'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

'You are ruining an entire generation'

'We are calling companies to set up assembly plants for mobile phones while all the components are imported.''Only the last turn of the screwdriver is done here. And you call it self-reliance,......

'No basis in the claim that poverty is down to 5%'

'Without a poverty line, how are we to know whether poverty is the same, or it has come down or it has gone up?' IMAGE: A homeless girl asks for alms outside a coffee shop in Mumbai. Photograph:......

The Fears Of The Only Voice

The prime minister's insistence that his voice cannot be suppressed left me both puzzled and amused. He has at his call, the government's official news dissemination/publicity channels, the pliant......

Visa applications to beat pre-Covid levels in 2024

VFS Global expects visa applications from India to surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2024 with the easing of appointment availability. Vishal Jairath, head-South Asia, VFS Global, said during a media......

Flipkart beats Amazon to top e-comm market with 48% share

Walmart group firm Flipkart continues to dominate the e-commerce segment with 48 per cent market share while Softbank-backed Meesho has emerged as the fastest growing e-commerce platform in terms......

With love, from AI: For Valentine's Day letters, people turn to ChatGPT

62% of Indians plan using AI to help write their expression of affection; the highest among 9 nations surveyed. Shivani Shinde reports. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters If you get a love letter......

Budget 2023: What tax experts want from Sitharaman

Widening of the tax base, doing away with cess and surcharge, improvement in compliance and moderation in tax for emerging sectors are some of the suggestions submitted to the Finance Ministry......

When The Kapoors Turned 40

By the time they turned 40, Prithviraj Kapoor had done about 50 films, Raj Kapoor about 46 films and Rishi Kapoor about 80 films.As Ranbir Kapoor turns 40, Deepa Gahlot explores the Kapoors......

Will Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan Be A Blockbuster?

A great story-teller, Mani Ratnam is experimenting with a real-life historical in Ponniyin Selvan, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Vikram as Aditya Karikalan in Ponniyin Selvan. Now that Mani......

'Janhvi was sitting on the footpath, reading the script'

'I was very scared as I was a first-time director.'Janhvi is a star and a star kid. But the moment she asked me if she was capable of playing the role, we became equals.' IMAGE: Janhvi Kapoor......

10 Life Lessons From Aamir Khan

If he had not become an actor, Aamir Khan could have made an excellent life coach. In his four-decade long career, the man has shared so many pearls of wisdom on screen that he ought to write a......

Remembering Football Legend Tulsidas Balaram

Tulsidas Balaram, who passed into the ages last week, was a member of the Indian football team which reached the semis at the Olympics and won an Asian Games gold medal. IMAGE: Tulsidas Balaram,......

Pele's Story Is A Story Of Hope

More than the story of any other footballer or athlete, Pele's life helped democratise his sport; made it the stuff of a widely shared dream.Shyam G Menon salutes the memory of the greatest......

It's about staying grounded for GM Praggnanandhaa

IMAGE:  Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 16 juggles being a Grandmaster with regular schoolwork and study.Photograph: International Chess Federation/Twitter Indian teen chess sensation Rameshbabu......