Why Modi didn't go in 2002: The Shourie version

Why did the Bharatiya Janata Party not ask Narendra Modi to resign as Gujarat's chief minister after the 2002 riots? Buried in the Lewis Carollian ('Alice in Blunderland') and Rajesh Khanna-esque......

Pakistan must keep its promises, says Krishna

More than 100 diplomats gathered on Monday to listen to lectures by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and various experts from the fields of culture, trade and information-technology. The second......

Jhumpa Lahiri achieves rare feat

Pulitzer-prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, has gone to number 1 in The New York Times bestseller list less than two weeks after its......

Indian-American attorney quits post

Minnesota US Attorney Rachel Paulose's stormy tenure, of a little more than two years, ended abruptly on Monday with her announcement that she will take up a new assignment in January as a legal......

India, now a $1-trillion economy!

India is now a trillion-dollar economy. According to a Credit Suisse report, Indian GDP at the current price level of the rupee (Rs 40.76 per $) stands at $1trillion. The strengthening rupee has......

5 things entrepreneurs must do to succeed

Uma Ganesh is the CEO and principal consultant, Kalzoom Technologies. Kalzoom Technologies is focussed on providing boutique solutions in business transformation with a large focus on knowledge......

Mini-Budget: What's in it for you and me

Now is the time to buy that high-end mobile phone you have been thinking of and to gift a computer to your son. And to take the earliest flight to that dream vacation in Goa.It may have been termed......

Are Abhay Deol, Mira Nair planning a film together

Abhay Deol was spotted with director Mira Nair at the star-studded India Abroad Person of the Year award ceremony in New York on March 20. Now, Deol has been making quite a splash with off-beat,......

Fardeen-Bipasha team up in Acid Factory

Sanjay Gupta's White Feather Films will soon launch its first film after Sanjay Dutt broke away from the production house. Titled Acid Factory, the film will boast of a big star cast like Fardeen......

Shyam Benegal felicitated

Eminent filmmaker Shyam Benegal participated as chief guest at the Centre for Media Studies Academy-Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Awards 2007 presentation ceremony......

Rahman's birthday gift!

A R Rahman celebrated his 42nd birthday on Sunday like he always does -- quietly. But there came a big announcement later in the day which was as a pleasant surprise to all the music lovers. The......