Thank you for your support.That is the simple card I got, tucked inside the leather folder, when I asked for my bill after a short lunch at Frangipani, one of Hotel Trident's famous restaurants. A......
She's done it all. She's been a magazine editor, writer, columnist and, at 60, an age she shares with Free India, Shobhaa De continues to push the envelope. In her latest book, Superstar India,......
My mom is a rockstarOften think had I been a girl I would have been better human being. The only reason that makes me contemplate this preposterous idea is that I simply adore my mother so much......
April is the silly season as far as lovers are concerned, or so goes the Western perception, given that that's whenSpring finally arrives in their climes. In India this year, it is, of course, also......
My sister Durba shook me awake. "Something suspicious is happening," she said in a failing voice. "I think it is murder!"I jumped out of the bed, falling as my leg caught in the mosquito net.......
Not seeing Ponyo in this year's Oscar nomination for Best Animated Film was quite a heartbreaker. Truth is Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki is what Sachin Tendulkar is to cricket. They're both......
"Back to School!" screams the tagline for N Lingusamy's Pattalam (Gang) and, as expected, this Tamil movie is all about the laughter and tears, magic and despair of the wonder years in school. It's......
The name Soham Chakraborty may not ring any bell, but if his rendition of In Dino is anything to go by, then it will be a name you won't be forgetting anytime soon.This budding singer, whois......
Star-kid Aditya Udit Narayan is Indian television's confident new host.In all probability, the name Aditya Narayan will fail to ring a bell and there's very little chance of people recognising him......
Although he did nothing of note in the Twenty20 World Cup final against India on Monday, Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi still emerged as the tournament's most valuable player (MVP).Congratulate......
On the third day of the Multan Test, Brian Lara achieved the rare feat of scoring a hundred before lunch. Lara has now performed this feat on two separate occasions. The other such occasion for......
Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-3 on penalties on Sunday to win the women's hockey World Cup for the first time. Argentina had been beaten in three previous World Cup finals and also lost the......
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