Can the polluted River Ganga be healed by faith ALONE?

Billed as the largest gathering of humanity in recorded history, Maha Kumbh has commenced in Allahabad. Over the next few weeks, pilgrims will jostle to take a dip at Sangam—the confluence of......

What's the point talking to Pakistan?

IMAGE: Indian Foreign Secretary Dr S Jaishankar with his Pakistan counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry. Pakistan's holy trinity -- its government, military establishment and the ISI -- differ on......

Modi@1: Why Modi has to succeed

  Modi cannot afford to fail the Indian people and in return the Indian people cannot fail Modi. There is too much riding on this equation for failure to be an option. There is too much......

Swami's 100-day fast highlights battle to save Ganga

The Ganga agitation and the question of preserving the Himalayan ecology has become a deadly cocktail of politics and religion. Behind the scene, of course, at play are powerful business interests.......

Infosys, world's 32nd most innovative firm

It was a fitting way to wrap up the first day of IBM's innovation-themed leadership forum, held in Rome in early April.Guests were treated to small group tours of the Vatican Museum, including......

Mithila Looks STUNNING!

The heat gets to Kriti... Sunny promotes her show...Ileana is a beach girl... Please click on the images for a look at the stars.   IMAGE: Mithila Palkar shows us what a golden girl......

Vatican bans Hanks' Da Vinci Code prequel

Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard will have a tough time filming two key scenes in their new flick Angels and Demons, based on Dan Brown's novel of the same name, for the Vatican has banned them......

RGV Ki Aag's music disappoints

Remaking Don was one thing, but tinkering with Sholay is another. This is not just another blockbuster. It's a movie legend. Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is obviously up for the challenge. His......

Classic Revisited: Bimal Roy's satirical gem, Parakh

In Sukanya Verma's special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at 1960's Parakh, starring Sadhana, Motilal, Nazir Hussain and Durga Khote. In a year of opulent dramas like......