'Photography is to capture the times we live in'

'If journalism is the first draft of history, then photojournalism is the first draft of its evidence,' Raghu Rai, arguably India's finest living photojournalist, tells Pavan Lall. IMAGE: Indira......

What is Adar Poonawalla up to?

What the UK is getting out of the Serum Institute is what India is losing.And the responsibility of the Indian State ought to have been to dictate where Serum Institute's vaccine doses should go,......

When the Minister became a Bollywood heart-throb again

'"I have heard so much about Bollywood, Excellency... Oh, I am so excited to meet you," said the lady guest from Morocco.''We had entered another world.''Someone asked what was distinctive about......

National humiliation with capital 'H'

Anyone who has known Meera Shankar would vouch that she is a proud Indian who never bats an eyelid in articulating her views and convictions, says former diplomat M K Bhadrakumar. Indian diplomats......

Top-earning dead celebrities

They're famous across the globe. Their work is treasured by millions. And they're rolling in cash--they just can't spend any of it. The 13 members of our annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list......

The 10 top video games at LA expo

There's an old saying in the video game business: just because a game looks good doesn't mean it's fun to play.We roamed the sprawling halls of this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los......

'You Can't Understand Human Beings...'

'...without looking into yourself.''What matters most is human relationships and the human mind.' IMAGE: Roshan Mathew and Darshana Rajendran in Paradise. A film-maker, who chooses to make a......

Mumbaikar Review: Murky Business

By the time Mumbaikar gets to where it wants to be via a twisty third act, we begin to see how much better the film could have been.But it's almost too little, too late, complains Mayur Sanap.......

Shah Rukh Khan Among 50 Greatest Actors Of All Time

IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the Jhoome Lo Pathaan song in Pathaan. Shah Rukh Khan has become the only Indian to be named in an international list of 50 greatest actors of all......

Oscars Salute The Godfather

IMAGE: Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Photograph: Matt Sayles/ Getty Images Director Francis Ford Coppola joined Al Pacino and Robert De Niro to celebrate 50 years of their......

Olympic machismo: The tale the medals tell

I am always embarrassed by India's wretched showing in the Olympics, which is a metaphor for the two things that haunt India -- lack of a strategic intent, and lack of leadership. It is not that......