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The Pillar That Inspires India

The Ashokan Pillar in Kolhua, Bihar, is one of India's best maintained historical sites. All Photographs: Archana Masih/Rediff.com   The Ashokan Pillar with a single lion stands gloriously......

B S Prakash: 'A good man left us well before time'

'Those who worked with him or came to know him rated him as one of our best, with a sharp intellect, unfailing courtesy and ready wit.'Ambassador T P Sreenivasan fondly remembers Ambassador B S......

The beauty that lies below the water!

The underwater world has never looked so magical, mysterious and mesmerising. These photographs are some of the stunning medal winners in the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021 contest. The......

COVID-19 and Masked Mankind

COVID-19 has accomplished what the UN failed to do in the last 75 years by making mankind rally around a mask of unity, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. The unique blessing that distinguishes......

Govt wants to shoot the messenger, Mander tells SC

Activist Harsh Mander on Friday alleged in the Supreme Court that the government wants to shoot the messenger, while not acting against the real perpetrators of the Delhi violence, claiming there......

Why Amit Mitra is important to Mamata

No longer Bengal's finance minister, Amit Mitra, Mamata's principal chief advisor, will still advise and aid the 'chief minister and finance department on all matters relating to management of......

Coming soon! AI in Indian courts

'It is feared that AI can predict the outcome of a case once it is launched.''It knows the law, precedents and judicial thinking better.''If AI becomes too common, clients will start using the......

Economic slowdown has hurt even India's ultra rich

The number of ultra rich falls to 2.56 lakh in 2018 from 2.63 lakh. As much as Rs 262 lakh crore of the wealth possessed by the high networth individuals are in the form of financial assets, while......

Mahindra Scorpio Vs Honda BR-V: Which is the better SUV?

The urban, more sophisticated buyer will favour the BR-V over the Scorpio The SUV fever has clearly taken over the country. In contrast to most markets where the term 'SUV' refers to something......

These stories give innovative ideas to start a business!

The book, 'India Can', has received praises from top business leaders including Deepak Parekh and Nandan Nilekani. Top business leaders have come together to back an innovative concept of an IIM......

Sara Creates Magic At Cannes!

Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images After wearing a lehenga by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla for her Cannes debut, Sara Ali Khan chose a monochrome beaded bralette blouse with a saree styled skirt......

Rorschach, Mammootty and the Unfeeling Indian Hero

After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style,......

Ee.Ma.Yau: Four deaths, two burials and a film for the ages

Part of what makes Ee.Ma.Yau so special is its ability to focus our attention on things that conventional movies throw away under the pretext of storytelling, says Sreehari Nair.   IMAGE:......

Review: Aiyaary is deceived by its own cleverness

Neeraj Pandey's Aiyaary is the sort of spy fantasy story that drunks narrate in bars, says Sreehari Nair. Often in movies where he's anointed by the devil, Kumud Mishra plays a terrible Advance......

'Would be criminal if I stopped Saira from acting'

'On the first day of shooting, after our first shot together as co-stars was canned, a dream Saira had cherished for years, Rajinder Krishan, the poet who was watching the way Saira was following......

Time for Kohli to hit RESET button

Deep down, Kohli perhaps well understands that in the most challenging of conditions, his team needs more than just his sheer force of will to succeed.It requires that extra skill, tenacity and......

Did umpiring error help England win World Cup?

'It is unfair to look at one decision, one ball out of 600-plus on the day and say that was the reason one team won and one team lost.' IMAGE: Ben Stokes apologises after Martin Guptill's throw......

PKL can give the IPL a run for its money

'At a time when sports leagues are often smothered by the allure of spurious glamour, it is easy to forget what makes them so exciting in the first place: The sport itself.''At its core, the PKL......

Lambasting team mates part of job for India hockey goalie Sreejesh...

'It's very important for a goalkeeper to be vocal. Usually players go quiet under pressure. As a goalkeeper, it's your duty to bring them back into the game.' IMAGE: A sore threat is often the......

How Queen of tennis Serena prepared for royal wedding

'Do you like my necklace ... Do you like my braids?'   IMAGE: Serena Williams gets ready for her friend Meghan Markle's wedding to Britain's Prince Harry. Photograph: Serena Williams/Instagram......

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