How year's most extravagant wedding was made secure

Entry based on a QR code messaged on personal mobile phones, colour-coded paper wristbands for access to different zones, and a medical response preparedness reserved for heads of state helped......

India's New Trilemma

...Kids, jobs, emigration, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   "Aren't you kids going to have children?" I asked one of my nieces who had come for a one-week......

What's Salma Hayek Doing With Xi Jinping?

China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan are on a trip through Europe, his first in five years. First stop was Paris, following which China's first couple will, with French President......

Numbers Don't Add Up For BJP In Tamil Nadu

Indications are that the DMK combine will win more seats than the AIADMK and BJP, but is facing a tough fight in about half a dozen from the rest, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy of the electoral......

Bad Newz Coming Soon!

Kalki 2898 AD ended the first half of 2024 on a high. Now, one hopes for an encore in the second half of the year. Joginder Tuteja looks at the July releases in theatres.   Auron Mein Kahan......

'You Can't Understand Human Beings...'

'...without looking into yourself.''What matters most is human relationships and the human mind.' IMAGE: Roshan Mathew and Darshana Rajendran in Paradise. A film-maker, who chooses to make a......

Rashmika Misses Home

Sara in the US...Shalini in Goa...Vikrant in Shanghai... Photograph: Kind courtesy Rashmika Mandanna/Instagram Rashmika Mandanna visits Kodagu -- or Coorg -- in Karnataka, to attend her best......

'I Can't Talk To My Parents About My Film'

'That's how big this taboo is.''It would be difficult for them to understand what I am trying to show with Jaggi.' IMAGE: Ramnish Chaudhary in Jaggi. In Director Anmol Sidhu's sombre drama Jaggi,......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

Like ICC's T20 World Cup Anthem?

IMAGE: The Indian cricketers train for the T20 World Cup in New York, May 28, 2024. Photograph: BCCI/X The International Cricket Council has launched a new anthem composed by Grammy winning......

'To win the World Cup you need lots of luck'

'Given that they are playing at home and will have full crowd support, India, who are in peak form and whose morale is high, will be the favourites.' IMAGE: Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates taking......

"What do you do, man?" Dhawan on trying to learn from SKY

IMAGE: Shikhar Dhawan opened up on learning from Suryakumar Yadav. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Shikhar Dhawan was one of the special panellists present at the launch of the ICC Men's Cricket......