What the fiddich! Why are books so fat?

Just as scotch bottles have become bigger, novels have also become fatter. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. A few days ago, a friend said he doesn’t read fiction. This reminded me of......

OTT This Week: Horror! Thrills! Action!

Sukanya Verma offers tons of horror and some happy stuff too, on OTT this week.   Cold CaseWhere to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage: Malayalam (with subtitles) A cop and journalist......

If Ekta Kapoor called Aishwarya Sushmita...

'I've been getting offers to play someone who is sexy, hot and smart.' IMAGE: Aishwarya Sushmita and Santanu Ghatak in a scene from Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story. She's got these tags. That......

'I will always be thankful to Vinod Khanna'

'One day, (director) Manmohan Desai turned up at a studio I was shooting in and said in his inimitable manner: 'I'm producing a film for the first time. It's called Amar Akbar......

Tour de France: Ewan outsmarts Bennett to win stage three

Frenchman Alaphilippe retains lead. IMAGE: Lotto Soudal rider Australia's Caleb Ewan wins the third stage ahead of Deceuninck-Quick Step's Irish rider Sam Bennett during the Nice to Sisteron stage......

League Cup: Liverpool down Cardiff to lift title

Liverpool won the English League Cup for the eighth time on Sunday but were given a huge fright by Championship Cardiff City who snatched a goal deep into extra time to salvage a 2-2 draw before......

USA's basketball stars survive Australia scare in Rio

IMAGE: Demarcus Cousins of United States celebrates after scoring during the men's Preliminary Round Group A basketball game against Australia. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images Carmelo Anthony......

Will underperforming Pant be left out of 3rd T20I?

  IMAGE: Rishabh Pant has struggled in the first two T20Is vs West Indies with scores of 4 and 0. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images With the T20I series in the pocket, India are likely to......

When sportsmen and the drug mafia made for strange bedfellows

IMAGE: Rafael Marquez. Photograph: Reuters/Files The world woke up on Thursday morning to the news for Mexico captain and former Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez as one among 20 people sanctioned......