NRI boy wins BBC's Junior Mastermind

A 10-year-old Indian boy has emerged as the youngest champion in the history of a BBC quiz show, Junior Mastermind. David Verghese, who made it to the BBC1 show finals sailing through the heats,......

Yet again, Amitav Ghosh sails on opium

Man and opium have a relationship that goes back to the infancy of mankind. Human civilization is inconceivable without it,' Amitav Ghosh said during an interview with an American radio station in......

Anil Ambani co buys US firm's digital unit

Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Big Entertainment has acquired the digital images business of US-based DTS Inc in an all cash deal for $7.5 million (about Rs 30 crore). The sale, which closed on......

Wanna go to space? Take the Oracle quiz

Only the flamboyant Larry Ellison, chairman of Oracle Corporation, would have thought of a space odyssey as a prize for software developers.Ellison has offered to take three developers to space if......

It's been 5 years, but the 'Birds' are 'Angry' still

Seeing the popularity enjoyed by the game, Rovio developed it for Android, Windows, Symbian and BlackBerry smartphones and eventually expanded the games for PC and Mac. Finnish developer Rovio......

Can Hollywood build a better business?

"You can take Hollywood for granted like I did, or you can dismiss it with the contempt we reserve for what we don't understand. It can be understood, too, but only dimly and in flashes. Not half a......

'We Lost So Many Things In This War'

'The war ended in 2009 and I believe the new generation of Tamils don't know what was going on there.''I felt it was my duty to tell our story.''Since 2009, it seems like we are sleeping.' IMAGE:......

PIX: Harrison Ford, Sofia Vergara, Carrie Fisher at the Star Wars world premiere

The much-awaited world premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was held at the TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles on December 14.  With stalwarts like Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher......

'You Can't Understand Human Beings...'

'...without looking into yourself.''What matters most is human relationships and the human mind.' IMAGE: Roshan Mathew and Darshana Rajendran in Paradise. A film-maker, who chooses to make a......

PIX: Ranbir, Ayan watch Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Brahmastra collaborators didn't want to miss out on the Jedis and their lightsabres. Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi releases this weekend in India. Ranbir Kapoor and his buddy director......

50 years on... 'Fight of Century' still packs a punch

'Ali and Frazier, they were symbols of the divide in the country that united people on one side or the other.' IMAGE: A boxing programme feature promoting the World Heavyweight Championship......