A time comes when the distance between words and meaning becomes unbridgeable. Or, words become shells, which hide the real intent of the speaker. To understand how language works in the case of a......
'You make a hit, everything is fit.' IMAGE: Bappi Lahiri at home. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and......
There's a filmi face for almost every occasion, says Sukanya Verma. Move over Bee Gees. Why use words when emoticons can do all the talking? Where the texting world is concerned, a bulk of the......
In Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg returns to an arena he predominantly parented with the optimism of a kid who hasn't forgotten what it's like to be an audience, notes Sukanya Verma. Steven......
Amit Panghal secured a hard-fought 3-2 triumph over Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov, whom he had also beaten to claim the Asian Games gold just a few months ago. IMAGE: Amit Panghal, left, is......
IMAGE: MC Mary Kom had to sweat it out against Vietnam's Anh vo Thi Kim in the semi-final as she registered a hardfought 3-2 victory. Photograph: Boxing Federation of India Six-time World......
'I have tried to become more aggressive, I now try to hurt my opponents from the first ring of the bell. I have realised there is no point in waiting.' IMAGE: Shiva Thapa is the first Indian male......
IMAGE: Mary Kom said Nikhat's comments made her more determined. Photograph: BFI/Twitter A livid Mary Kom, on Thursday, asked her vanquished opponent Nikhat Zareen to prove herself in......
IMAGE: Mary will be up against fellow Indian Nikhat Zareen in a blockbuster semi-final. Photograph: PTI Six-time world champion Mary Kom made a successful return to 51kg category, overwhelming......