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Why Are Airport Roofs Collapsing?

Are faulty design, hurried construction and private ownership to be blamed for the incidents of airport roofs crashing? IMAGE: A view of the T1 terminal at the Indira Gandhi international airport,......

How Can Congress Defeat Modi?

The most important lesson is that you have to build your political proposition, and sell it yourself.You can't leave it to the courts, media, NGOs and civil society and expect them to play the role......

Take my phone, I don't care: Rahul on snooping row

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at the government over several opposition leaders receiving threat notifications from Apple of "state-sponsored attackers" targeting their phones,......

6 Reasons Why It's Near Impossible To Defeat Modi

It may well be possible to defeat Modi. But nobody seems to know how, points out Vir Sanghvi. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi during a roadshow at Dehgam, in Gandhinagar, March 12,......

The G-23 Revolt That Wasn't

Members of the G-23, who had shown courage to point out the flaws in the party's functioning, have allowed themselves to be co-opted by the Family to go through the motions of a post-mortem, notes......

The Secret of Gautam Adani's Success

Gautambhai has shown that he has ability to withstand payment delays or vexatious court cases. That is where he is on a more comfortable wicket than many others. A revealing excerpt from R N......

Brand Dhoni remains unbeatable despite slow fadeout

Dhoni presently endorses a healthy 25 brands, and found himself in fifth place on the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list last year, with earnings worth almost Rs 136 crore. How much of that is set to......

The financial world is a dangerous place

Banks can collapse, markets can be rigged, investment instruments can become worthless overnight, auditors can fail to blow the whistle, board directors can be asleep, and regulators can be......

Why India will do nothing about killer 'diesel'

Every time we pointed out the overwhelming evidence of diesel's toxicity, we were brushed aside, says Sunita Narain. The Volkswagen diesel car scam is of no consequence to us. India's diesel......

The PM is an honest man and a brilliant economist too!

The media advisors of the prime minister must be credited, at least for this one. They have been more or less successful till date in Teflon-coating the image of prime minister from the endless......

16 shows to watch during the lockdown

Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing. Be it videos of penguins being taken for walks around the zoo or cats playing games with their humans, the......

Why Lisa Ray quit Bollywood

'I wasn't interested in shackling my freedom to a Bollywood actor.'A fascinating excerpt from Lisa Ray's memoir Close To The Bone. IMAGE: Lisa Ray and John Abraham in Water. I was still being......

The role Roger Moore most cherished

He played James Bond seven times.But the role Roger Moore most cherished was a different one.Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to the gentleman Bond. IMAGE: Roger Moore on the sets of Live and Let......

Review: Gabbar Is Back music is worth a listen

Some songs off the Gabbar Is Back album will keep you hooked, reveals Aelina Kapoor. Three songs from Gabbar Is Back are already on air -- Teri Meri Kahaani, Aao Raja and Warna Gabbar Aa......

The 'Kamineys' of Bollywood

In a story, there's no point being good without the existence of bad. Not only does it lend structure to an otherwise linear morality but also reveals the layers of the ever-confusing human......

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044.Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding -- and it is this trifecta India needs to work on,......

Ravi Shastri, Indian Cricket's Mr Indispensable

'In the merry-go-round of Indian cricket, amid abhorrent match-fixing scandals and incessant politicking, Ravi Shastri is a multifaceted personality who, when called upon, can don any hat with......

The 'grunt' factor in women's tennis

It is said that you know it is Wimbledon when another grunting article comes out. This year it is no different. Among the four semi-finalists in the women's singles at Wimbledon 2009, three......

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