How I Returned From Ukraine

'I have no idea what's in store for us.''I am in touch with my friends who are still stuck there.' IMAGE: Afsha Khan. Photograph: Neeta Kolhatkar As 2022 dawned and the tension between Ukraine and......

9 COVID-19 patients killed in Mumbai mall hospital fire

Nine coronavirus patients died in a fire at a COVID-19 hospital in a Mumbai mall on Friday, civic officials said, adding more misery to a state that has emerged as the hardest hit in the pandemic.......

An Inauguration Day like no other in US

This Inauguration Day, when United States President Joe Biden was sworn in, was unlike anything seen before. IMAGE: US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden at his inauguration on the West......

Joe Biden takes oath as 46th US President

Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris took oath as first woman Vice President on Wednesday in a historic but scaled down ceremony under the......

Unlock 1.0: Sales pick up as malls limp back to life

Groceries, apparel, computers, phones and sporting accessories are among the most popular. There is also a growing trend of men visiting the store, rather than women. Mall operators have witnessed......

Post lockdown, Modi must be bold to revive economy

'Once the lockdown is lifted, we will need the mother of all fiscal and monetary policy support to sustain the economy,' advises Akash Prakash. IMAGE: A scene from Bhopal during the national......

I just called to say I love you

Has the advent of technology made it easier, or more difficult, for brands to communicate with you and your valentine? asks ad guru Sandeep Goyal. IMAGE: Vodafone's Valentine's Day ad. Photograph:......

Why it's the right time to buy that fridge, TV or mobile phone

Stock clearing to rain discounts on consumers in June ahead of GST rollout. If you are looking to buy a new television set, washing machine, refrigerator or air-conditioner this year, then do it......

Blessed to have lived in the times of Daniel Day-Lewis

'He has given us a history, a heritage that we can share with generations to come,' says Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Gordon Warnecke and Daniel Day-Lewis, right, in Stephen Frears' My Beautiful......

'I am earning more money as the antagonist'

'Being a hero is not a very easy task. You have to dance around trees, not to mention all the odd and unnatural things you have to do. Now I am spared of all that.' Jagapathi Babu reveals why......

Anil Mehta on Aaja Nachle

It isn't often in today's Bollywood that you mean a silver-haired debutant director. It's even rarer for a man making his first film to be responsible for one of the year's most hyped events, The......

Mayakannadi is a brave film

Ever thought you could see true realism in the outrageous world of Tamil cinema, with its illogical plot lines and flying stuntmen? Then welcome to Mayakannadi, a sequence of reality bites that......

Why Rio risks empty Olympic legacy...

- 'They overbuilt and they misbuilt. They built high luxury condos at a time when the market was about to go bust.' The largest athlete's village in the history of the Games is a visceral monument......

CWG athletes most vulnerable in transit

With less than 90 days left for the Commonwealth Games, a leading US-based strategic think tank has warned that athletes will be most vulnerable to terrorist attacks while in transit to and from......