Shobhaa De pays tribute to another legend who passed into the ages on August 23, publisher, producer and entrepreneur Nari Hira. IMAGE: Author and columnist Shobhaa De with her first boss,......
'It is the first-time voters and the agnostics who are often influenced by political advertising.''These swing voters tend to make a huge difference in the outcome of any election.' IMAGE: A......
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'fight against Shakti' remark sparked a controversy on Monday and drew a strong retort from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said every mother and daughter was a form......
Stressing that Indian Coast Guard is committed to incrementally inducting more women officers, the maritime force has told the Supreme Court that the present recruitment rules related to......
A fierce competition among parties to offer freebies and guarantees, a scramble for tribal, OBC, women votes and a touch of Hindutva -- all have combined to make the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls a......
WAR ON BIG NOTES 'Alas, in this scheme there is nothing to stop the black money flows of the future.''On the contrary, Modi has sown the seeds of more, through the issue of Rs 2,000 notes.''But......
Mukesh Ambani doesn't need my support but the agitation against Reliance shops in UP and West Bengal does draw attention to a certain sneaky trait in Indian life. While the Forward Bloc and......
It's hard to know when art maven and real estate investor Nasser David Khalili first felt a craving for legitimacy. Could it have been when his teacher at a Jewish day school in Tehran, Iran......
'If I cared about what is being said and written about me, then I'd get consumed by it and wouldn't have time for what I'm doing.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Saba Azad/Instagram The Internet......
The hits and misses of the week. Neeraj Pandey's Aiyaary opened to mixed reviews, and ranked below average on its first weekend. The film's length and confused screenplay makes its viewing tedious......
The hits and misses of the week. PadMan saw a fair opening at the box office, and collections improved over the weekend. Its fate depends on how the film performs this week. Padmaavat is a hit......
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is one of the best and most uncompromised films of Indian cinema, says Sukanya Verma. This story was first published in November 2012. IMAGE: Ravi Baswani, Satish Shah and......
Is she dressed in a pristine white sari? Does the expression on her face read sad, stern or solemn? Will she burst into a dramatic dialogue any minute? The mere mention of 'Ma' in Bollywood evokes......
Dattaji Rao Gaekwad: The Man who matched Hazare stroke for stroke IMAGE: Dattajirao Gaekwad with his son Anshuman Gaekwad. Photograph: Anshuman Gaekwad/Instagram An accidental Indian captain......
'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.' IMAGE: Cricket legend Salim Durani trains budding cricketers in Jamnagar in this January 2004 photograph.......
Michael Dalvi, who played first class cricket for Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, once hit a century against a fiery Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies.At 77, he has a razor sharp memory, a ready......
IMAGE: Jharkhand's Kumar Kushagra celebrates his century on day one of the Ranji Trophy match against Nagaland at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, March 12, 2022. Photograph: ANI The Ranji Trophy --......
Less than 24 hours after being dropped from India's Test squad, Cheteshwar Pujara struck an uncharacteristic 83-ball 91 to steer Saurashtra to a draw in their Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai......