The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

Goodbye, Mr Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev died in a Moscow hospital on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 after a long and prolonged illness. The former president and general secretary of the Communist party of the then Union of......

PIX: IAF air show is back in Srinagar after 14 years

The skies over Srinagar roared on Sunday morning with fighter jets and Chinook helicopters exhibiting adrenaline-pumping manoeuvres at an air show conducted after 14 years here. The air show......

The Narendra Modi of TV news

'To be fair to Arnab Goswami, the television camera is his only fix.'Unlike other TV stars who rule social media, Arnab is nowhere to be found.''While they hold forth in newspaper columns, maybe......

COLUMN: Why multitasking doesn't work

As the brain is forced to respond to several stimuli at the same time which results in the brain switching between tasks and thus losing time as it determines which task to perform. Joshua David......

Do you talk loudly on the cellphone?

The complaints are familiar and frequent: People on cell phones talk too loud, they use them at inappropriate times, and they just don't seem to care if they are bothering anyone.The horror stories......

Making Music, Raja-style

What is really left to say of a man who practically redefined Tamil cinema music? Starting from the seventies, he has composed more than 4500 songs (and still counting), worked on more than 900......

'Grammy award is important for the sarod'

This is a rite of strings alright. Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is nominated for a Grammy (Traditional World Music category) for his album Ancient Sounds in collaboration with Iraqi oud......

Encore, Zubin Mehta!

It was a treat for the ears, listening to Beethoven's Egmont Overture live in concert instead of on a CD!And it was a treat for the eyes to watch the great Zubin Mehta swish his baton, swerve his......

The BEST of CWG Opening Ceremony

The 2022 Commonwealth Games officially got underway with a dazzling opening ceremony at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday, July 28, 2022.   Birmingham took on the responsibility......

PICS: Commonwealth Games 2022 kick-off with slick show

Images from the 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, on Thursday. IMAGE: Double Olympic badminton medallist PV Sindhu and men's hockey team captain......

Qatar delivers dazzling Asiad opening

Tiny Qatar stunned the world with a dazzling opening ceremony at the Asian Games that took people through the 5,000-year history of Asia and opened a window to the rich and robust culture of the......