'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......
IMAGE: Richard Zimler. Richard Zimler's novel, Guardian of the Dawn, documents the little-known Portuguese Inquisition in India, in 16th century Goa. He points out that, apart from their......
Kissinger's approach of balance of power, secret diplomacy and moderating ideology are the need of the hour.That is the greatest tribute to an intellectual who had a major impact on the world in......
Shreekant Sambrani remembers P R S 'Biki' Oberoi, personal friend and hospitality icon, who passed into the ages this week. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com P R S (Biki to friends)......
'A very large part of this would have come from opium.' IMAGE: Amitav Ghosh with his new book, Smoke and Ashes, after its launch at the Royal Opera House, Mumbai, July 18, 2023. Amitav Ghosh is......
Within six months, outlets carrying Vicks jumped from 60,000 pharmacies to 750,000 general stores.The trade boycott collapsed. Consumers were happy, finding Vicks now at every street corner. A......
The challenge, Godrej says, was to reach a younger audience and children who might have had very little association with the brand. Surajeet Das Gupta reports. IMAGE: The comic book is all about......
Once a difficult market to crack, in recent years, China has relatively opened up its drug market, enacting reforms and speeding up approval time. Mumbai-headquartered Lupin is firming up plans to......
'In the real economy, the scars of the pandemic will continue to define 2021.''It is still hard to tell the effect on unemployment, migrant workers, poverty, and the informal sector of the lockdown......
In the race to find a cure for the coronavirus infection, Texas-based Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) has entered into a licensing agreement with Indian pharmaceutical company Biological E Limited......
From fantasy to football, OTT is beaming with all kinds of goodies this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations. FerrariWhere to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage: French, English......
Action films of some substance are rare to come by these days. Most film-makers mistake gore and excessive blood for well-constructed action cinema that thrives on drama and interpersonal stakes.......
'Uttam Kumar transcended the conflict between being a star and an actor... he combined both and became a cultural and social icon for the Bengali race.' IMAGE: The Oti Uttam poster. Srijit......
'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'......
'I somehow felt that Muzaffar Ali was in Aligarh to feel the pulse of the Muslim youth, especially in the darker and harsher times that India is passing through,' notes Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE:......
In 2022, he raced past Usain Bolt, 'the world's fastest man', to become the world's most written-about athlete. The attention has followed a stream of medals: Asian Games gold twice, an Olympic......
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: Mahendra Singh Dhoni plays the titular character in the graphic novel 'Atharva: The Origin' -- a seasoned warrior, who sets out on a long journey where he encounters strange creatures and......
IMAGE : Harmanpreet Kaur scored 109 off 107 balls, studded with 10 fours and 2 sixes. Photograph: ICC/Media Harmanpreet Kaur is at her best when she has her back to the wall, the stylish Smriti......
IMAGE: Former India batsman VVS Laxman. Photograph: BCCI Cricket Foundation, the Singapore headquartered blockchain-based platform, roped in around 120 partners from the cricketing eco-system,......