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Desai, Mishra on New York Times' Top 100 books

Six weeks after winning the Man Booker Prize for her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai is hardly out of the news. She appeared with her mother, the novelist Anita Desai, last week......

Will PM wield brahmaastra of dissolution?

"Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?" "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." "The dog did nothing in the night-time." "That was the curious......

Thank you Mr Holmes

He was standing just where I had seen him three years ago.The deerstalker cap, the cape coat, the pipe. Right beside Sherlock Holmes' statue outside Baker Street tube station,dressed just like......

The uncommon creator of that Common Man

Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has died at a Pune hospital at the age of 94. Back in 1997, we had carried an excerpt from Past Forward, an autobiographical book which carried anecdotes of eminent......

The uncommon creator of that Common Man

Why the Saradha mess is not a 'chit fund' scam

One could not have imagined that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Bertrand Russell will have anything to do with Saradha Realty - the company that has been making the headlines lately.' In the absence......

Indian tycoon seals hotel deal at London's Old Scotland Yard

The Kerala-born businessman is the latest in a slew of foreign buyers who have shaken off mounting fears of a 'Brexit' from the European Union Indian tycoon Yusuffali M A (bottom, left) has sealed......

What you earn and the job you do

Arjun is one of the brightest youngsters I have known. His parents sent him to some of the best schools in the country and he took a scholarship to Oxford via St Stephen's. Till then the melody was......

Mystery of the missing train

When trains and stations become desirable again, we might have a murder mystery with the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train as a setting, says Bibek Debroy. Image: The origin of railways in India is......

Shekhar Home Review: Riveting Watch

Six episodes are not enough, applauds Deepa Gahlot. Sherlock Holmes is reportedly the most portrayed fictional character in films and television, and the appeal of the eccentric......

Cumberbatch, Downey Jr, Jeremy Brett: YOUR fave Sherlock? VOTE!

Take this fun poll now!'Over 70 actors have previously played Sherlock Holmes. Now he's 93 years old and it's my turn. #MrHolmes'British theatre veteran Ian McKellen had announced his turn as the......

Review: Sherlock Holmes 2 is a worthy sequel

Raja Sen reviews says Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is ideal holiday entertainment. If Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were alive today, he'd sue.In the late great Leslie Nielsen's occasionally funny......

Ready for Sherlock's little sister Enola Holmes?

IMAGE: Millie Bobby Brown plays Enola Holmes. British film-maker Harry Bradbeer says his film Enola Holmes, about Sherlock Holmes's free-spirited teenage sister, will resonate with young girls and......

The day art went up in smoke

When I read George Orwell's seminal 1984 and the concept of thoughtcrime -- musings for which the State can throw you in prison -- I shuddered. When I heard from a senior colleague how she had been......

Sharapova on top of the world

There is something disarming about Maria Sharapova. Something at odds with her ready smile and glamorous attire. And that something on Monday lifted her to world number one.Poised beyond her years,......

Prem's post

I am disappointed. Very.When the final tally came in, turns out you guys sent a total of 567 emails during the course of the fourth ODI at Ahmedabad.That is less than the number of balls bowled in......

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Arthur Conan Doyle

News for Arthur Conan Doyle

Desai, Mishra on New York Times' Top 100 books

Will PM wield brahmaastra of dissolution?

Thank you Mr Holmes

The uncommon creator of that Common Man

The uncommon creator of that Common Man

Why the Saradha mess is not a 'chit fund' scam

Indian tycoon seals hotel deal at London's Old Scotland Yard

What you earn and the job you do

Mystery of the missing train

Shekhar Home Review: Riveting Watch

Cumberbatch, Downey Jr, Jeremy Brett: YOUR fave Sherlock? VOTE!

Review: Sherlock Holmes 2 is a worthy sequel

Ready for Sherlock's little sister Enola Holmes?

The day art went up in smoke

Sharapova on top of the world

Prem's post

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