Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

'Farmers' Protest Has Woken Up Everyone'

'Fifteen days ago, we were only talking of Ayodhya. Now we are talking about farmers.' IMAGE: Farmers at a protest site at the Shambhu barrier, the border between Punjab and Haryana, February 23,......

'Israelis have no morals, no ethics'

'How can you shoot somebody raising a white flag, even if he's a fighter, when he's surrendered?' IMAGE: Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians Mohammed Abu Saba, 22, and Ahed Muhammed, 21, who......

Will India That Is Bharat Become Ram Rajya Now?

Will BJP campaigners start using the term 'Ram Rajya' to refer to the nation under Modi's rule, asks N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi at the pran pratishtha......

Will Financial Stress Break The Global Economy?

What's different this time is that global financial stress -- which has its genesis in four policy choices made in recent years -- is juxtaposed with a more resilient real economy, observes Sajjid......

Looking At 1999: 25 Years Ago In Bollywood...

1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......

'Films offer you life lessons'

'If someone were to ask you if you want to die tomorrow, no matter what problems you are grappling with, you would be hesitant, right?' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rohini Hattangady/Instagram Rohini......

Fighter Review: Wannabe Top Gun

Fighter's distressing lack of thrills and sizzle reduces the exercise to an excuse for tedious amounts of Pakistan bashing, observes Sukanya Verma. Gloss is Siddharth Anand's forte. Within the......

Animal Review: Ruthless Ranbir Goes For The Kill

Animal's violence isn't for the fainted-hearted unless you have an appetite for Korean style mayhem, like Sukanya Verma. Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga's stories and characters aren't looking for a......

'Always knew I'd return,' says Pant after fifty vs CSK

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant celebrates his fifty. Photograph: BCCI After making an excellent fifty against Chennai Super Kings in their IPL game, Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant on Sunday said he......

'Ban players who don't play Ranji Trophy'

IMAGE: Ishan Kishan ignored a BCCI diktat to play in the Ranji Trophy, focussing instead on his IPL preparations.. Photograph: BCCI India skipper Rohit Sharma's assertion that Test opportunities......

'I just want to be remembered probably as an entertainer'

As the curtains drew on his nearly 13-year long Test career on Saturday, Australia's David Warner said: 'I've been authentic. I've never changed. I've said it how it is, and I still will. I believe......

Mario Zagallo, Brazil soccer legend, dies at 92

IMAGE: Brazilan football legend was the first person in the sport to win the World Cup as a player and a coach. Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters Mario Zagallo, who won four soccer World Cups for......

'Is this a defining moment in the death of Test cricket?'

IMAGE: Steve Waugh lashed out at the cricket boards and even added that New Zealand should pull out of the South Africa series. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters Former Australia skipper Steve......