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'Centre's COVID misgovernance is a political liability'

'Modi is still immensely popular and, therefore, he can sustain any number of policy failures.''Modi himself has worn multiple faces so it would be naive to think that the Modi of 2021 will be the......

PIOs aiding fight against COVID-19 among '2020 Great Immigrants'

Two renowned Indian-Americans who have contributed towards the efforts in mitigating the COVID-19 health crisis are among the 38 immigrants honoured by a prestigious American foundation ahead of......

CAA: A message to the Indian Muslim

'We are telling them we have isolated them and their religion as not only unwanted, but unwelcome in India,' says Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Policemen brutally lathi-charge protesters demonstrating......

The man who helped shape India

Mahendra Raj is a towering figure of 20th century Indian architecture.Veer Arjun Singh salutes the legend. The Bihar Museum, Patna, built by Mahendra Raj's firm, Mahendra Raj Consultants.......

The 15 newsmakers of 2017

Donald Trump, Hardik Patel, Kangana Ranuat… The year 2017 wouldn’t have been the same if it weren't for these personalities and many more. As we herald in 2018, here's a look at the......

How to solve financial sector's $75 bn problem

'The solution is to enable a graceful transfer of the deposit and funding 'franchise' from capital-deficient firms to capital-surplus firms.' 'This will expand credit intermediation, bring down......

When an American professor worked at the RBI...

'We get to know secrets such as some of India's top-rated firms do not always make payments when due and many State-owned, listed, enterprises that borrow in bond markets default......

Few scandalous biz tycoons who made it big, ran it and got screwed

Has business become more immoral than before? Perhaps not; it’s just being exposed more often because of tighter laws and the spread of information technology, says Kanika Datta. There are......

Sensex falls 130 points to end at 28,033; metals, power drag

Benchmark share indices came off their fresh record highs to end lower for the second straight session on account of profit taking in Index heavyweights. Also, weakness in the global markets......

The issue of gender diversity in the workplace

The gender diversity exercise in the workplace is so pro forma as to make a mockery of the concept, says Kanika Datta.Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry has established his progressive credentials by......

The Godfather: A Hell to Make

Despite the Oscars, the box office glory, and the universal acclaim, Francis Ford Coppola, I am sure, remembers The Godfather with as much frustration as pride.Like Michael Corleone, he got into it......

Classic Revisited: Guide is as glamorous as it is soulful

As Shah Rukh Khan turned guide in Jab Harry Met Sejal, Sukanya Verma looks back at Bollywood's original Guide. IMAGE: Waheeda Rehman and Dev Anand in Guide. Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman's 1965......

Julia Roberts to shoot film in India?

Julia Roberts could be back in India in a few months but it won't be for a vacation. The 41-year-old actresswill be shooting for a film produced by Brad Pitt's company. Based on the international......

Desi films all set to rock New York

With two directors -- Mira Nair and Deepa Mehta -- whose films have been nominated for Oscars, and with the veteran actress Shabana Azmi and the relatively younger Preity Zinta joining the......

Chandrasekaran's book bought by United 93 director

British director Paul Greengrass -- who on one hand makes thrillers such as The Bourne Supremacy, and on the other creates chilling and unhysterical 9/11 drama United 93 -- has announced a film......

Rooney's shadow over Beckham and Yorke

Manchester United's former European Cup winners will meet on opposing sides when David Beckham's England face Dwight Yorke's Trinidad and Tobago in the World Cup on Thursday.Old Trafford's current......

Sachin descends from Olympus

WHEN the peasant Gordius was chosen king of Phrygia, he dedicated his wagon to Jupiter and fastened the yoke to a beam with a rope of barn knotted so ingeniously that no one could untie it.A young......

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