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Time For India To Revisit Western Alliances

It's time India re-visited its Western alliances for the attitude and approach that the West reserves for the nation when it comes to security cooperation of the kind that they might not have......

Is Tamil Nadu Heading For A Jallikattu 2.0 Moment?

The recent 'revelation' by TN fishers freed by Sri Lanka after they had paid up Lankan rupees 50,000 each in fines, that their hair was tonsured in prison and they were forced to remove their......

Has Joe Biden Lost Interest In India?

Had it not been for the slow but sure emergence of China as a threat to the Western order, would India have been accepted as a near-equal partner by individual Western nations, jointly and......

'A creative mind never ages'

Balkrishna V Doshi, who won the Pritzker Award in 2018 -- which is equivalent to the Nobel Prize in architecture -- passed into the ages this week.Sohini Das recalls an encounter with the the......

Goddess Parvati idol worth Rs 1.6 cr found in US after 50 years

An idol of Goddess Parvati, which went missing from the Nadanapureshwarar Sivan Temple at Thandanthottam, Kumbakonam, half a century ago, was traced to New York, said the Tamil Nadu Idol Wing CID......

India's Economic Reality And The Hype

From connectivity woes to infrastructure advancements and the startup boom, there is a gulf between claims and reality in India's economic landscape, points out Devangshu Datta. Illustration:......

Indexation: How Nirmalaji Can Fix It

The best solution would be the one followed in 2018 -- allow cost indexation until March 31, 2024 -- but exit at any time.The second-best alternative would be to allow time until March 31, 2025 for......

Polo GT has a serious challenger in Hyundai i20 N Line

For the longest time the Polo GT had no real competition in terms of its build quality and product positioning. Until now, says Pavan Lall. All photographs: Kind courtesy, Hyundai India/Instagram......

Small cars not finished, but certainly won't be cheap

That means a manufacturer looking at a market like India needs to decide whether small, cheap cars or small, expensive cars or both will work better for them, says Pavan Lall. IMAGE: Maruti Suzuki......

Maruti bets big on Nexa in quest for premium market dominance

Seven years after it announced Nexa, there's no mistaking the seriousness with which Maruti wants the segment to grow, says Pavan Lall. Photograph: Kind courtesy Nexa/Facebook Maruti, India's......

The Genius Behind Bollywood's Beautiful Words

As a uniquely multi-hyphenated writer-director-lyricist-author, Gulzar has built a reputation across multiple spheres of film-making and literary creative endeavours.Dinesh Raheja salutes the......

OTT This Week: Aamir, Madhuri, Akshay...

Aamir Khan, Madhuri Dixit Nene and Akshay Kumar headline OTT offerings this week. Plus, you'll find aliens, spirits, serial killers... Sukanya Verma lists them out. Laal Singh ChaddhaWhere to......

Can Indian storytellers conquer the world?

If Indian storytelling can deliver, it can make the entertainment industry an engine of economic growth and a substantial contributor to GDP, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. IMAGE: Nawazuddin......

Madhuri Dixit's beauty of imperfections

'The Ek Do Teen star struggled with a problem skin all through her reign as numero uno.''And yet acne never got into the way of her incredible success.'All this and more in Sukanya Verma's Super......

Vinod Khanna's Life in Pictures

One of the most good-looking actors of Bollywood, Vinod Khanna is no more. We take a look at his life through his pictures over the years. 'My dear friend Vinod Khanna... will miss you' Vinod......

Final Countdown: India ready for date with history on Super Sunday

Photograph: Kind Courtesy BCCI/X An Indian captain ready to create a legacy of his own will have 10 ruthless professionals and a billion cricket maniacs for support when his team takes on......

Where Does Sachin Stand Among The Great Batters?

Tendulkar's sterling performances, his fascinating duels for supremacy with contemporaries -- Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Inzamam-ul Haq, Jacques Kallis among batsmen; Shane Warne, Muttiah......

How Indians Dominate World Chess

In 2019, World Champion Magnus Carlsen was asked to guess the nationality of the reigning world champion in 2050. He responded: 'India will have had many by then!' IMAGE: 16-year-old R......

Football lover, Chuni fan Dilip Kumar had a 'run-in' with spectators during Rovers Cup final

Photograph: Kind Courtesy AIFF Media Legendary actor Dilip Kumar was an avid football lover, shared a deep connect with one of Kolkata's big three legacy clubs, Mohammedan Sporting, and was a huge......

Salute these unsung heroes of cricket

India won the World Cup yet again on Sunday.'It upsets me to see blind cricket going unnoticed by the government while it rewards even the smallest achievement in normal cricket,' the Sachin......

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