Remembering Anglo-Indian Courage For The Motherland

'Anglo-Indians have played a significant role at the forefront, meeting every challenge to the security of the motherland.'A fascinating excerpt from Barry O'Brien's The Anglo-Indians: A Portrait......

'Humans have never learned from history'

'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Writer Amitav Ghosh spent many of those strange, mind-numbing COVID-19 days of......

UK parliament has only 20 per cent women members

As wrangling continues in Indian parliament over providing 33 per cent reservation to women, history shows political participation was more difficult for women in Britain and now only 20 per cent......

Golden Globes 2019: The *inside* story

We love Charlize Theron's look! Stars sprucing up in designer numbers, spouting speeches galore... it's time for the 76th Golden Globes! Charlize Theron, Alyssa Milano, Jessica Chastain and Allison......

Golden Globes 2018: Big Little Lies wins

The 75th Annual Golden Globes awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and some expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold:   IMAGE: Laura Dern,......

4 Oscar pix that made us :)

Featuring Casey, Ben, Mahershala, Ryan, Dev, Andre, Meryl, Viola... Who says movie stars can't be nice? Check out these images, folks, from the Oscars.   IMAGE: For us, the image of the......

4 Oscar pix that made us :)

Featuring Casey, Ben, Mahershala, Ryan, Dev, Andre, Meryl, Viola... Who says movie stars can't be nice? Check out these images, folks, from the Oscars.   IMAGE: For us, the image of the......

Remembering Spin Legend Sonny Ramadhin

From Rohan Kanhai the swashbuckler to Alvin Kallicharan to Shivnarine Chanderpaul to Ramnaresh Sarwan to Sunil Narine, Indian origin cricketers from the Caribbean have often been the toast of the......

Somdev makes a smooth transition

In winning his first ATP Challenger, Somdev Devvarman has made a smooth transition from college tennis to the professional tour.The double NCAA champion is noweyeing bigger things, one of which is......