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South Korean Han Kang wins Nobel Literature, 8th woman to get award

The 2024 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to South Korean author Han Kang "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." IMAGE:......

Truth in the AI era

Can legislation enable this, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I still remember, in my school days, when my classmates and I fell into an argument about who......

India's Untold Nepal Stories

In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts. A fascinating......

Why Are The Scindias Bowing To Amit Shah?

What some of our leaders were up to over the weekend... IMAGE: Priyadarshini Raje Scindia, the maharani of Gwalior, and her son Mahaaryaman Jyotiraditya Scindia, the yuvraj of the royal......

3 associated with Assam's 'Miya Museum' held for terror links

Three persons, including the president and general secretary of the Assam Miya Parishad, have been detained for their alleged association with terror outfits, police said on Wednesday. Photograph:......

Jawa drives down memory lane in push to future

And it's a strategy that seems to have paid off. Online booking for the motorcycle has been temporarily halted given the huge waiting list of buyers. Orders are still being taken at the......

Eros ties up with Lionsgate in a boost to Bollywoo

In a major boost to Indian cinema's bid to globalise its operations, Bollywood player Eros International has signed a deal with Lionsgate, Hollywood's top independent studio, for the distribution......

Philips mobiles @ less than Rs 1000

Royal Philips Electronics is making an ultra low cost mobile handset, priced below (Rs 1000), for India and plans to launch the product sometime next year.Cellphone with Philips' Nexperia platform......

The 10 years of Discovery Channel

In his corner office overlooking the green cover abutting the ridge in Delhi, Deepak Shourie is upbeat. The Discovery network is 10 years old in India and, to hear him bubble with enthusiasm, it's......

A fantasy trip onboard the Deccan Odyssey

Anybody who's watched the 1974 whodunit Murder on the Orient Express or read The Mystery of the Blue Train will find it hard to resist the fantasy of a week on a luxuriously languorous train ride......

'Heeramandi Showed India As A Sone Ki Chidiya'

'The primary set took over three months to build with 14,000-15,000 workers employed at a time.' 'We ensured that Mallikajaan's Shahi Mahal lived up to its name.''One zardosi panel cost around Rs 4......

Big Girls Don't Cry Review: Watchable

Big Girls Don't Cry is too solemn to be fun and too timid to be truly bold, feels Deepa Gahlot. For the new generation, it is probably the Harry Potter books set in a boarding school that......

Making Hrithik-Aishwarya look gorgeous in Jodhaa Akbar

Did you love Hrithik Roshan's royal look in Ashutosh Gowariker's Jodhaa Akbar? Did you want to see more of Aishwarya Rai's fragile beauty as well? Well, a lot went in to make them look the way......

PIX: Here's where Deepika-Ranveer will marry

Step inside Deepika-Ranveer's fairy-tale wedding venue. Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh left for Italy over the weekend for their destination wedding. The venue is reportedly the Villa del......

Revealed: Unknown facts about RD Burman!

India's fascination with RD Burman -- or Pancham as many know him -- will perhaps never die. The musician, who has captured the imagination of at least three generations of Indians, continues......

The BEST of CWG Opening Ceremony

The 2022 Commonwealth Games officially got underway with a dazzling opening ceremony at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday, July 28, 2022. Birmingham took on the responsibility......

PICS: Commonwealth Games 2022 kick-off with slick show

Images from the 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, on Thursday. IMAGE: Double Olympic badminton medallist PV Sindhu and men's hockey team captain......

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