Is The Congress Doomed?

The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground.Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore, argues Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: A......

One Baby Step To Peace In Israel-Hamas War

The Maltese resolution envisages a win-win situation, which the two parties fail to see in their mood to bring each other to book.It may well mark the beginning of the end of war, predicts......

Sheena Bora Case Drags On, Indrani Moves On

Indrani is in a buoyant and energetic frame of mind these days -- in a full-on Mood Positive.She has a tell-all book titled Unbroken out, that she terms as an 'eet ka jawab kalam se' and appears in......

5 days on, Odisha train accident site continues to draw onlookers

Five days after the tragic triple train accident near this station, it was business as usual in Bahanaga Bazar with a handful passengers, including a few sightseers thronging the tiny way station.......

Have you seen a car collection like this?!

Dr Ravi Prakash's 250 vintage car collection includes J R D Tata's 1940 Buick Limousine and a Sunbeam-Talbot used by Lord Mountbatten.Nikita Puri reports. All Photographs: Kind courtesy Classic......

Savers in dark over Sahara's latest shadow banking schemes

Sahara and its founder Subrata Roy have been under scrutiny for years over its financial products, including for possible money laundering In 2004, Khitish Kumar Pandey took Rs 10,000 ($150) out......

Economy is growing but corporate results are a dampener

Although quick reform may not happen due to Parliament logjam, economy is ticking along. A good monsoon means a decent harvest & lower inflation later. But corporate results have stagnated,......

Anji Reddy, healer extraordinaire

Dr Reddy, an innovative technocrat par excellence, led from the front the countless initiatives of his famed laboratory in discovering many effective, affordable, cures for the numerous ailments of......

What we MISS when we don't watch films in a theatre

The difference between watching a movie on a laptop in your apartment and watching it on a big white screen is almost spiritual, notes Sreehari Nair. Stepping out of my home for Seema Pahwa's......

The Man Who Makes Bollywood Look GOOD

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Devdas, Kareeb, Mission Kashmir, Munnabhai MBBS, Rang De Basanti, Delhi 6, Bhag Milkha Bhag, Kalank... all bear the visual stamp of Binod Pradhan's......

Review: Mirzapur is *not* a Gangster Drama...

...But a comedy about Class Wars. Sreehari Nair tells us why. IMAGE: Pankaj Tripathi, Rasika Duggal and Dibyendu Sharma in Mirzapur. There is a lot of gun toting, backstabbing, and killing in......

Have you seen these AMAZING movies?

Sukanya Verma recaps all the action at this year's MAMI. Every year the Mumbai Film Festival strives to make the world a smaller place by putting together a feast for cinephiles across various......

Football Briefs: Portugal thrashed by Netherlands 3-0 in friendly

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo cuts a frustrated figure during their international friendly against Netherlands at the Stade de......

Images: Barcelona vs Real Madrid

Barcelona players celebrate after beating Real Madrid 6-2 in their Spanish Primera Liga match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, on Saturday night. It was the first time in the 80-year......