Beautiful images from the Smithsonian's photo contest

From the ruins of a Syrian city to shamans, these are just some of the 60 breathtaking images selected as finalists in Smithsonian Magazine's 16th Annual Photo Contest.  The magazine received......

Want to look like a model?

Makeup artiste Cory Walia (seen doing modelIndrani Dasgupta's face at the Lakme beauty salon) lists five common makeup mistakes:* Using too muchfoundation orfoundation that is the wrong colour.......

Sheena Bora Trial: Dog breeder Doglis takes the stand

'What delighted Christopher 'Doglis' Marquis, a Bandra dog-breeder who was a panch or witness in the case, most was spotting his own face among the police pictures of the exhumation process. As......

Nude pictures?

One of our most demanding editors looked up her list and sent me to do a story on young models in Mumbai. After fixing a time with one of the hot male models in the circuit, I waited for him to......

Audi RS 7: The beast that dazzles

The Audi RS 7 Sportback is an attempt at balancing menacing power with effortless style There are cars and then there is the Audi RS 7 Sportback. But the question is, what makes this German......

Alas, Kochhar is NOT kosher

'I am not surprised that hubris brought Chanda Kochhar down.''It would appear that as a person she thought she could do no wrong and as a leader she considered herself above what her company......

Kaya Clinic to target male clients

Kaya Skin Clinic, part of Marico Industries, on Thursday said more men in South India were turning to its clinics and it would increase the number of outlets in the country during this year. In......

Lupin's unsexy, but great, success story

As a young scientist in what was then Bombay and is now called Mumbai, Desh Bandhu Gupta got frustrated by all the discoveries he couldn't pursue working for a British pharmaceutical company that......

The Memorable Chapters of Satish Kaushik's Career

I may not have the looks for cinema, but my spirit is unassailable, Satish Kaushik once said in an interview. A four decade-long career full of work before and behind the camera is testament to his......

Bhediya Review: Howlarious!

Bhediya is an easy, entertaining, watch, applauds Sukanya Verma. We've come a long way since Amrish Puri and Rahul Roy's farcically feral transformation into predators in Jaani Dushman and Junoon.......

What you DON'T KNOW about Nedumudi Venu

A Nedumudi Venu character was happiest when moving his head to a piece of music with his eyes closed; or, when inventing off of a note that a co-actor had left unfinished; or, when reciting a poem......

The Bala Review

'Nimble humour, shuddh desi zingers, refreshing flippancy and a lively blend of small-town quirk and orthodoxy.'Sukanya Verma applauds Bala.   A bald man takes off his wig before a......

Brazil to probe FIFA in racism case ahead of World Cup draw

Just four days before the draw for the 2014 World Cup, FIFA faced yet another embarrassment when a Sao Paulo prosecutor opened an investigation into possible racism by soccer's world governing......

Russian hooligans see themselves as Kremlin foot soldiers

Ultra-nationalist and schooled in their country's historical grievances, Russian soccer hooligans see themselves as fighting the Kremlin's geopolitical battles in miniature when they clash with......

'No one will marry you': Why Sania was told to stop tennis

'It is so deeply embedded, this culture about how a girl needs to be pretty and by that also one means fair, I don't know why. This culture has to change.' IMAGE: Sania Mirza, who was won three......