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'People Have Spent Life's Moments On What I Made'

At 13, he left Bihar to work in a saw-mill in Bhutan. He learnt the craft of making sofas, and some of the pieces he made found a place in the royal palace. He returned home after spending 35 years......

Protester killed in firing during clashes in Manipur

A protester was killed in firing during a clash between security forces and a mob that was vandalising properties in Manipur's Jiribam district, police said on Monday. IMAGE: Women from Lamlai......

Highest rainfall in 88 years brings Delhi to its knees, 5 dead

Five people died in rain-related incidents in Delhi Friday as Monsoon arrived with a fury early in the morning, lashing the city with its highest rainfall in a single day of June in 88 years which......

Sharmila Denounces Brother, Cousin

Y S Sharmila's message to voters in Kadapa is brief: 'I am YSR's daughter, my brother Jagan has ruined Andhra, vote for me, vote for Congress.'A Ganesh Nadar listens in. IMAGE: Y S Sharmila holds......

Sec 144 clamped in Bengal village after protests for TMC leader's arrest

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC were imposed and internet services suspended in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, where local women held protests demanding the......

'Economic rebound has run out of steam'

'When the average growth in the last three years was just 2.5%, how does that make us the fastest growing country?''They only tell you what has happened in the last 2 years; they are not taking......

A 400-year-old bed slept in by 15 generations

A 400-year-old bed which has provided a luxurious night's sleep for 15 generations of the same aristocratic family is claimed to be oldest in the UK.The antique four-poster with its ornate carved......

Welcome to India's biggest junkyard mela

Images from the Bhanga Mela, India's only e-waste market.Text and photographs: Abhiroop Dey Sarkar For centuries Mandir bazaar, a nondescript locality about 80 kilometres south of Kolkata, has been......

Goa dreams: Why HNIs are moving into beach paradise

With organic kitchen gardens, Goa’s luxury holiday homes are raising the bar. The ease of reaching the destination, the mix of party culture and quietude are some of the reasons why......

Red Fort gets adopted by Dalmia Bharat group

Conglomerate has become the first corporate house in India's history to adopt a historical monument, in a Rs 250 mn contract spanning five years. In one of the most spectacular contracts ever won......

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great......

Bollywood's FIRE POWER

Bollywood loves to play with fire. In Amazon Prime Video's upcoming original movie, Agni, directed by Rahul Dholakia, a firefighter investigates the rising frequency of mysterious fires in the......

Manorathangal Review: Anatomy of A Visionary Mindscape

Through Manorathangal, M T Vasudevan Nair makes himself available to a whole new generation of uninitiated viewers, who can familiarise themselves with his rich body of work and hope to learn a......

Aranmanai 4 Review: Dull!

The Hindi dubbed (badly) version of the Tamil hit Aranmanai is out, and it turns out to be lengthy, noisy and mostly tedious, observes Deepa Gahlot. The Aranmanai (Palace) horror-comedy franchise......

Ranbir to Raj: Bollywood's FIRE POWER

Fire dominates the frames of Brahmastra Part One: Shiva. 'Kuch rishta hai mera aag se,' explains Ranbir Kapoor only to learn he's an 'Agni Astra' spearheading Ayan Mukerji's superhero universe in......

'Paris 2024 beds are built for comfort, not romance'

IMAGE: A view shows a flat prepared for athletes inside the Olympic and Paralympic Village ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine near Paris. Photograph: Sarah......

India's wheelchair cricketers look towards BCCI president Ganguly

Photograph: Kind courtesy Wheelchair India Cricket/Twitter Not all cricketers, who wear the India jersey, are privileged. Especially, if they are disabled players, waiting for the Board of Control......

India's hockey coach complains about facilities at Olympic Village

IMAGE: Indian hockey team at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Twitter. The Indian hockey teams at the Olympics are facing a shortage of chairs and Television sets at the Games......

Several complaints force IOA to buy chairs, TV sets for team in Rio

IMAGE: Indian hockey players in their apartment in the Games Village in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Facebook. With the Games Organising Committee expressing its inability to provide additional......

Hockey India chief slams IOA on 'unfurnished apartments' in Rio

'Have you all and the IOA staff who have gone to Rio, are on some kind of a paid holiday?' IMAGE: Indian hockey players in their apartment in the Games Village in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph:......

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