Yatra's Message Was Bigger Than Rahul Gandhi

There they were, showing the world that there are still people motivated not by religious structures, not by past glories, not by hatreds deliberately stoked. These were ordinary folks doing......

Three Lessons To Learn From Dronaacharya

Dronaacharya was the victim of what we would today call a politically motivated disinformation campaign. The Pandav strategy had the classic characteristics of disinformation. Three takeaways for......

Indian Army showed world enough is enough: Gen Naravane on Galwan standoff

China followed "wolf-warrior diplomacy" and "salami-slicing" tactics with impunity browbeating smaller neighbours and it took the Indian Army to show to the world that "enough is enough" and......

'You will succeed as long as you remember that the project is bigger than you'

'When a Project Director is appointed, the whole organization -- including the Chairman ISRO -- works for his success. It is a lesson that has been of abiding value all through the other projects I......

What Went Wrong For Cyrus Mistry At Tatas

If Cyrus's protestations of having no knowledge of his imminent dismissal are to be taken at face value, he was extraordinarily naive and insulated from the ground reality.There were enough straws......

Revealed: How PM Planned Demonetisation

November 8 marks 6 years after demonetisation.A K Bhattacharya reveals how the prime minister and the RBI worked together for months before Modi's 8 pm speech.A riveting excerpt from The Rise Of......

'Even the RBI was caught by surprise and was totally unprepared to handle its fallout'

I kept insisting that Rs 100 notes were in short supply and there was an urgent need to augment the supply of 100 rupee notes while also rapidly bringing into circulation the proposed new Rs 500......

Is Nirav Modi a Suicide Risk?

The British home secretary has granted permission for jeweller Nirav Modi's extradition to India.During their arguments in a London court, his lawyers claimed Modi suffers from mental illness and......

Weddings And Movies: Match Made In Heaven

I remember a showbiz wedding during which guests had to sit through several painstakingly rehearsed but awkward dances performed by the bride's and groom's relatives.When Karan rolled his eyes, I......

How Aditya Chopra Changed Divya Dutta's Life

In life, you always need that someone who directs you to the right path, who shows you the way.In my case, I was very fortunate it was Aditya Chopra.A fascinating excerpt from Excerpted from Divya......

Hema-Sanjeev Break-Up: The TRUTH At Last

How did a superstar provoke the break-up?50 years later, the truth can finally be told.A revealing excerpt from Hanif Zaveri and Sumant Batra's An Actor's Actor: An Authorized Biography of Sanjeev......

Priyanka reveals her fight with depression

'I didn't know exactly how to move from a world of gray back into a world of vibrant colour, but one day I figured out one simple thing I could do: I could stop hiding and re-engage with life.'......

'Ashwin's body was used like a dart board by Hazlewood and Cummins'

As Ravichandran Ashwin achieved the milestone 100th Test in Mohali, everyone had their lists of his best bowling feats. But Ashwin's finest cricketing moment was probably when he and Hanuma Vihari......

How T20 will change!

Fascinating predictions for the years ahead.A revealing excerpt from Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde's Cricket 2.0: Inside The T20 Revolution on the eve of the IPL 2021 Players Auction. IMAGE: The......

India's Sporting Legacy: Yes, We Can!

'I have grown up in an environment where the dominant narrative of Indian sporting achievement was -- We can't.''These achievers have fought hard, built on each other's body of work and knowledge,......

The First Great Indian Cricketer

One cricketer made all the difference when the first All India cricket team toured England in 1911.Baloo Palwankar startled the English with his guile and genius.A fascinating excerpt from Prashant......