Indian author Perumal Murugan's Tamil novel Pyre is among 13 books from across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America to make it to the longlist of the International Booker Prize 2023, announced by......
"When will you come home?" the daughters of doctor Ajit Jain would ask when they used to talk over a phone call late at night. The nodal officer for novel coronavirus at the Rajiv Gandhi Super......
'As a child I was very glad to be around him, to breathe his happiness.''I was aware that he would focus 100 per cent on whatever he was doing, whether it was playing with me, or going to the......
Heavy rains lashed the national capital on Wednesday with the continuous downpour leading to water-logging on major roads severely affecting traffic movement across the city. IMAGE: Traffic was......
I recently landed in Trivandrum, in the midst of a light rain-shower: the northeast monsoon is active in Kerala. The plane described a wide circle out to sea and then made its descent and I was......
Many leading hospitality companies looking at expansion are either deferring launches or stalling projects on the back of various challenges including fund crunch and roadblocks in getting......
Hospitality chain Hotel Leelaventure on Monday said it is working on a diversification plan to set up a chain of three-star hotels at pilgrimage locations across India under 'Leela Gardens'......
Jyothi Ramulla Naga is 4 feet tall. From sunup to sundown she is hunched over in the fields of a cottonseed farm in southern India, earning 20 cents an hour. Farmers in the Uyyalawada region......
The hospitality sector is divided over wildlife projects. A section, including Hyatt, Mariott, Hilton, and Leela among others, feels the country is not yet ready for hospitality projects in......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Manisha Koirala/Instagram It's an emotional time for Manisha Koirala, as she stars in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Web series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. The actor had......
'I'm a very positive and optimistic human being.''You put a pile of garbage in front of me and I will find a flower in it.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Aditi Rao Hydari/Instagram She is a......
The 74th Cannes Film Festival ended with the jury -- headed by Spike Lee -- handing out awards to a number of international films from France, Iran, Finland, Israel, Norway, Japan and the US. But......
Glamour is the source of Bollywood's larger-than-life illusions. The glossy presentation of stars, how they dream and where they live powers its alluring aesthetics and lasting fantasy. Grand or......
From chandeliers, balloons, the moon, the reds -- it's the little things that draw us to the bigger picture. Sukanya Verma looks at the jhoola and how it's an unforgettable part of many a Bollywood......