In the shock after Nathuram Godse murdered Mahatma Gandhi that January evening 72 years ago today, a young American diplomat rushed to capture the assassin.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel traces the......
'Between now and 2021, Bengal's politics could change irrevocably,' predicts Kanchan Gupta, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters As you would......
'Does a thousand-year-old sculpture worshipped in a thriving religion belong to a foreign museum or the temple from which it was extracted?' Congress MP Shashi Tharoor asked angrily.'They......
China's first moon rover has begun sending back photos, a day after the communist giant carried out the world's first lunar soft landing in nearly 40 years, making a huge advance in its ambitious......
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh walks the red carpet at the Ela Airport in Myanmar on May 28, he would be seen by many there as arriving a little too late. Is New Delhi really prepared to take......
Ben Southall, a British charity worker has won the 'best job in the world'. He bags a $150,000 deal to work as caretaker of a tropical Australian island. The 34-year-old beat over 34,000......
The taxi, a Volkswagen Santana, weaves in and out of thick traffic, switching between the main throughfares and bylanes of Beijing. The driver is concentrating on the road, but only somewhat. From......
2021 may go down in the history of world cinema as having produced the largest number of good quality films from across the world. What is remarkable is that practically all of these films were......
Aseem Chhabra lists the top 10 films at the recently-held Toronto International Film Festival. There are so many reasons to like the Toronto International Film Festival. Toronto is a great, vibrant......
A young dolphin is caught in a crab trap, severely damaging her tail. When she is transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital in Florida, many doubt that she would survive the damage, but she......
If looks alone could make a difference to a mundane film, then Bhoopathy would have become a success story. Darshan's 25th film sees him in designer clothes and a new hair style with a predictable......
How can anyone think there is no must-see film this week when there is Hero, the Chinese martial art drama of extraordinary and savage beauty?By any stretch of imagination, Hero is a relentlessly......
IMAGE: France fans react on the Champs-Elysees after defeating Belgium. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters Millions of jaded but jubilant French were recovering on Wednesday after a night of......
IMAGE: Serena Williams of the United States plays a forehand during the Ladies Singles third round match against Annika Beck of Germany. Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty Images. World No 1 Serena......
Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho celebrates with Dejan Lovren and Martin Skrtel after scoring the second goal for his side against Manchester City. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Liverpool's......
Record signing Mesut Ozil is now over his key penalty miss against Bayern Munich having ended a three month goal drought with a dynamic display in the FA Cup win over Everton, Arsenal manager......
Arsenal have left six first-team regulars in London ahead of their final Champions League group stage match against Olympiakos Piraeus in a bid to avoid fatigue following the home defeat to Swansea......