'India Is Playing A Quiet Game'

''India is using Hasina to warn the Yunus government because there is a ground support for the Awami League in Bangladesh.' IMAGE: Soldiers of the Bangladesh Army engaged in maintaining security.......

When Zakir Hussain beat BigB to be voted 'sexiest man'

His fingers flew, fluttered and floated in quicksilver changes of raga and rhythm, drumming up music and magic. IMAGE: Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: ANI Photo Zakir Hussain was......

Al-Qaeda Genie Is Out Of The Bottle

... and there is no stopping its pan-Islamic agenda, cautions Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Women shoot a damaged picture of Bashar al-Assad in Qamishli, Syria, December 8, 2024 after he fled......

Champions Trophy: Sending Team To Pakistan Would Be Dangerous

Even a whiff of an incident like the violent 1989 shirt-ripping attack on Krishnamachari Srikkanth by a Karachi spectator would be ruinous. It would set back the ties further, derail an ongoing......

Laapataa Ladies Out Of Oscars Race

IMAGE: A scene from Laapataa Ladies.   Laapataa Ladies, India's official entry in the Best International Feature category at the 97th Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race. The Hindi......

2024: Top 10 International Films

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite 2024 films that he watched at film festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and India. It's that time for the year to track its very best. These are personal choices,......

'Announcing I'm Married May Be Professional Suicide'

'There's been a dramatic shift in the kinds of roles available to women.''It's no longer limited to being the heroine, the heroine's mother, aunty or vamp.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Aditi......

'Film Industry Isn't So Responsible For Nepotism'

'It's also the media and the audience.''The audiences want to watch what the media is putting about certain star kids.''The industry feels since the audience is interested, let's make a movie with......

Smriti Mandhana closing in on ODI and T20I crowns

IMAGE: Smriti Mandhana moved a spot in the T20I rankings, the Indian vice-captain retained her second place in the ODI charts. Photograph: BCCI Women/X Swashbuckling Indian batter Smriti......

Champions Trophy 2025: India, Pakistan to face off in Dubai, mark the date...

IMAGE: India to face Pakistan on February 23 as ICC unveils Champions Trophy schedule. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters India will play all their matches of the Champions Trophy in Dubai with the......

Australian Open 2025: Must-Know Dates and Details

IMAGE: People pass a trophy poster ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament, at Melbourne Park. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters The Australian Open is a hard court Grand Slam tournament......

Controversy, heartbreaks: Indian boxing's disastrous year

IMAGE: There were very few positives to count in a year when, after a widely successful 2023, expectations were sky high. Photograph: BFI/X Indian boxing endured a turbulent year marred by......

Smriti Mandhana shatters all-time record

IMAGE: Smriti Mandhana overtook South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Indian batter Smriti Mandhana set the record for the most international runs in a calendar year......