'Gandhiji Gave Me Contentment'

Gandhiji asked me if I had sufficient warm clothes in view of the coming cold season. I said yes.But he verified my statement by asking Miraben to search my bag to make sure.Such was Gandhiji. The......

Class 9 student's smart shoe for the visually impaired

The Top Videos of the Week, listed by Shailajanand Mishra. IMAGE: Ankurit Karmakar, a Class 9 student, has designed a smart shoe to assist visually impaired. Photograph: ANI A vegetable vendor's......

Mamata Banerjee and the Politics of Impulsiveness

Hasty, ill-conceived steps show how isolated Mamata Banerjee had been from the national political trend.A fascinating excerpt from Sugato Hazra's Losing The Plot: Political Isolation Of West......

'50 districts have witnessed 100% surge'

'Eleven of our mega states such as UP, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have contributed 70 per cent of the cases and 75 per cent of the deaths.' IMAGE: A health......

A big-ticket reform idea for salaries

The UPA government has not set the Ganga on fire with its policies of economic reform. Actually, for that matter, and excluding the gains in foreign policy, this government, at best, has been......

SUPER FUN Bollywood Quiz

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies. Let the festive week continue on a super filmi note with our weekly Bollywood quiz. All you have to is identify the......

First Look: Director Premlal's Outsider

After his well appreciated maiden Malayalam venture Aathmakatha, director Premlal's new film is Outsider. "Sreenivasan, who played the lead role in Aathmakatha, portrays therole of a poor boatman.......

Review: Outsider is confusing

Paresh C Palicha feels Outsider is a confused effort as it falls somewhere between a thriller and an emotional tale.Director Premlal's new film Outsider repeats Sreenivasan, the hero of his first......

25 Years Ago in Bollywood...

1996, recapped. 25 years ago, Madras became Chennai, Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned, Doordarshan combatted aggressive satellite cable networking, Indian politicians engaged in a crazy game......

Readers wishes for John Wright

Name:jagdish shah Message:Hi John Many many happy returns of the day Thanks for working indian cricket team Jagdish Name:Hitendra Message:Wish you a very happy birthday. I hope that you will guide......

Readers wishes for John Wright

Name:jagdish shah Message:Hi John Many many happy returns of the day Thanks for working indian cricket team Jagdish Name:Hitendra Message:Wish you a very happy birthday. I hope that you will guide......