In India, it's still all about 'Who's your dad'

It may be 2017, but the thumb rule 'uska baap kaun hai, maloom hai kya?' still dominates India, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As a teenager I wanted to learn......

How the British stole the Kohinoor from a child

'I can tell you the case that hurts me the most is the one in which the little boy is forced to sign the Kohinoor over.''You take a mother away from a child, you surround him with grown ups......

Clinton's jabs put Trump on the mat in first debate

The Republican aggressively blamed the nation’s problems on Clinton yet found himself mostly on the defensive in their first debate as she accused him of racist behaviour and hiding his......

India's elected a Trump, will US now get a Modi?

In May 2014, India got its Donald Trump equivalent as prime minister in the form of Narendra Modi. Come 2016, we will know if America too gets its own version of Modi, says Shehzad Poonawalla. In......

Why Mallya's payback offer should be welcomed

'Mallya has offered to pay the original amount.''Let us say he means the principal amount and that stands at Rs 5,000 crores.''The Indian banks have to ask themselves if they would rather have this......

If Vijay Mallya was Thomas Flohr...

He'd be running a successful aviation business, says Anjuli Bhargava. Thomas Flohr (above, centre) is nothing like what I expected. After reading a piece on him and his multi-million-dollar Swiss......

Few scandalous biz tycoons who made it big, ran it and got screwed

Has business become more immoral than before? Perhaps not; it’s just being exposed more often because of tighter laws and the spread of information technology, says Kanika Datta. There are......

UK's most expensive house sells for 80 mn pounds

In one of UK's biggest ever property deals, a terraced house, sprawling over a vast 21,500 square feet, has sold for a record 80 million pounds -- triple the asking price.The house opposite......

Going back in time with Sadhana

'I want my fans to remember me as the Sadhana of Love In Simla, Mere Mehboob, Woh Kaun Thi and Arzoo,' the Bollywood legend, who passed into the ages on Christmas Day, told Dinesh Raheja. IMAGE:......

PIX: Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Chiranjeevi say goodbye to D Ramanaidu

Movie mogul D Ramanaidu succumbed to cancer on February 18, leaving behind a rich cinematic legacy. His body was kept at the Ramanaidu studio in Hyderabad for fans and members of the film industry......

AVM studio: 60 years and counting

On March 14, AVM launched the music of its latest film, Thirupathi. The hero Ajit came with his pretty wife Shalini. The heroine, Sada, was also present. Her first movie was Jeyam in Tamil, and she......

Madhur Bhandarkar proves himself again!

I am sure William Shakespeare had no idea just how amazingly clairvoyant he was when he wrote in The Tempest: Hell is empty and all the devils are here.Madhur Bhandarkar's refreshingly original and......

Ronaldo's influence off the charts; Messi hot on his heels

IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo’s dominance hasn’t ever been restricted to just the football pitch. Photograph: Kind courtesy Cristiano Ronaldo/Instagram Cristiano Ronaldo has yet again left......

Is Mallya's Force India F1 team to be sold?

Media reports this week suggested that British energy drink firm Rich Energy was leading a consortium seeking to purchase the Silverstone-based team for 200 million pounds ($278.66 million). Force......

PHOTOS: Hollywood descends upon Vegas for royal megabout

Singers Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z attend the welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images Floyd......

Best laid to rest on French clay

What is the first name that comes to your mind when you are asked 'who is the best player never to have never won Wimbledon'? Ivan Lendl, to most. Maybe, Ken Rosewall and Ilie Nastase, for......

Stanford pulls plug, ECB on brink of crisis

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford has decided to end his five-year contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board for an annual one-day series after he lost$ 40 million in the first year itself,......