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......

9/11: Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names

Silence replaced the laughter at Rajesh Mirpuri's home when 9/11 took him a week before his birthday, finds George Joseph Rajesh Mirpuri was just a week short of his 31st birthday when tragedy......

Arvind Lavakare: Invention of history

Three rituals are performed every year in India onNovember 14-- the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister who passed away in 1964. Ritual number one is that our morning......

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......

Bollywood's cracker of a Diwali

Diwali has traditionally been a time for big-ticket releases. And often with some of the biggest stars whose professional rivalry added ammo to the fireworks of the festive week. The Om Shanti Om......

Missed penalties in shoot-outs that proved costly

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

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......

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......

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......

Sports Shorts: IAAF wants Semenya to lower testosterone level

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: In an official statement, IAAF clarified that they are not classifying any Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) athlete,......