'Mahatma Gandhi, even for those on the extreme Hindu Right who believe he founded the politics of Muslim 'appeasement', is suicidal to target,' asserts Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Pragya Singh Thakur,......
Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) says India's indifference to strategic and defence requirements can cost it dear. A two-part column: A student of military history would be justified in feeling a......
In the early 1990s, a pioneering CEO, who was not marketing-trained, while briefing the agency on a press advertisement, said innocently, "Let us first list all the points we want to say about our......
Douglas R Hofstadter saw the unity in mathematics, drawing and music in his famous book Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. In similar vein, there is a unique unison in mathematics,......
Arthur J Pais gives his predictions for the Oscar nominations that will be announced on January 23.When the Oscar nominations get announced on January 23, a few acclaimed filmmakers are sure to be......
The Toronto International Film Festival, running from September 8-18, has an absolutely mouthwatering line-up this year. Here are the 10 feature films I think may be the most sensational: A......
Greg Chappell poses for a photograph with the street sign named after him at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane, Australia. Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images You know him as the batsman......
Player Team Goals David Villa Spain 5 Wesley Sneijder Netherlands 5 Miroslav Klose Germany 4 Thomas Muller Germany 4 Robert Vittek Slovakia 4 Diego Forlan Uruguay 4 Gonzalo Higuain......
Olympian Anup Sridhar's challenge fizzled out but Anand Pawar survived a stiff one to emerge the lone Indian qualifier to reach the main draw at the Indonesian Open Super Series badminton......
The23-man lists of the 32 teams for the 2006 football World Cup after theMay 15 deadline to confirm squads ended on Monday. A look at the selections:ANGOLAGoalkeepers: Joo Ricardo (unattached),......