Street protests are hard work

'When I told my wife I was going to ask our daughter-in-law if she was planning on hitting the streets, my wife took me aside and whispered fiercely in my ear, "Don't let her learn the language of......

Working women, Modi and tomato prices

The solution to soaring tomato prices lies in correctly deciding the government's 'priorities', something prime ministerial candidate Modi knew, but PM Modi has forgotten, argues Syed Firdaus......

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

This week’s digest of stories that are weird, true and funny. 1) Competitors put best foot forward for toe wrestling championship These wrestlers will knock your socks off. The......

WTF News! It's Weird, True and Funny

Here's your weekly digest of the craziest and funniest stories from around the world. Fancy a contraption to keep your breasts perky! A world-renowned plastic surgeon has invented a bra that......

A day in the lives of a biz tycoon, a startup CEO and a jewellery magnate

A busy businessman Sanjiv Goenka understands the importance of unwinding. Hindi serials like Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Swaragini or Savdhan are his antidote.   Image: Sanjiv......

This CEO used to wash dishes as a young boy!

'Looking back, I feel we were poor, but back then it did not feel poor.' This is my second meeting with Mayank Ashar, chief executive officer and managing director, Cairn India, and I soon realise......

Meet Coke's captain in India

Coca-Cola's sports-loving CEO, Atul Singhsays this is the strategy that has helped him steer the soft drinks giant out of various crises. Given he hails from Kolkata, and from La Martiniere,......

Harvard's hard lessons

"Do you need to get back to rigorous studies?" asked Patricia. "I am getting rusty, and this programme is for people with 20 years of experience," I replied, hoping she would donate some savings to......

Yami's Lost In Chicago And Lovin' It

Where were Bollywood stars travelling last weekend? Let's take a look. Photograph: Kind courtesy Yami Gautam/Instagram Yami Gautam's film Lost -- directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (Pink)......

Why Wolf Of Wall Street is an irresponsible film

Martin Scorsese's The Wolf Of Wall Street could set a bad precedent, feels Aseem Chhabra. Last weekend I watched Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 Oscar-winning masterpiece The Godfather at the Museum of......

How The Happening came to M Night Shyamalan

The course of Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan's life was defined not by the family's involvement in the practice of medicine, but by the Super-8 camera he was gifted in his pre-teens. By the time he......

'Cricket needs to wake up. But how?'

'Put cricket, first and foremost, at the centre of every decision you take.''The bottom line must always be the sport that we love.'Rahul Dravid as eloquent as always in his M A K Pataudi Memorial......

Rahul Dravid's Pataudi Memorial Lecture: Full Text

Full text of Rahul Dravid's Pataudi Memorial Lecture in New Delhi. IMAGE: Former India captain Rahul Dravid delivering the Pataudi Memorial Lecture in New Delhi. Photograph: Twitter (@BCCI)......