Battle Royale in Thiruvananthapuram

I have a bit of a personal dilemma: I have a soft corner for Shashi Tharoor, but I do like Rajeev Chandrasekhar's pitch, confesses Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Dr Shashi Tharoor, the Congress Lok......

Restoring India's Botanic Heritage

With over 3,000 species of plants, 26 interconnected lakes and the 250-year-old Great Banyan Tree -- the largest in the world -- the Indian Botanic Garden is a veritable treasure, discovers Payal......

India-France Strategic Partnership To Bloom

India-France synergy is poised to open vistas of collaboration between the two countries, notes Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, French President Emmanuel Macron......

Political Actors Use Religion To Align Their Politics

The rulers of the day need to be sensitive and involved in managing the identities of sacred spaces and the ongoing dialogues about the past in diverse societies, suggests Colonel Nikhil Apte......

'Many Indian unicorns have set up businesses in Dubai'

'As part of our D33 strategy, the plan is to establish 30 unicorns in Dubai within the next 10 years.' IMAGE: Ameca, a humanoid robot and member of the Museum of the Future staff greets visitors......

How a Kanpur-born Indian-origin CEO is a chip off the old block

In the technology (tech) world, especially storage, Sanjay Mehrotra is a well-known name. Co-founder of SanDisk, a flash memory storage company in 1988, it was eventually acquired by Western......

Indian art boom inspires bigger canvas for galleries

The recent India Art Fair in New Delhi generated greater in­t­erest than before in local contemporary artists among a growing cohort of Indian collectors, including millennials. Image used......

Meet India's Latest Billionaire

'It has taken us 15 years to get to where we are. It obviously doesn't happen overnight.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Amongst all the unicorns that listed last year and had......

Bollywood Memories: Mumbai's Double-Deckers Ride Into The Sunset

Thousands of movie buffs remember the double deckers of Mumbai, associating them with stars and blockbuster songs of yesteryear, recalls Debarghya Sanyal. IMAGE: A scene from Taare Zameen Par. In......

Have You Read This Story About Hope?

'The Elephant Whisperers is a hopeful story of respect and cooperation with nature in an era rife with conflict and threat to our beautiful planet.'   IMAGE: 'There was never a moment when......

Janhvi's EXOTIC Desert Holiday

How does Janhvi Kapoor celebrate getting out of a freezer? By visiting the beautiful desert city o AlUla in Saudi Arabia! The actor, who has been getting rave reviews for her performance in Mili,......

When movie theatres no longer exist...

Aseem Chhabra imagines a time, 20 years from now, when movie-watching in theatres will be long gone, thanks to the coronavirus, and pens a letter to his grandchild, explaining the magic of the......

Nike's Phil Knight's $270 million stadium!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Oregon Track & Field/Twitter   Most college track and field stadiums are basic structures. Then there is the University of Oregon's Hayward Field, a 100-year-old......

Why Indian cricket must thank Vasant Raiji

'With his passing comes the end of Indian cricket history.' IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh with Mr Vasant Raiji on his 100th birthday, January 26, 2020. Photograph: Kind courtesy Marcus......

On this Day: Birth of a chess legend; India lift Asia Cup

  IMAGE: Garry Kasparov during the World Chess Championships against Vladimir Kramnik at the Riverside Studios, London, in October-November 2000. Photograph: Andrew Redington/ALLSPORT/Getty......

Japan's indigenous Ainu dance dropped from opening ceremony

IMAGE: Indigenous Ainu Teruyo Usa's daughter Ruino practices a traditional Ainu dance before performing at a folk art concert in Tokyo. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon S/Reuters Olympic organisers have......