CJI gets emotional recalling his Nagpur days

Chief Justice of India U U Lalit on Saturday got teary-eyed while reminiscing about the time he spent in Nagpur at the beginning of his career as a lawyer. IMAGE: CJI U U Lalit. Photograph: ANI......

Why Great Men Worship Light of Asia

Count among The Light of Asia's many, many admirers over 132 years: Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Nehru and Ambedkar, Tolstoy and Kipling, Yeats and Eliot, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev and C V......

John le Carr's matchless legacy

'Le Carré's spies were nothing like the exotic Kim of Kipling or the caricature that is James Bond.''Driven by a simple patriotism, held back by incompetence and politics, his characters use......

What will post-Covid India look like?

'The norm will be even less public accountability, even less transparency, tweets instead of press conferences, TV lectures rather than parliamentary debate, and greater political......

Nobel, Dylan and the twilight of authority

The Nobel follows a line of mighty brands that have bent low to kiss the feet of the popular, says Itu Chaudhuri. 'The Nobel Committee has won the Bob Dylan Prize,' announced the Always Contrarian......

Onboard the amazing Tiger Express

Get ready for a great safari across some of the best national parks in the country, courtesy the Indian Railways. Image: Tiger Express set for a majestic ride. Photograph kind courtesy: IRCTC......

India's coolie economy

The government must undo the damage inflicted by the flawed policies of globalisation, and India should be converted into a country where entrepreneurs can thrive and the entire population can......

Cut yourself a good deal

One of the advantages of an economic downturn is that there are great deals around. The challenge is that many of us are bad at negotiating. Here, there is clearly an element of nature versus......

Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway Review: Rani's Screechy Ode To Motherhood!

Instead of feeling her desperation, despair or extreme acts stemming from a mother's primal need to protect her brood, what comes through is hollow theatrics, feels Sukanya Verma. If feeding one's......

Mowgli: Not for kids. Or adults

A worn-out fantasy of shallow wisdom and unspectacular effects, perhaps it's time to close the book on the Mowgli legend, feels Sukanya Verma. Baloo is no longer fun and fluffy. And Kaa is nicer......

Christian Bale, Andy Serkis meet Bollywood

Are you ready for Mowgli? It was a rare sight to see two centres of film-making -- Hollywood and Bollywood -- share the same stage to talk about Netflix's Mowgli: The Legend of the Jungle, Andy......

Coming in October: Freida Pinto in Mowgli

Mowgli is a darker take on Rudyard's famous story. IMAGE: Freida Pinto plays Messua in Mowgli. Another version of the Kipling classic, The Jungle Book, is on the way. This one is called Mowgli,......

SEE: A Touching Tribute To Shane Warne

IMAGE: Shane Warne, born on September 13, 2022, died of a heart attack on March 4, 2022. Photograph: Ian Hodgson/Reuters Australian cricket legend Shane Warne is gone but not forgotten. On his......

Chahal-Shaw Bond In Britain

IMAGE: Yuzvendra Chahal and Prithvi Shaw at Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire. Photograph: Yuzvendra Chahal/Instagram Yuzvendra Chahal and Prithvi Shaw made most of the break from their busy schedule......

T20 WC: Bangladesh look to seal Super Eight spot

  IMAGE: Bangladesh need to beat Nepal by a big margin if they are to edge Netherlands for a Super Eight spot. Photograph: Bangladesh Cricket/X Bangladesh will look to iron out their flaws......

Afghans eye Super 8 berth; USA look to go past Ireland

IMAGE: Afghanistan beat New Zealand in their last match and a win on Friday will see them book a spot in the Super 8. Photograph: Afghanistan Cricket Board/X Afghanistan will eye another all-round......

T20 WC: WI aims for solid start against PNG; USA open against Canada

IMAGE: West Indies will take on Papua New Guinea in their opener. Photograph: Windies Cricket/X More than eight years after Carlos Brathwaite's four sixes at Eden Gardens gave them their second......