'Vaccine shortage can't be blamed on Adar Poonawalla'

'It was unfair to expect him to continue to keep on supplying vaccines without being given a firm commitment or a financial grant of any sort.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi is......

Anil Dharker: Editor, bon vivant, mentor to many

Everywhere Anil Dharker went, he assembled teams of talented people, gave them opportunities, then got out of the way and allowed them to flourish.Meenakshi Shedde remembers a very special......

What we need for India to become truly great

Unless Indians learn to speak freely and fearlessly, 'true greatness will elude this nation, no matter how brilliant the individual at the helm may be,' says Aakar Patel.Illustration: Dominic......

Here comes the sun for Mallya

'For Mallya, it seems 'the night is dark and full of terrors' and if you believe his lawyers, he's only looking for some sunshine,' says Veer Arjun Singh.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Who:......

SBI's merger plan may lead to a banking meltdown

'SBI is already too big. Too big to fail.''It already is a moral hazard. What will it do with 20,000 branches that it cannot do with 14,000, especially in these days of online and mobile banking?'......

Nothing can kill Mallya's appetite for fun

The last few years may have been turbulent for Vijay Mallya but that didn’t stop him from having fun, says Raghu Krishnan. Image: For his 60th birthday in December, Mallya flew in Enrique......

2023 At The Movies: A Double Take

It was a year of so many contradictions and contrasts that it became dangerous to talk about movies, people lost their heads discussing Friday releases, psychiatrists began dabbling in film......

'I had only three months to live'

'I don't care what opinion people have of me. I am God's favourite child.' IMAGE: Sherlyn Chopra will be next seen in Ekta Kapoor's Web series Paurashpur Season 2. All Photographs: Kind courtesy......

The Birthday Emraan Hashmi Wants To Forget

'I remember how my grandmother was scared for me when I joined the industry because she was aware of the hurdles and pitfalls.''It's a harsh place.''When the going is good, it's great, but you......

Golden Globe Movies Now On OTT!

Zombies, multiverse, tragedy, Japanese culinary traditions, you'll find it aplenty on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists everything you can see or skip.   Everything Everywhere All At......

Remember The Titans!

As has been the case all season long, Captain Pandya led from the front and really matured following his first stint in a leadership role -- a shadow of the old arrogant, flamboyant, playboy of......

Ex-Playboy model buys troubled Romanian club

IMAGE: Romanian media estimated that AFC Hermannstadt has debt of more than $1 million. Photograph: Anamaria Prodan-Reghecampf/Instagram A former Playboy model who became one of......

Warne's life has been a bad-boy adventure

Shane Warne's tell-all autobiography is every bit as controversial and engrossing as his cricketing career, notes Dhruv Munjal. Photograph: Reuters One of the more enjoyable bits in Shane Warne's......

Love-all! They found each other on court

Playing tennis professionally can be difficult physically, mentally and emotionally.But the tennis courts have often been the venue for for blossoming romance as love-struck couples decide it is......

Why this TT star won't pose for Playboy again?

Germany's Olympic silver-winning paddler Petrissa Solja wants the focus to be firmly on her game IMAGE:  Petrissa Solja. Photograph: Courtesy Olympics.com A fun shoot for Playboy put......