......

How to read an economic survey well

A survey's design determines its findings; understanding the logic behind measurement is key to interpretation, says TN Ninan. Neilsen has put out its latest quarterly survey on the consumer mood......

Paytm chief shares tit-bits of his life & alliance with Alibaba

Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma reveals his ‘20-minute’ meeting with Alibaba’s Jack Ma that lasted for two hours. Image: Paytm chief Vijay Sharma Alibaba's Jack Ma.......

New York and the New World

Financialised masses not only provide feedstock inputs but are also voters whose political support for funded savings cannot be taken for granted, says Ajit Balakrishnan.My office in New York, at......

Martin Scorsese Has An Announcement

Martin Scorsese, 'the reigning king of cinema', gets an honorary Golden Bear at the 74th Berlinale.Aseem Chhabra reports. IMAGE: Martin Scorsese at the Berlinale. Photograph: Aseem Chhabra In......

12 times SRK offered FOOD FOR THOUGHT!

Shah Rukh Khan is not a big foodie in real life. He's neither a fussy eater nor claims to have any talent for dishing out delicacies. But curiously enough, some of his most wisdom filled moments on......

Ten 2018 Films I didn't like

Why these movies didn't impress Sreehari Nair... One or many of the films on this list would have made it to another critic's list of the Best Hindi Films of 2018. But I think we are living in too......

Review: Saif's stock rises in unoriginal Baazaar

'He is evil in its most hypnotic, powerful, persuasive, expressive and exonerated avatar,' notes Sukanya Verma. When I think about Saif Ali Khan's early movies, I imagine a clueless kid using all......