'Maharaja of Travancore was a living saint'

'What a saint he was. What a godly person he was.' IMAGE: Sree Chithira Thirunal, the last Maharaja of Travancore. All photographs: Kind courtesy History Liberated: The Sree Chithra Saga/Konark......

KCR, the king of the freebies!

'Freebies are yet be proven a 'pucca' vote-catcher. But don't say that to KCR because he takes pride in two things: His record of delivery and imagination,' says Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Telangana......

An editor and a gentleman

Arundhuti Dasgupta Singhal meets the editor who transformed the venerable Economic & Political Weekly, who retires this week.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh "You must understand," Rammanohar Reddy says,......

'Manto's predictions of Pakistan are shockingly accurate'

'Manto is the only writer to grasp what the project of Pakistan would eventually mean,' says Aakar Patel, who has translated a collection of Saadat Hasan Manto's essays in a just-released book Why......

How Big Brother Stole Diwali

Gone are the days of over-the-top Diwali parties, says Kishore Singh.This year round, the taxman is the invisible -- and unwanted -- guest at these once extravagant affairs.Illustrations: Uttam......

Ratan Tata most trusted business name in India

Ratan Tata was on Tuesday ranked the most trusted name among businessmen in India in a list compiled by popular magazine Reader's Digest that placed the warring Ambani brothers much below. Tata was......

Markets volatile, trade with care!

After opening with a positive gap of 61 points, theSensex on Wednesdaytouched a low of 13,627, and then began to move up. Metal, energy and banking stocks witnessed fresh buying which led the......

Markets crashing: Which stocks to buy now?

The Sensex opened 82 points higher on Wednesday, while Nifty began the day up 25 points. Intra-day the Sensex lost more than 300 points on selling at banking counters. Ranbaxy too had a bad day......

Will Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan Be A Blockbuster?

A great story-teller, Mani Ratnam is experimenting with a real-life historical in Ponniyin Selvan, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Vikram as Aditya Karikalan in Ponniyin Selvan. Now that Mani......

PIX: Twinkle launches her book with Akshay, Ranbir, Alia

Twinkle Khanna launched her second book The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad in Mumbai and her family and friends showed up in support. The book is a collection of four beautiful short stories, written in......

Why Aasif Mandvi learnt to 'patank'

'We would always come back from auditions and ask one other... did they ask you to patank?' says Indian-American actor Aasif Mandvi at the launch of his memoir, No Land's Man. 'My father moved......

Spotted: Yash Chopra in London

Reader Lakshmi and Trish met filmmaker Yash Chopra atthe O2 Arena in London. ...

'A BIG SALUTE to our cricketing soldiers'

We asked you, dear readers to send in your congratulatory messages for the Indian team on their success Down Under. Here are your wishes for the team... IMAGE: The Indian team celebrates with the......

Spotted: Team India in Jamaica

Reader Lloyd sent us these photographs from Jamaica. 'Hi all. Here are a few photographs of the Indian cricket team players, who were spotted in Jamaica on the eve of the recent one-day......

Readers wishes to Ganguly

Name:Narendra AgrawalMessage:WISHING TO ON YOUR 31 ST BIRTHDAY.......... THANKS!!!! Narendra......