Why We Are Moonstruck

Deciphering its secrets will unlock the early history of not only our planet, but also of the star system, explains Kumar Abishek. IMAGE: A Full Moon. Photograph: ANI Photo   We are all......

Manipur: A Distant Outpost Full Of Promise

A lesson we have not learnt from China is the urgent need to knit the vast country together to keep it from falling apart at the seams.While there is considerable dent in poverty, sadly, the North......

Can India Deal with Halahal In Amrit Kaal?

We have our own problems for sure and they are not trivial, but for now, our economy is in not too bad a shape, our politics is as personality-driven and authoritarian as that of most countries in......

China's 1st Mars rover steps out to explore red planet

China's first Mars rover on Saturday drove down from its landing platform to the Martian surface to start exploring the surface of the red planet. The six-wheeled solar-powered rover named......

'Achche Din has become an albatross around Modi's neck'

'The middle class stood by the BJP, especially after demonetisation, and they expected something in return.''Some section of the BJP believes the middle class is condemned to vote for the BJP as......

Nobel, Dylan and the twilight of authority

The Nobel follows a line of mighty brands that have bent low to kiss the feet of the popular, says Itu Chaudhuri. 'The Nobel Committee has won the Bob Dylan Prize,' announced the Always Contrarian......

Big concerns about the Aadhaar card

'There are requiring agencies under the law and these are going to use Aadhaar for authentication of various kinds – these can be anybody including a person, a private entity or the......

'Net neutrality: Free access should never be curtailed'

  When the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India put up a consultation paper on its web site on March 27, asking users for their views on net neutrality, it probably did not expect an......

'We all need a little piece of utopia in our life'

'This was a film, a story that had never been told before.' IMAGE: Koji Yakusho in Perfect Days. For the last four-and-a-half decades German film-maker Wim Wenders has been making compassionate......

The Great Indian Family Review: Vicky Bats For Secularism

The Great Indian Family, observes Sukanya Verma, is a cheerful fable that points out the absurdity of discrimination as a tool employed by power hungry opportunists. The Great Indian Family echoes......

Is Nayattu anti-Dalit? Is Karnan pro-Dalit?

'If questioning and dethroning hierarchies is your primary motive, why not put an end to the practice of announcing your shining star, your box office draw, in big flaming letters and mentioning......

The 5 WORST Malayalam Films

We list Malayalam cinema's worst films of 2015. Now, this is quite a task. Out of around 140 releases in Malayalam cinema in 2015, only a dozen were good attempts. And picking five out of the rest......

ICC unveils Men's ODI Cricket World Cup mascot duo

IMAGE: ICC's ODI World Cup mascot duo unveiled in the presence of the captains of the reigning U19 World Cup Champions, Yash Dhull and Shafali Verma, in Gurugram on Saturday. Photograph: Kind......

World Athletics PIX: US reclaim 4x400m title, more injury woe for Jamaica

US reclaim 4x400m title, more injury woe for Jamaica IMAGE: US women relay team celebrate. Photograph: IAAF/Twitter Olympic champions the United States reclaimed their women’s 4x400m relay......

Rohit offers his best wishes as Olympics-bound athletes 'go for gold'

IMAGE: Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma presents a signed bat to Olympic bronze medalist shooter Gagan Narang (2nd from right) at the the Pune International Sports Expo (PISE) at the College of......

FICA satisfied with IPL's new security promises

It warned of mass withdrawls from the Indian Premier League but the Federation of International Cricketers Association now says such a scenario is unlikely to arise as IPL organisers have given......

Real seek to defuse anger over Ronaldo

Real Madrid sought to appease Manchester United on Tuesday after the European champions threatened to report them to world football's governing body FIFA over their interest in Cristiano Ronaldo.......