The Legend of Zoru

Claude Arpi salutes Lieutenant General Zorawar Chand Bakshi, India's most decorated general, who passed into the ages recently.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Last month, India lost its......

Brilliant commanders and brave men won India the 1971 War

Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam's book India's Wars: A Military History, 1947-1971 gives the reader deep insights into the sharp military minds that shaped battlefield tactics and the precision......

REWIND: The best PHOTOS from the week gone by

Fourteen photos from events that defined the world in the week gone by. Tattoo enthusiast Lauren Brock poses to display her body art work during the International London Tattoo Convention in east......

Modi should address teachers not students

Why does Modi want to speak to the students while his audience should be teachers and parents, not necessarily in that order. And September 5 is not Children’s Day but Teachers’ Day,......

How '3 Idiots' became a top brand

The 2009 Brand Derby, threw up some interesting issues. A film, 3 Idiots, topped the chart. The Derby ranks brands that were launched in 2009 based on the perceptions of marketers. In the 2008......

Jaguar, Land Rover have a long and rich pedigree

We may have to wait till mid-January to know who bags Jaguar and Land Rover. But in terms of media coverage, the British marques may have generated more interest than Mittal Steel's initially-seen......

Your favourite Mission Impossible movie? VOTE!

Take your pick!   Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation, the fifth installment of age-defyingly good looking Tom Cruise's spy thriller series releases in Indian theatres August 7.Known for......

Ghost Protocol, Puss In Boots set BO records

The first movie to reach the $200 million milestone in North America this year, Paramount's Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol has also become the top grossing film in the Tom Cruise franchise,......

Star Wars maker returns with war film, Red Tails

Star Wars maker George Lucas is back with an all-black cast war film called Red Tails.The man behind the Star Wars and Indiana Jones mega hits that have grossed over $10 billion worldwide in the......

'The entire music industry is collapsing'

Abhay Deol's Road, Movie is unusual is many ways. It tells a unique story, not one that we've seen on Bollywood screens time and again. And it has some beautiful music by Canadian guitarist Michael......