The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

Salman Rushdie: The free speech champion whose 'verses' put his life at risk

The attack on Rushdie sent shock waves around the world, with world leaders and literary stalwarts saying they were appalled at the attack on the author who championed free speech and lived under......

COVID-19: 'We are lucky it came later to India'

'People are getting admitted to hospital two to three days before their death in a very serious respiratory compromise state and they are passing away within 48 hours.''Those who are coming early......

A house for Dr Ambedkar in the UK

'If the museum in his memory inspires and instils among Brahminical British Indians an attitude of equality towards Dalits, the edifice would be worth it,' reports Ashis Ray.Illustration: Uttam......

History Repeats In Paytm Fiasco

Even if the Paytm fiasco does not mark the end of the bull run, at least some sanity will return to the wild IPO market, observes Debashis Basu. IMAGE: Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Vijay Shekhar......

150 years on: How the Tatas flew with their dreams

The Tata empire turns 150 this year.R Gopalakrishnan, former director, Tata Sons Ltd, imagines a conversation among the group's founder Jamsetji, his son Dorabji, his successor, Nowroji Saklatwala,......

London, Paris, New York, Shanghai... Here comes khadi!

KVIC is keen to build an international footprint and is hopeful about signing up B2B agreements with at least 40 countries, to which end it has even registered a GI (geographical indicator) tag in......

Remembering Ashok Mitra

Dr Mitra called the Pandara Road crowd a 'cheerful collective of young dreamers,' united in its 'love and pride for the newly Independent India,' despite 'sharp disparities in background,......

'Deep down, he remained Dharamdev Anand'

'A simple boy from Gurdaspur, whom I caught glimpses of when he was sitting alone in his penthouse, reflecting on life and how far he had come.' IMAGE: Dev Anand. Photograph: Kind courtesy Vaibhav......

25 DAZZLING FRAMES In Karan Johar Movies

Larger-than-life fun and froth are Karan Johar's mainstay.It's his ability to surprise in places he's least expected to that make him more versatile than he lets on. Karan Johar is a world within a......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

'I said no to a lot of big films because...'

'...it didn't make sense to me.''If the character was not adding (to the story), I wasn't interested.''The reason why I chose to act is because of the way it makes me feel when I'm acting, not for......

There will never be another Kapil Dev: Srikkanth

Members of 1983 World Cup winning team never thought of even reaching the semi-finals but it was their "mad" skipper Kapil Dev's inspirational leadership that guided them to the coveted trophy,......

South Africa thrash England

England recorded their lowest total in a Twenty20 international as South Africa bowled them out for just 111 before easing to a seven-wicket win in the World Cup second round match on Thursday.......