An Indian-American wins Spelling Bee for 6th straight year

Arvind Mahankali from New York has scripted history by winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee for 2013, becoming the sixth Indian-American to win the title in a row.  Arvind, from New York,......

Miss India 2012: Candigarh girl wins top spot!

At a function held in Mumbai, three beauties were crowned Miss India. Vanya Mishra, a 19-year-old student from Chandigarh, Prachi Mishra, a 24-year-old investment advisor from Allahabad and......

Amid wanna-'bees': It's a family affair

Sandip Roy visits a flock of wanna-'bees' at an all-Indian spelling bee in Milpitas, California and is transported back to India. Illustration by Uttam Ghosh. When I told my friend I was going to......

When I met President Obama

Kavya Shivashankar, winner of the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee and the India Abroad Young Achiever Award, was invited to meet President Obama this month. When will I get to meet the......

Drive My Car Review

Drive My Car looks at the nature of grief through the emotions of reserved characters but conveys a world of healing that cannot be summed, only felt most ardently, most appreciatively, observes......

The BEST International Films of 2021

2021 may go down in the history of world cinema as having produced the largest number of good quality films from across the world. What is remarkable is that practically all of these films were......

Bulgarian athlete Danekova 'shocked' after positive dope results

The Rio Olympics athletics programme suffered its first doping setback as Bulgarian runner Silvia Danekova has tested positive for EPO, sources told Reuters on Thursday. The 33-year-old, who was......

Powell equals 100m world record

A world-record equalling performance by Jamaican 100 metres runner Asafa Powell brought a fitting end to Zurich's Letzigrund stadium ahead of the ground's planned demolition next week.The......