Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

List of VIPs invited for Ram temple Event

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, and sporting icon Sachin Tendulkar are among India's crme de la crme who have been invited as state guests for......

We Danced Slowly; We Didn't Want A Heart Attack

Half a century after he left school, A Ganesh Nadar attends a school reunion. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   In August they announced the school reunion. I had passed out of the......

Ashok Gehlot: 'Magician' leaves centre stage in Rajasthan

"I sometimes think of leaving it, but the chief minister's post doesn't leave me," Ashok Gehlot famously said earlier this year, in part as a signal to the Congress top brass not to pick someone......

Are Kohli, Maxwell, du Plessis responsible for RCB's failure?

'Who are all batting in pressure situations? The young Indian batters and Dinesh Karthik. The big international names, who are supposed to take the pressure, where are they? All are back in the......

Nikhil Chopra, Ratra in race for BCCI selector's job

IMAGE: Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Ratra. Photograph: X Former India spinner Nikhil Chopra, Delhi veteran Mithun Manhas and current junior selector Krishan Mohan are in the race to become a BCCI......

Aaqib Javed joins Sri Lankan coaching staff until T20 World Cup

IMAGE: Sri Lanka cricket appointed the former World Cup winner as their fast-bowling coach. Photograph: Sri Lanka Cricket/X Sri Lanka on Saturday appointed former Pakistan pacer Aaqib Javed as......

Gavaskar urges BCCI to make Ranji Trophy more lucrative to avoid pull-outs

  IMAGE: Mumbai defeated Vidarbha to win their 42nd Ranji Trophy title on Thursday. The MCA doubled Mumbai's Ranji Trophy prize money following their victory. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X......

Domestic umpiring standards under scanner after CK Nayudu Trophy howler

IMAGE: The CK Nayudu Trophy final was marred by umpiring blunder. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X The dubious dismissal of Karnataka opener Prakhar Chaturvedi in the recent Col. CK Nayudu Trophy U23......