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Perks have encouraged a brazen VIP culture in India

The race for VIP perks has pernicious consequences and is undermining the elite's authority Edward Said once wrote a short piece examining people in positions of power and responsibility who......

SARS whistleblower in trouble

Jiang Yanyong, a military surgeon and China's celebrated SARS whistleblower, is likely to face formal charges for criticising the government over the violent suppression of democracy protests in......

'Pakistan is not ready for a democracy yet'

Sharmeen Obaid is busy. The Pakistani filmmaker, inMumbai recently for the screening of her documentary Terror's Children, which focuses on the plight of Afghan children in Pakistani refugee camps......

'Entrepreneurs not only shape but create the future'

Five inspiring women who travelled thousands of miles to Hyderabad recently to grow their business and skills share their tales of global entrepreneurship. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel listened in. The......

Here comes content marketing

Content marketing is perhaps part of the tectonic shift that is under way in media with the advent of the web, says Ajit Balakrishnan. If you say you haven't yet heard about "content......

Why is online shopping yet to pick up in India

Online shopping is yet to pick up in India where television has the most perceived advertising persuasiveness across all age groups, according to a survey.Companies in India might be rushing in to......

COLUMN: Utterly butterly Indian ads

A recently published book, Ad Katha, is not just a trip through the golden age of Indian advertising, but also an enquiry into how many of the cultural symbols that we now see as "Indian" came......

US Justice dept probes Apple digital music tactics

The US Justice department is examining Apple's tactics in the market for digital music, says a media report. Investigators have asked questions about recent allegations that Apple used its......

Taylor Swift Makes History At Grammys

Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters Taylor Swift made history at the Grammy awards on Sunday, February 4, 2024. Taylor is the first artiste to win Album of the Year four times, with her latest Grammy......

Isn't That Michael Jackson's Sister Janet?

The day before her 56th birthday on Monday, Janet Jackson made a rare appearance at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas to present an award to singer Mary Jane Blige. Please click on the......

Spanish guitar great Paco De Lucia dies

According to reports, the news was announced by the mayor's office in Algeciras in southern Spain, where Lucia was born.One of the greatest musicians of the modern world died on Wednesday. BBC......

Is Zac Efron seeing co-star Taylor Schilling?

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here!Zac Efron has reportedly been spending a lot of time with his The Lucky One co-star Taylor Schilling. They have been......

'Nobody recognized me in Mumbai slums'

On a recent charity visit to Mumbai''s slums, actress Freida Pinto was left stunned because nobody recognized her.The 'Slumdog Millionaire' star embarked on a trip to the rundown areas with a......

Meet This Winter Olympics Sensation

IMAGE: Eileen Gu at the 2021 Met Gala. Photograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Chinese American Eileen Gu, representing the Winter Games hosts China, has her face......

India has learnt to accept female athletes but still a long way to go: Sania

'Sport in this side of the world does not come naturally to parents. They want their daughters to be doctors, lawyers, teachers but not an athlete.' IMAGE: Sania Mirza outlined the many challenges......

Real Madrid is world's most valuable football team

Real Madrid, who in 2018 won the Champions League for a third consecutive year, were valued at $4.24 billion, up 9% from a year ago, Forbes said. Real Madrid unseated Manchester United as the......

I'm all for freedom of choice, says Kohli following criticism

'Virat Kohli's statement is a reflection of the bubble that most famous people either slip into or are forced into' IMAGE: 'What an idiotic set of words to come from an India captain'. Photograph:......

Winds of change: Women cricketers set for pay boost!

Winds of change mean windfall for women players (reuters) IMAGE: Captain Mithali Raj with the Indian women's team. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com For the world’s women......

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