Salute India's Greatest Sailor!

Retired from the Indian Navy, his passage in the Golden Globe Race wasn't easy. Although he kept himself in the basket of race leaders, the position revealed little of what he was actually......

What got the world talking in 2014

The year 2014 is coming to an end. It was the year of conflict, the year of strife. Year 2014 will be remembered for several reasons -- the rise and threat of the Islamic State, the downing of two......

The chinks in India's armour

India is living in troubled times. As the nation gears up to take on future threats and strengthens its arsenal, the Comptroller and Auditor General has brought to light major irregularities in......

The nattering nabobs of negativity

It is scarcely possible to calculate the damage we might inflict on ourselves if the India-USA nuclear deal got finally scuttled -- as also, ironically, the benefits we might derive if it went......

It's a good time to position India as a manufacturing hotspot

Though growth in China is unlikely to slow down soon, India should prepare to take advantage of a shifting of gears there, says Nitin Pai. A working paper by Lant Pritchett and Lawrence Summers,......

Beware! This could wreck US financial markets

It's the new animal, and it's the prowl in the global finance and capital markets. To all those who had repeatedly asserted that capital, especially global capital, does not have colour and hence......

Beware the Ides of July

I've always known that cats are partial to Mozart, Vivaldi and Bach and are unhappy about the louder bits of Beethoven.It was during lemon-breaks at the France World Cup in 1998 that I discovered......

'Heroines flocked to him, but...'

'... their love was jinxed.''His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than......

'A film like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam just happens'

Was romance invented so that Sanjay Leela Bhansali would one day make Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which released on June 18, 1999, asks Subhash K Jha. I was a normal movie maniac until I saw Hum Dil......

Did Waheeda Rehman want to marry Dilip Kumar?

As Dilip Kumar turns 98 on December 11, Subhash K Jha highlights some lesser known facts about the thespian. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dilip Kumar/Twitter Dilip Kumar has worked with every major......

'If you have a dream, fight for it'

'It's not about how many times you get rejected or you fall down or you're beaten up.''It's about how many times you stand up and are brave and you keep on going.' The 91st Annual Academy Awards......

Check out F1's record 24-race calendar for 2024

IMAGE: Formula One will have a record 24 races in the season that starts in Bahrain on Saturday. Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters Formula One will have a record 24 races in the season that starts......

Vikas Gowda makes the cut for discus throw final

India's leading discus thrower Vikas Gowda kept himself in medal contention by qualifying for the final round at the London Games. He finished top of Group A and fifth overall with an impressive......

'State associations holding Indian football back'

National coach Bob Houghton on Wednesday came down hard on influential state associations, saying they are slowing down the pace of Indian football development. "Indian football is moving in the......

Bhutia all praise for coach Houghton

National football captain Baichung Bhutia feels coach Bob Houghton's reputation is less appreciated in India than abroad because of lack of football culture in the country. ''Bob is hugely......

'Indian football needs to make a choice'

A year after he took over as the national soccer coach, a candid Bob Houghtonon Mondayadmitted that Indian football has seen "no progress" over the last 12 months, thanks to lack of international......