What Next For Sri Lanka?

Sri Lankans celebrated Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation as president, but they will understandably be concerned about the outcome of Wednesday's presidential election. With parliament Speaker......

Uttam's Take: The Lankan Lion Flees

As defence secretary in his elder brother then Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's cabinet, he led the war against the LTTE and decimated the Tigers. From national hero in 2009 to national......

Why Ram/Buddha, Tendulkar/Jayasuriya is hard to beat

If India follows smart cultural diplomacy in Sri Lanka, it has unmatched advantages over both China and Pakistan, says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). Part 1: A soldier returns to Sri Lanka IMAGE:......

Will 'Modi wave' wrest TN back into NDA's fold?

Will the perceived Narendra Modi wave help the National Democratic Alliance re-enact the 1998 spectacular success in Tamil Nadu when it bagged 30 seats in alliance with the All India Anna Dravida......

10 easy steps to tax filing

Have you realised how close you are to July 31? It might not seem very close, but there are barely five weeks to go. By then, your income tax returns should be filed for financial year 2008-09.......

Chopper sabotage case: Borge's death not a suicide

Twenty days after his death, a senior police officer said on May 18 that there was no evidence to suggest that the Air Works technician, Bharat Borge, who first spotted pebbles in the helicopter of......

Carlsberg, Lankan ally brew India plans

Carlsberg, the Danish brewer with presence in over 130 countries in the world, is entering the Indian beer market by setting up a 450,000 hectolitre (hl) capacity brewery in Rajastan. For this,......

10 Films You Must Watch

Aseem Chhabra picks 10 movies that amazed him at the international film festival in El Gouna, Egypt. Last month as film people from around the world traveled to El Gouna, an Egyptian resort by the......

10 movies you must see at MAMI

Satyajit Ray. Films from Italy, Iceland and Albania feature on Aseem Chhabra's list. Mumbai's own international film festival is back -- in a new incarnation, with a new team, infused by new......

Revisiting Seeta Aur Geeta

It's Bollywood's coolest twin story. Hema Malini's work in Seeta Aur Geeta remains one of her most endearing performances, and the film remains a timeless 70s classic.With Seeta Aur Geeta all set......

Cinema paradiso in New York!

Far removed from the hype and glitz of Cannes, or the sheer numbers (about 250 films in 10 days) and the affability of Toronto International Film Festival, the New York Film Festival offers just......

Spin woes for India batters as long Test season kicks-off in Chennai

Bangladesh are upbeat after a 2-0 drubbing of Pakistan last month, proving they are no pushovers this time.   IMAGE: Virat Kohli put in the hours at a nets session on Monday. Photograph:......

Sri Lanka's Rathnayake to make Test debut in Manchester

  IMAGE: Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva and coach Sanath Jayasuriya. Photograph: ICC/X Sri Lanka skipper Dhananjaya de Silva said that the conditions in the United Kingdom (UK) are......

Meet bowler Pathirana's father figure at CSK

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni recieves a lot of respect from Matheesha Pathirana. Photograph: CSK/X Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana has to look no further than the Lion in his dressing room......

Will Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer get a lifeline?

Pathan backs Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer to retain their places in second Test against England Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI/X Former all-rounder Irfan Pathan doesn't want either Shubman Gill or......

Coach Silverwood reviews Sri Lanka's shambolic show in WC

IMAGE: Sri Lanka won just two of their 9 matches to be knocked out of the World Cup. Photograph: X Sri Lanka's inconsistency cost them dear at the World Cup, coach Chris Silverwood said after his......