Through history, the Mela has held different meanings for ascetics, the colonised, colonisers, and tourists, but all have been moved by its grandeur points out Atanu Biswas. IMAGE: Sadhus after......
The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 was more than just the largest gathering of humanity. It was a testament to faith and devotion. Neuropsychiatrist Dr Rajesh M Parikh, director of medical research at the......
British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her 'ambitious and beautiful' Orbital, which becomes the first novel set in space to win the GBP 50,000 literary prize selected from......
Mark Twain said long ago that there were only three interesting cities in the US: Boston, New Orleans and San Francisco. I have had the pleasure of living in or near Boston and San Francisco for......
The BJP is the preferred choice because it offers what the Mughals and later British offered in their time: A stable polity and an environment in which business could function, explains T N Ninan.......
India has fascinated many. Mark Twain called it ‘the cradle of the human race’ and Albert Einstein said that without India contribution to maths ‘no worthwhile scientific......
Another day of nerves in the Indian equity market, with a combination of bearishness and volatility, is keeping investors worried about medium-term prospects. While optimists see emerging......
Is he? Isn't he? He isn't actually, and Apple's genius leader decided to prove it once and for all. As Steve Jobs walked across the stage for the launch of the new iPod models, the huge black......
'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics': Originally attributed to Benjamin Disraeli and popularized by Mark Twain. To paraphrase the above in the Indian context one can......
October is an especially dangerous month to speculate on stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. Mark Twain was never more......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Chandrika Tandon/Instagram Chennai-born Indian-American businesswoman and musician Chandrika Tandon, 71, won a Grammy in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category......
Do Patti collapses like a house of cards when it aims to be clever, notes Sukanya Verma. Dressed in the exact same attire as her newly wedded sister at her reception, the lookalike twin poses......
Angry Young Men gloats in Salim-Javed's well-known attributes yet never gains access into the process or passion behind one of Indian cinema's greatest chemistries at work, observes Sukanya Verma.......
Jeff Nichols' Mud, with its lyrical storytelling, makes for a moving watch, writes Ankur Pathak.After its debut at the Cannes Film Festival last year, Jeff Nichols' earnest film Mud has finally......
Heeramandi, a passion project that took off after years in development and planning, mirrors Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film-making's finest and frustrating features, observes Sukanya Verma. It's......
IMAGE: Australia ruined India’s near-perfect World Cup as Pat Cummins’ side clinched their sixth ODI World Cup title. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters India played the......
Sigmund Freud was astonished that it just existed.Henry Miller, Mark Twain, John Milton and Lord Byron were equally awe-struck.The Olympic spotlight falling on Athens in August will be the latest......
Sehwag's unpredictability and carefree attitude made him a unique batsman ‘See ball, hit ball’ was his mantra and he lived by it IMAGE: India's Virender Sehwag during a nets session.......
We asked you, dear readers to send in your congratulatory messages for the Indian team on their success Down Under. Here are your wishes for the team... IMAGE: The Indian team celebrates with the......
India's batting great Virender Sehwag on Tuesday announced his retirement from international cricket and the Indian Premier League. Sehwag ends a splendid career, having scored 8586 runs in 104......