The odd, odd world around us!

We truly live in a wonderfully weird world! A boy carries a little sheep from its summer pastures in the mountains down to the valley and through the town of Mittenwald during the traditional......

25 killed, 17 missing as flash floods ravage Andhra Pradesh

Heavy rains under the influence of a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal left 25 persons, including a member of the State Disaster Response Force, killed in different districts of Andhra Pradesh......

How US LOST to Pakistan in Afghanistan

For two decades the US paid in blood and blood money for dependence on Pakistan to carry out one president's boast.Now, having been defeated by its proxies, another president will go into......

Landscape Photographer of the Year: Stunning photos across UK

These incredible photos show some of the spectacular scenes captured by photographers as part of the annual Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Photographers from across the United......

Burger King in talks over possible sale: Report

Burger King Holdings Inc is in talks with private-equity firms like 3i Group Plc over a possible sale of the second-largest hamburger chain, says a media report. The status of the talks is unclear......

How to give the economy some animal spirit

Fix India's real estate sector. Fix India's public sector banks, advises Tamal Bandyopadhyay.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   This is an apocryphal story narrated by Rabindranath......

How to build a business in the Himalayas

The Alams saw the magical spot while on a drive to the hills.A few years later they set up home and a small hand woven shawl business, hiring local weavers, using local wool and natural colours......

Budget 2016: Modi's panacea for rural India is as hopeless as ever

In spite of Budget's rural focus, the government has consistently stumbled in agriculture, says Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: A farm worker carrying fodder walks in a dried paddy field on the......

The Small Big Pictures Of Rajamouli And Co

RRR isn't the "spectacle" it is made out to be, argues Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Ram Charan and NTR Jr as freedom fighters Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem in S S Rajamouli's RRR. If you are......

The Most Fashionable Women on OTT

The competition is enormous. Yet quite a few Indian Web series are slowly but surely finding favour across various OTT platforms. The lure of the streaming world is such that even Bollywood stars......

Joker leads BAFTA nominations

Joaquin Phoenix-starrer Joker, one of the most controversial yet admired movies of 2019, is leading the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nominations with 11 nods. The......

Can you watch 425 films in a year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020. IMAGE: Danesh Razvi and Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy. It was the year of staying at home and watching films......

Murray in Stuttgart final after Kyrgios loses cool amid 'racial slurs'

IMAGE: Great Britain's Andy Murray celebrates victory over Australia's Nick Kyrgios in the men's singles semi-final of the BOSS OPEN at Tennis club Weissenhof in Stuttgart, Germany, on Saturday.......

World Cup Diary: How a pet proved pivotal in rise of Ireland's O'Brien

Niall O'Brien of Ireland celebrates after dismissing Swapnil Patil of the United Arab Emirates during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup match. Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images Niall O'Brien, the......

A town called Marathon

This dusty little farming town is bursting with pride that the name of Marathon has become a synonym for endurance around the world.Sotiris Geramanis is one local resident, though, who would like......

Drugs for glory?

As long as athletes have sought to run faster, jump higher or throw further than their opponents the more unscrupulous have resorted to dubious means.Greek athletes at the ancient Olympics ate......