Is Modi copying Indira's Emergency textbook?

'Consider Mrs Gandhi's view of her opponents: Traitors, anti-nationals, rumour-mongers.'Does the spirit of the Emergency-era Indira Gandhi still rule India? asks Vir Sanghvi. IMAGE: Then prime......

14 Indian-American kids in 'Spelling Bee' semis

Continuing their magnificent run at the national level, 14 Indian-Americans have made it to the penultimate round of the US 'Spelling Bee' competition, constituting nearly 35 per cent of this......

5 days away from the news cycle

A cruise is an expensive way of doing nothing. It also is imprisonment with constant fear of drowning. And yet, people of all hues, shapes and sizes spend their or their children's hard earned......

Why is the PM on a foreign policy overdrive?

Indian foreign policy is listlessly meandering. At times, it stands still lost in thoughts and then it dashes forward -- and the next thing you know, it begins dashing backward. The pantomime seems......

Making billions on Islamic art

It's hard to know when art maven and real estate investor Nasser David Khalili first felt a craving for legitimacy. Could it have been when his teacher at a Jewish day school in Tehran, Iran......

How Warren Buffet made his billions

Warren Buffett is a man who has made millions but he also started working at his father's brokerage when he was 11 years old, that's an age when most other kids were playing hide-n-seek and didn't......

Best B-schools witness a major churn

India's B-schools are witnessing a major churn. With the total numbers proliferating to 900 or thereabouts at last count, the best of them have to differentiate themselves to avoid commoditisation.......

Golden Globes 2018: The Shape Of Water, Dunkirk, Big Little Lies lead nominations

Other nominations include Dunkirk, The Post and I, Tonya. The 75th Golden Globe nominations were announced by Alfre Woodard, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Bell and Sharon Stone at the......

Va Quarter Cutting could have been funnier

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews Va Quarter Cutting. Readers can also send their reviewshere.Director duo Pushkar-Gayathri made waves right with their first movie, Oram Po, the zany couple had a knack......

Crowe will deliver a few punches

Russell Crowe will now let loose as a boxer in Ron Howard's Cinderella Man. Set in the Depression era, Crowe essays the character of the 1930s boxing champion James J Braddock. For added......

Martin Scorsese's Hugo is a hot contender for Globes, Oscars

Shunning dark and violent sagas like Shutter Island, The Departed and Taxi Driver, films that have brought him commercial success and solid reviews over the last three decades, Martin Scorsese has......

These sports stars hung up their boots early...

Following the retirement of Australian world number one Ash Barty at 25, here is a list of high-profile tennis players and other sportspeople who called time on their careers at a young age.  ......

NBA: LeBron James moves up to second on all-time scoring list

IMAGE: Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James reached the milestone with a lay-up in the second quarter against the Washington Wizards. He acknowledged the crowd who gave him a standing ovation......

The Second Coming Of Ashwin

IMAGE: Out of nowhere, Ravichandran Ashwin has bagged a rare chance to play his second World Cup at home. Photograph: BCCI   Life rarely gives you a second chance and when it does, you should......

Racial injustice hits home for US athletes

IMAGE: Lance Thomas of the Brooklyn Nets gestures as he and teammates kneel in honour of the Black Lives Matter movement. Photograph: Ashley Landis-Pool/Getty Images When former NBA star......

NBA players to receive 25% less pay from May 15

The money will be placed in escrow and paid back to players if all of the remaining regular season games are played. IMAGE: Bradley Beal, left, and Rui Hachimura of the Washington Wizards.......