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Coaching centre flood victims were JNU, DU students

Of the three civil service aspirants who drowned in the flooded basement of a coaching centre, one each was a student of the Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University. IMAGE: Students in a......

'What Gives Me Hope About India Is...'

'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.' IMAGE: A Tiranga walkathon on the eve of Independence Day in Mumbai, August 14, 2023.......

With Pandit Jasraj's passing, heaven has become richer

The mesmerising and familiar image of Pandit Jasraj saying 'Jai Ho' and then raising his hands to mark the beginning of his performances will now remain only in the fond memories of thousands of......

Will India ever get its treasures back?

'Does a thousand-year-old sculpture worshipped in a thriving religion belong to a foreign museum or the temple from which it was extracted?' Congress MP Shashi Tharoor asked angrily.'They......

Remembering Homi Bhabha

On Dr Homi J Bhabha's 110th birth anniversary, Dr K S Parthasarathy shares some personal memories of the legendary nuclear scientist. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha/Facebook......

Mahindra Scorpio Vs Honda BR-V: Which is the better SUV?

The urban, more sophisticated buyer will favour the BR-V over the Scorpio The SUV fever has clearly taken over the country. In contrast to most markets where the term 'SUV' refers to something......

How to make Money from Growing Old

Senior living services, Tara Singh Vachani tells Anjuli Bhargava, could be a big business opportunity in India.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com What do you do when all possible......

Stocking in on art

At the Sotheby's New York auction on September 24 this year, stock market consultant Yogesh Jain forked out a cool $37,000 to purchase Francis Newton Souza's "The Paraclete", a 93x72 cm oil on......

PC brands innovate to attract youngsters

For 10-year-old Hiren Dulani, a student of AKS International in Chandigarh, school assignments and holiday projects meant longer hours at the cyber cafe. That was when the Dulani household decided......

Raising funds for charity, in style

Sometimes sheer scale is the defining quality of a creation. So it is with the two installations that Kaaru, a design and architecture firm from New Delhi, has conceived of as backdrop and......

Shyam Benegal, Sir, Only Gratitude For You

'With his passing, Indian cinema has lost its most undaunted voice, a voice of unsettling truths, a window to history, a school of filmmaking.'Sukanya Verma mourns the movie legend. IMAGE: Shabana......

10 Times Hindi Movies Gave Us Fashion Goals

One of the most ornamental things about art can be one of its biggest asset too. Audrey Hepburn's iconic style in Breakfast At Tiffany's hasn't lessened the movie's impact in any way. If anything,......

Yodha Review: Sturdy Sidharth Malhotra To The Rescue

It’s on the lead character's charm and rugged shoulders that Yodha shamelessly rests, giving Arun perfectly good reason to gloat, ‘Is picture ka hero main......

Why Rahman is every director's favourite

As a filmmaker with an intuitive ear for music, Yash Chopra has embellished his dramas by employing some of the best names in the business ranging from Ravi, Madan Mohan to R D Burman, Khayyam and......

Shamshera Review

Shamshera's problem is a shocking inability to support its bombastic ideas with gripping drama.The result is the wastage of not one but two Ranbir Kapoors, observes Sukanya Verma. There was a time......

When Steve Smith's tips for Ranji season helped young Riyan Parag

IMAGE: Riyan Parag did make a mark for Rajasthan Royals in last IPL but there was a bigger takeaway – Steve Smith's batting tips for red ball cricket. Photograph: BCCI Steve......

Kolkata 2001: The Odyssey, viewed from the sidelines

20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history.Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.......

VVS, we will miss you

With V V S Laxman unpadding, looks like cricket has seen the last of the touch artistes, says M P Anil Kumar. That I could never watch Gundappa Viswanath bat live would remain a regret for life.......

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