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The Star Gazer Stars At TIME Gala

At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......

The Pillar That Inspires India

The Ashokan Pillar in Kolhua, Bihar, is one of India's best maintained historical sites. All Photographs: Archana Masih/Rediff.com   The Ashokan Pillar with a single lion stands gloriously......

B S Prakash: 'A good man left us well before time'

'Those who worked with him or came to know him rated him as one of our best, with a sharp intellect, unfailing courtesy and ready wit.'Ambassador T P Sreenivasan fondly remembers Ambassador B S......

The beauty that lies below the water!

The underwater world has never looked so magical, mysterious and mesmerising. These photographs are some of the stunning medal winners in the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021 contest. The......

COVID-19 and Masked Mankind

COVID-19 has accomplished what the UN failed to do in the last 75 years by making mankind rally around a mask of unity, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. The unique blessing that distinguishes......

Why Amit Mitra is important to Mamata

No longer Bengal's finance minister, Amit Mitra, Mamata's principal chief advisor, will still advise and aid the 'chief minister and finance department on all matters relating to management of......

Coming soon! AI in Indian courts

'It is feared that AI can predict the outcome of a case once it is launched.''It knows the law, precedents and judicial thinking better.''If AI becomes too common, clients will start using the......

Economic slowdown has hurt even India's ultra rich

The number of ultra rich falls to 2.56 lakh in 2018 from 2.63 lakh. As much as Rs 262 lakh crore of the wealth possessed by the high networth individuals are in the form of financial assets, while......

Mahindra Scorpio Vs Honda BR-V: Which is the better SUV?

The urban, more sophisticated buyer will favour the BR-V over the Scorpio The SUV fever has clearly taken over the country. In contrast to most markets where the term 'SUV' refers to something......

These stories give innovative ideas to start a business!

The book, 'India Can', has received praises from top business leaders including Deepak Parekh and Nandan Nilekani. Top business leaders have come together to back an innovative concept of an IIM......

Priyanka Stuns In Plunging Neck Gown

Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram Priyanka Chopra, brand ambassador for Bvlgari, took Rome by storm as she attended a lavish event hosted by the luxury brand in the heart of the......

Aavesham: The Psycho As Self-Designated Guardian

Watching Aavesham is like sprinting through the whole history of our mass-masala movies and seeing it in a new light, notes Sreehari Nair.And this, incidentally, is the story of Fahadh Faasil's......

Sara Creates Magic At Cannes!

Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images After wearing a lehenga by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla for her Cannes debut, Sara Ali Khan chose a monochrome beaded bralette blouse with a saree styled skirt......

Rorschach, Mammootty and the Unfeeling Indian Hero

After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style,......

Ee.Ma.Yau: Four deaths, two burials and a film for the ages

Part of what makes Ee.Ma.Yau so special is its ability to focus our attention on things that conventional movies throw away under the pretext of storytelling, says Sreehari Nair.   IMAGE:......

Time for Kohli to hit RESET button

Deep down, Kohli perhaps well understands that in the most challenging of conditions, his team needs more than just his sheer force of will to succeed.It requires that extra skill, tenacity and......

Did umpiring error help England win World Cup?

'It is unfair to look at one decision, one ball out of 600-plus on the day and say that was the reason one team won and one team lost.' IMAGE: Ben Stokes apologises after Martin Guptill's throw......

PKL can give the IPL a run for its money

'At a time when sports leagues are often smothered by the allure of spurious glamour, it is easy to forget what makes them so exciting in the first place: The sport itself.''At its core, the PKL......

Lambasting team mates part of job for India hockey goalie Sreejesh...

'It's very important for a goalkeeper to be vocal. Usually players go quiet under pressure. As a goalkeeper, it's your duty to bring them back into the game.' IMAGE: A sore threat is often the......

How Queen of tennis Serena prepared for royal wedding

'Do you like my necklace ... Do you like my braids?'   IMAGE: Serena Williams gets ready for her friend Meghan Markle's wedding to Britain's Prince Harry. Photograph: Serena Williams/Instagram......

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