Kalki: The Revolutionary Writer Behind PS 1

Gowri Ramnarayan explores the world of Kalki Krishnamurthy whose magnificent novel Ponniyin Selvan has inspired Mani Ratnam's latest film PS I. IMAGE: Director Mani Ratnam, third from right, with......

Monsoon hits Mumbai

Mumbai city and suburbs received intermittent rains throughout the day on Tuesday. The Weather Bureau said Colaba recorded 6.8mm of rainfall and Santacruz 5.1 mm. Normal life was not affected due......

Ever seen a flying frog or Zaw's wolf snake?

It is an accepted fact that the Eastern Himalayan region is one of the biologically richest areas on earth. And over the decade, World Wildlife Fund researchers have discovered at least 353 new......

Eboo Patel receives interfaith Guru Nanak award

"When you start a prize with the Dalai Lama, how do you keep it going?" asked Thomas P DiNapoli, New York State comptroller, at the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize event in New York, April 18. But, he......

Diamonds are now fraudsters' best friends!

Diamonds may have been long known as a girl’s best friend, but fraudsters seem to be the new paramours of this glitzy substance and multiple regulators are probing this nexus after a......

Investment friendly car for the common man

An owner of a mechanical workshop in Bengaluru has created a small car, which needs less space to park. Narsimha Raju, 48, has created the two-seater car to replace the two wheelers......

Nooyi, Narayen among US's 25 Top Gun CEOs

The times have been rather tough for the corporate world with the economic recession hitting all industry sectors. Yet, amidst all the gloom some chief executive officers managed to help their......

The word 'budget' originated from which language?

1.This shield (left) belongs to which country? a) United Kingdom b) United States c) Spain Wrong! Try again.. Wrong!The correct answer is United StatesThe shield belongs to the US Treasury......

The Best South Songs of 2023

No film gets by without an adequately popular song album. Even though there is a growing misconception about the kind of songs and music that get people interested, with a tendency to focus more on......

'I am not the best looking man'

'For me, star is nothing, yaar.''It's really about the love you are receive from the people.''While I was in TV, I was getting that kind of love.''Now I've started doing films, I'm getting the same......

Irrfan: The Best Films

'I want to do films that people can connect with and they remember my work.' The enormously talented Irrfan Khan never had any trouble achieving this target. With his pronounced eyes, warm voice......

'Playing tipsy is difficult to enact'

'Bahut mazaa aaya tha doing Agneepath. When you are working with good actors, it enriches your acting.''Amitabhji and I had done Shahenshah before, but that was a fun film.' Photograph: Kind......

Readers speak out!

Click here for moreSourav NiyogiWithout the Bengal tiger India seemed like headless chickens on the Kotla.....Ex cricketers and irresponsible media contributed to India's downfall.. once again it......

Of one man armies

Point To Ponder: India boasts of having the best batsman in the world in its team, Sachin but yet India has never been able to win a single test series abroad since last 15 years.Now consider this......