The Wonder World Of Indian English

Indian English is the only language that uses the expression 'non-veg' for meat, fish, and those who consume them. A fascinating extract from Shashi Tharoor's A Wonderland of Words: Around the Word......

'No-detention policy' for classes 5, 8 scrapped in central schools

The Centre has scrapped the 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 in schools governed by it allowing them to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams, according to officials. Image......

5 more held in Bihar over NEET-UG irregularities; total arrests rise to 18

The Economic Offences Unit of Bihar police stepped up its investigation into the NEET "paper leak" by arresting five more suspects on Sunday, a day after their detention in Jharkhand's Deoghar,......

'Hamara Hind sabse pyara hai'

'We will teach them about our idol Mohammad Sahab and all the great men of other religions as well -- about Shri Ram, Krishna, Yeshu, Bhagwan Mahavir.' 'We want children from the madrasas to become......

A few things that you don't know about Bill Gates

Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard when he was just 19 to start Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975. Image: Bill and Melinda Gates. Photograph: Getty Images     Microsoft co-founder Bill......

How Jack Ma grew from 'shrimp' to whale

Often described as the Rockefeller of his age, the 51-year-old Jack Ma, who started life as an English teacher, is courted by business tycoons, political leaders and Hollywood stars. This is not......

'When Durga Died, We All Felt The Loss'

'I often wondered while watching the film/trilogy, what if Durga had lived.'' What if Ray made The Durga Trilogy.'Sandip Roy looks back at Pather Panchali's Durga and the woman who brought her......

The Girl From Laapataa Ladies, Heeramandi

'I joined Heeramandi's shoot right after completing Laapataa Ladies.''When I landed on the Heeramandi sets, I was like, "Oh my God!" because this was for the first time I was seeing such a huge set......

First Act Review: Haunting

The lives of the kids Deepa Bhatia portrays in the series are bleak, with small periods of sunshine when they get picked for an ad or serial, punctuating the longer periods of struggle, observes......

'Nothing honorable about this killing'

'Find a name that changes the words honor killing and hopefully it includes the word murder.''If you use the words, you are trying to justify the murders.' IMAGE: Pavia Sidhu as Jassi and Yugam......

Bumrah's Wife Thrashes Troll

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sanjana Ganesan/Instagram   Jasprit Bumrah took a short break from the England series to spend quality time with family. As her husband -- player of the match in the......

India becoming a Global Chess Superpower

Since 2012, 44 Indians have been anointed as grandmasters -- the highest achievement in chess, points out Arvind Subramanian, economist and former chief economic adviser to the government. IMAGE:......

Sports: On this day... April 11

April 11, 2014 TENNIS IMAGE: Rafael Nadal in action during the 2014 ATP Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Tennis in Monte Carlo. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images Rafael Nadal came into the Monte......

Bobby Fischer, the greatest chess player ever

He possessed an IQ of 180, higher than Albert Einstein's, but his life and career took unexpectedly bizarre routes.Dhruv Munjal salutes the strange genius of Bobby Fischer. IMAGE: Former world......

From baseball to WWE: Rinku Singh's inspiring story

'I want people to know that it doesn't matter where you come from, if you have guts, no one can stop you.' Rinku Singh's long journey to the WWE is one of the most inspiring stories you will read.......