On Bhagat Singh's 117th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra recounts fascinating incidents from the legend's life. Photograph: ANI Photo Bhagat Singh holds a unique place in the Indian......
In the shock after Nathuram Godse murdered Mahatma Gandhi that January evening 72 years ago today, a young American diplomat rushed to capture the assassin.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel traces the......
'The economy is in a free fall.''And it's been declining for so long, so consistently, that the promise of growth and better days now looks a fantasy.''A mid-1970s kind of pessimism, even......
'The anti-India biases of the Western elite can be attributed to the unease these privileged nations feel at the rise of Asian nations like India and China.''But what ought to shock all......
'There has never been a problem between Hindus and Muslims in Kairana.''We are a people that smoke from the same hookah.'Once the seat of an influential tradition of Indian classical music, Kairana......
If Paris really meant to serve as a landmark in recognising equity in climate negotiations, it should have heralded the second phase of the Kyoto protocol. Instead we have all countries, India and......
The popular DU kiosk is losing approximately Rs 2,000 per day, even though they still serve instant noodles While I find it incredibly hard to navigate through the complex roads of New......
Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters recently that Indians should pay their taxes if they wanted rates to be more moderate. But here's the thing: most of middle class India are okay......
For 30 years all of Oracle Corp., maker of the database software that drives thousands of big businesses around the world, has revolved around its founder. Larry Ellison owns a 23% stake worth $18......
First the good news. Corporate India is handing out handsome hikes in pay packets this year, so if you haven't received intimation yet on what your increments in 2006 are likely to be, remember you......
We saw the stars walk down the red carpet at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai over the weekend. Interesting glimpses of how they interacted at the event. Photograph: Kind courtesy......
Spielberg was born with a camera in his eye. And this one movie, he'd been recording all his life, observes Sukanya Verma. 'His eye is so connected to his brain.' Tom Hanks is spot on about the......
Big stars, big budgets, breezy soundtrack and the promise of a good time is director Siddharth Anand's specialty. High on foreign locales and fancy styling, his entertainers exude the A to Z of......
Jaya is a woman of steel in the truest sense of the word.Despite being the first lady of filmdom, she's as real and rooted to the ground as anyone can get, notes Subhash K Jha on the......
Sukanya Verma revisits Chaalbaaz where Sridevi was such a pleasure to watch, twice over! IMAGE: Sridevi in a double role in Chaalbaaz. A goddess in a transparent raincoat, a mouse in a sari and......
IMAGE: A mean bouncer to get Sachin Tendulkar out on a lifeless Sharjah track during a tri-series in 1998 made him a household name in India. Photograph: Craig Prentis/All Sport/Getty Images In a......
IMAGE: Danish Kaneria wants to play domestic cricket. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has appealed to the cricket board to lift the life ban......
Bikash Mohapatra salutes boxing legend Muhammad Ali IMAGE: File photo of American heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali), February 1964. Photograph: Getty Images. 'Age is......
There is a controversial change in the way world cricket revenues will be shared among member countries. India, Australia and England will corner a big chunk and in exchange is expected to provide......
Bikash Mohapatra salutes boxing legend Muhammad Ali on his 70th birthday. 'Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.' 'Old age is just a record of one's whole life.'......