B S Prakash: 'A good man left us well before time'

'Those who worked with him or came to know him rated him as one of our best, with a sharp intellect, unfailing courtesy and ready wit.'Ambassador T P Sreenivasan fondly remembers Ambassador B S......

REVEALED: Government plans for post May 3 India

Nothing is going to dramatically open up on May 3.There will be too many ifs and buts, and terms and conditions and guidelines in leading one's life in various zones, reveals Sheela Bhatt. IMAGE:......

'Hollow on specifics': Oppn tears into PM's address

All major opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "failing" to announce any tangible measures to alleviate "pain" of millions of poor in his address to the nation on Tuesday......

What Namo can learn from Jacinda

'The lessons from tiny New Zealand about mobilising to prevent an environment going up in flames around us and combatting the feral Whatsapp politics of hatred are in many ways Gandhian,' says......

The double standards of Google, Apple, Facebook

The tax evasion battle between the tech giants and various governments is not just about tax revenues but also for moral supremacy. For the giants of Silicon Valley, the fall from freedom's......

C K Prahalad - the man who knew strategy

Rajeev Srinivasan considers the legacy of the man who popularised strategic intent and the Bottom of the Pyramid. If you have any memories of the management guru, or opinion about how his......

An Indian tribute: Paul Samuelson, Guru

Paul A Samuelson, one of the world's greatest economists, passed into the ages on Sunday, December 13. Janata Party President and economist Dr Subramanian Swamy, a student of Professor Samuelson,......

The reason behind the Ambani fallout

A friend of the Ambani family has described the dispute between the two brothers -- Mukesh and Anil -- as a 'Shakespearean tragedy', which had its roots in tensions between Anil's wife Tina and......

Kathal Review: Half-Cooked Satire

Kathal has a fairly kooky premise, one that would fill up a half an hour sitcom in a bundle of studio laughs. But when stretched into a feature film, its whimsy slumps into awkward energy, observes......

Watch The Best Of Satyajit Ray On OTT

Had he not taken his final curtain call on April 23, 1992, Satyajit Ray would still, undoubtedly, have been making movies. His films still dazzle with their technical artistry and are relevant even......

Jubilee Review: Amazing Winner!

Jubilee's irresistible celebration of cinema and all its good, bad, ugly ways lives up to its title, applauds Sukanya Verma. Cinema's indelible quality can make memories made on screen memories of......

Watched These Vikram Gokhale Movies?

An actor of remarkable presence and gravitas, Vikram Gokhale's dramatic eloquence and cocksure authority sparkled every time he had to call on someone's bluff or leave them too tongue-tied to beat......

'Eternal chokers' tag like Shakespearean tragedy: Rabada

IMAGE: Bangladesh's Soumya Sarkar (centre) Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh (right) and Masrafe Mortaza celebrate as South Afric's Kagiso Rabada congratulates them after their win at The Oval in......

'Mary Kom' packs a punch in Assam's mobile theatre arena

Abahan Theatre's marquee play this year is based on the Olympic bronze medallist. Written by Abhijit Bhattacharya, popular Assamese actor Prastuti Parashar portrays the role of the champion boxer......

'Blade Runner' Pistorius guilty of Steenkamp murder

IMAGE: Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius, right, is hugged by a supporter. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters South Africa's Oscar Pistorius has been convicted of murder by......

Roy Keane teams up with author Roddy Doyle for memoir

Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, creator of some of Ireland's most renowned characters, will tackle one the country's best known when he teams up with Roy Keane to write the former......

O'Neill to be new Irish boss, Keane assistant

Ireland is set to appoint Martin O'Neill as manager and Roy Keane as his assistant, more than a decade after the former captain walked out on the team at the 2002 World Cup, FAI chief......