Droupadi Didi Is Prez!

History was made on Thursday, July 21, when India elected its first tribal President. Droupadi Murmu, India's 15th President, will be the youngest (she is only 64) and India's first President to be......

'The government's priorities are all wrong'

'The prime minister did not think that COVID-19 was a serious challenge as late as March 20.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi interacts with sportspersons like cricket star Virat......

The V S Naipaul I came to know

Nikhil Lakshman remembers the times he spent with the legendary writer who passed into the ages six days before his 86th birthday. IMAGE: Sir V S Naipaul gives the Nobel lecture at the Old Stock......

Revealed: Nehru didn't trust the Chinese

'Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai? Don't you believe it. I don't trust the Chinese one bit,' Nehru told Gopalaswamy Parthasarathi before he traveled to China as India's ambassador.Asking GP to be ever......

A misnomer called 'merit'

A few days ago I happened to watch an NDTV news programme featuring Gurcharan Das and Meira Kumar on the issue of private sector job reservations.While the show's anchor prodded them in different......

Say 'Hello' to Deepika, Ranveer, Shah Rukh

Black and gold dominate the red carpet. There are celebs looking glamorous -- some not as much -- and then there's Ranveer Singh, with his own brand of fashion. At the Hello Hall Of Fame Awards,......

Asin, Rekha, Shilpa... actress and businessmen

Asin joins a long line of actresses, who married businessmen! Never mix business with pleasure, they say. Actresses beg to differ. A perfect alliance of wealth and glamour, many heroines have......

Video: Hadippa from Dil Bole Hadippa

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WAGs @ Wimbledon 2009

Kim Sears, the girlfriend of Andy Murray of Britain, watches from Centre Court the match between the Scot and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland at the Wimbledon tennis championships in......