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'Those days, 'jail-returned' was like 'foreign-returned', something to aspire for'

'Gandhi had given the call 'Do or Die'. And with all the leaders arrested, you had to be your own leader.' IMAGE: Dr G G Parikh with Yusuf Meherally's potrait behind him at the Yusuf Meherally......

Meta appoints Sandhya Devanathan as India head

Social media giant Meta has appointed Sandhya Devanathan as the vice president of Meta India, the company said on Thursday. She comes in place of Ajit Mohan who resigned from Meta, which owns......

'Our community has lost a giant'

Urvashi Vaid dreamed of a common movement for social justice that could address them all: Racism, gender oppression and homophobia.Sandip Roy salutes the memory of Urvashi Vaid, one of America's......

Pichai, Nadella support India's fight against COVID-19

Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his Microsoft counterpart Satya Nadella have assured help to India as the country grapples with a ravaging coronavirus crisis that has put enormous pressure on its......

'Severity, deaths not higher, but more transmissible'

'People are just putting the mask below their nose.''They are only protecting the mouth, but not the nose.''People need to understand that it is the nose which has to be protected.' IMAGE: An......

Google to spend $75 mn on women-led Indian startups

Google is building voice and text search for over 100 Indian languages and will spend $75 million to support women-led startups in the country, said its CEO Sundar Pichai at the start of his visit......

Google to invest Rs 75,000 crore in India over 5-7 years: Pichai

Pichai said a whole new generation of technologies are happening in India first, and that people in the country no longer have to wait for technology to come to them. Investments, he said, will......

HUL drops 'Fair' from 'Fair & Lovely', to rebrand skincare cream

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever on Thursday said it will remove the word 'Fair' from its popular skin care brand 'Fair & Lovely', as part of a rebranding exercise in the wake of growing voices......

Zuckerberg post on Modi visit gets 172,000 'like's, 7,300 comments

A live video of the interactive session will be posted on Zuckerberg’s as well as Modi’s Facebook pages on that day Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the company......

Let employees work away from office, it pays!

It is anybody's guess just how much efficiency and productivity is unleashed in getting employees to endure three hours of commute through blinding rains or blistering heat, explains Indrajit......

Memories from Mrinalda

Mrinal Sen, one of India's greatest film directors, passed into the ages on December 30.In this excerpt from a conversation with Samik Bandopadhyay, Mrinalda discusses three legendary actors he has......

The smile that stole Priyanka's heart

'NO child deserves a life without hope for the future.' Priyanka Chopra has been spreading joy and happiness at the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. She headed to Dhaka soon after......

'Jennifer's death destroyed Shashi Kapoor'

'With Jennifer gone, Shashi struggled, but couldn't find himself.''That vast area of his personality that was Jennifer -- now it lay empty.'The death of his beloved wife was a blow Shashi Kapoor......

Shashi Kapoor: An Amazing Life in Pictures

Remembering the Eternal Charmer.Remembering an Awesome Human Being.Remembering an actor and film-maker, the likes of whom we will not see again. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History......

Your Favourite Oscar Speech? VOTE!

Heartfelt, sharp, aware, bright, and sincere, these are the best speeches from the show. There’s an art to a great Oscar speech, and it comes accompanied by massive odds: a ticking......

Olympics breakdancer Raygun opens up about online hate

IMAGE: Australian breakdancer Rachel Gunn was lambasted online and in mainstream media after she lost all three of her round robin battles in Paris, where breaking made its Olympic debut......

How Indians Dominate World Chess

In 2019, World Champion Magnus Carlsen was asked to guess the nationality of the reigning world champion in 2050. He responded: 'India will have had many by then!' IMAGE: 16-year-old R......

'Rise of Real Kashmir FC nothing short of fairytale'

'It's amazing how football has brought people together.' IMAGE: Real Kashmir coach David Robertson said the club has united people in the Kashmir Valley. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Real Kashmir......

'Athletes are not superheroes, postpone the Olympics'

'I think the IOC are presented with an amazing opportunity to try and bring the world together when we see the other side of this pandemic.' IMAGE: Callum Skinner, a gold and silver medallist in......

Sports Shorts: Sindhu, Saina, Srikanth retained at PBL Auction

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday. IMAGE: PV Sindhu in action. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Top Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal were......

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