Could Partition have been less bloody?

The British administration ignored the mounting evidence of violence between Hindus and Muslims...Military historian Barney White-Spunner traces the countdown to the tragedy in his book, Partition.......

Salman Rushdie out of race for Whitbread Award

Controversial India-born novelist Salman Rushdie has been knocked out of the race for the 25,000Whitbread Book award this year as five relatively unknown writers were pushed into the ring for the......

The Gray Man Review

The Gray Man is mindless fun, worth your monthly Netflix subscription, notes Aseem Chhabra. We all know Netflix is in trouble having lost nearly a million subscribers in the last quarter. But the......

What Ryan Gosling LOVES About The Gray Man

Growing up, Ryan Gosling says he loved characters that helped him face his own obstacles in life. Only fitting therefore that his first action film has him playing a 'never give up' fun spy......

India, Merchant-Ivory and the Oscars

Making her film debut with The Householder, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote more screenplays than novels, winning two Oscars -- for A Room with a View and Howards End.She kept her distance from the film......

PIX: Bruno Mars wins big at the Grammys

Looking at the glamorous night's big winners. The 60th Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The evening belonged to Bruno Mars, who bagged seven......

Tennis Round-up: Thiem into Australian Open main draw

IMAGE: Dominic Thiem secured a place in the main draw. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters Dominic Thiem, U.S. Open winner in 2020, has secured a place in the main draw of the Australian Open......

US Open PIX: Alcaraz holds off Evans; Pegula in last 16

IMAGES from Day 6 of the 2023 US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York, on Saturday. Alcaraz survives Evans test IMAGE: Carlos Alcaraz celebrates......

US Open PIX: Alcaraz, Murray advance; Minnen routs Venus

Images from Day 2 of the 2023 US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday. Alcaraz advances as injured Koepfer retires IMAGE: Carlos Alcaraz in action during his first round match against......

WI, Zimbabwe and SL head into WC Qualifier unbeaten

Photograph: Kind courtesy ICC/Twitter West Indies, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will enter the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 Qualifier high on confidence, having won both their warm-up matches ahead......

NBA round-up: 76ers snap Bucks' 16-game winning streak

IMAGE: Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives to the basket as he attempts to go past Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) in the second half of their NBA match at Fiserv......