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Remembering Anglo-Indian Courage For The Motherland

'Anglo-Indians have played a significant role at the forefront, meeting every challenge to the security of the motherland.'A fascinating excerpt from Barry O'Brien's The Anglo-Indians: A Portrait......

Of commoners and crows: The genius of R K Laxman

'No one took umbrage at his depictions, and the subjects least of all, because they knew that Laxman had no malice in him.' One had to meet him but once and his ever twinkling eyes blew away any......

WTF News! It's Weird, True and Funny

A new survey has found that over 2,265 couples are planning to get married on November 12, 2013, or 11/12/13, in a bid to tie the knot on the last sequential date of 2013. After quizzing around 500......

RIP RK Laxman: Common Man just lost its first citizen

Capturing the entire gamut of idiosyncrasies of Indian politicians in an innocuous newspaper box with his cartoons, R K Laxman immortalised the passive, hapless common man with an uncanny......

A 9/11 in Trump's America

September 11, 2001 changed everything. Doubly so for South Asians in America.They faced ignorance. They faced bullying. They faced hate deep enough to kill.But they also fought back and gained back......

The job-eating economy

The October unemployment rate of 6.5 per cent is just the beginning. Author David P Bernstein notes that this 6.5 per cent is actually higher than the unemployment figures for all but one of the 10......

Shantaram Review: Too Verbose

If future episodes are as verbose and unwieldy, it might be difficult to keep from switching channels, points out Deepa Gahlot. When the book Shantaram came out in 2003, it became a bestseller and......

Crowe, Leo in Body Of Lies

Russell Crowe is back. The actor of hard-hitting films like The Insider, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind, will be seen next in Body of Lies. The movie, which releases on October 17 in India,is an......

Meet Salman's new heroine

Say hello to Zhu Zhu. Salman Khan has started work on his next film Tubelight, directed by good friend-cum-filmmaker Kabir Khan. While reports were doing the rounds that Deepika Padukone or......

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in New York

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment on February 2, a law enforcement official said. He was 46. Media reports suggested a drug overdose......

Grammy 2012: Kanye West, Jay Z among top nominees

Rappers Kanye West, Jay Z, Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, Mumford &Sons and Frank Ocean emerged as the top nominess for the 55th Grammy Awards that were announced recently.Here's a look at the......

Chennai pitch rated 'very good' by ICC

IMAGE: India head coach Gautam Gambhir and assistant coach Abhishek Nayar check the pitch at the M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai during the first Test between India and Bangladesh in September.......

Pitch ratings raise eyebrows after recent WT20 debacle

IMAGE: All eight games played in New York ended up being low-scoring affairs, drawing scathing criticism from experts and fans during and after the ICC event. Photograph: ICC / X The ICC......

Match officials named for T20 WC Super 8 fixtures

IMAGE: Indian fans have a field time at the Nassau County Cricket Ground in New York. Photograph: ICC/X The International Cricket Council has revealed the umpires for the upcoming Super 8......

Australian government cancels Djokovic visa again

IMAGE: A relaxed looking Novak Djokovic practised his serves and returns with his entourage on an empty court at Melbourne Park on Friday. Photograph: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images Australia......

3rd Test PIX: Australia reign on gloomy day one as Proteas frustrated

IMAGE: Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne speaks with Kyle Verreynne and Simon Harmer of South Africa. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja grabbed......

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