'Magnanimity and appeasement have no place in the world of realpolitik as India has learned the hard way,' notes Vivek Gumaste in the first of a two-part column.
Indian journalist Kamini Mathai gives us a detailed, intimate portrait of the life and times of A R Rahman in his first - although unauthorised -- biography.
The struggles and celebrations of A R Rahman's life will be documented in his first ever biography, titled A R Rahman: The Musical Storm, which releases June 10. It has been penned by Chennai-based Kamini Mathai, who has worked in newspapers like Indian Express and The Times of India. This is Mathai's first book.
Jaitley's endorsement of Upadhyaya doesn't come as a surprise, for the latter has been the source of ideological guidance and moral inspiration for the BJP since its inception.
Former Chairman and Managing Director of Tata Steel, Russi Mody, 96, passed away in Kolkata on Friday.
Former Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath signs copies of his autobiography Line and Strength at the Firle K-Mart in Adelaide, Australia on Thursday. McGrath's highly anticipated biography was released on August 1.
Kanti Bhatt, respected Gujarati author and journalist, passed into the ages on August 4, 2019, at the age of 88. In tribute, we reproduce an article his wife Sheela Bhatt wrote about him 19 years ago.
'Mamata wanted the Congress in alliance with the BJP in Bengal against the Left Front government.' 'Pranab Mukherjee opposed it, stating it would amount to compromising on secularism.' 'In 2021, Mamata defeats the BJP and becomes a champion of secularism.'
In the remote corner of eastern Bolivia where Che was executed, thousands gathered to commemorate his death anniversary.
No less than 4.5 million government employees will soon have more money in their pockets. And they can thank Justice Bellur Narayanaswamy Srikrishna for it. Still, public records do not have much information on the man.
'Both my father and brother are very strong. Their spirit is unbroken,' says Dr Farooq Abdullah's daughter and Omar's sister, Safiya Abdullah Khan.
'He never went to the Bombay industry.'
The app will provide instant updates and an opportunity to receive messages and e-mails directly from him.
Historian Stanley Wolpert, author of several books on India, passed into the ages recently. We remember Professor Wolpert with Rajeev Srinivasan's March 1997 interview published on the occasion of his controversial book on Jawaharlal Nehru.
Former England defender Sol Campbell believes he would have been national team captain for more than 10 years if he was white, according to extracts from his new biography that is being serialised by The Sunday Times newspaper.
It gives a near perfect picture of a global corporation many decades back, much before many of today's global companies practised them
'New Delhi's rulers should be alert to lighting a dangerous tinderbox,' warns Sunil Sethi.
Ammu is a good and all round effort by the team headed by director Padma Magan.
'The priests in charge of our major temples should get together, seriously examine whether the religion and its rites and rituals need change in keeping with the current times,' says P K S Raja, the zamorin of Calicut.
When Rice sat down with Aziz during her visit to Pakistan in March, 2005, the Pakistan Premier, who fancied himself as a ladies man, puffed himself up and held forth in what he obviously was his seductive baritone.
She lived for two-thirds of her life in India, adopted its national cause and customs, and took an Indian passport. She served a prison sentence in Lahore as part of Gandhi's protests against an Imperial power which happened to be her motherland. Freda Bedi delighted in confounding accepted definitions of identity.
Rajmohan also acknowledged that Gandhi was unsuccessful in his attempt to prevent the partition of India.
Shah Rukh Khan addresses the media on the launch of his biography, King Of Bollywood.
A review of the Jessica Hines book, Looking for the Big B: Bollywood, Bachchan and Me.
Satyajit Ray would have been 97 today, May 2. Soumendu Roy, who worked with the legendary director for many years, looks back on the Genius that was Manikda, as the Master was known to family, friends and admirers.
Former Chief Justice of India Rajendra Mal Lodha, who recommended overhaul of the cricket governance in India, said things would move fast in the Board of Control for Cricket in India after the newly-appointed administrators take charge of the Cricket Board after January 19.
'Governments, democratically elected governments, are custodians for a short- specified time.' 'Parents don't let baby sitters decide the course of their child's future.'
An excerpt from lyricist Sameer's biography, A Way With Words.
'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 everyone else's name in small font at the bottom of the screen?' asks Sreehari Nair.
The scandalous revelations appear in an unauthorised biography by journalist Paul Barry titled 'Spun Out'.
It was Arun Sarin's first and only press conference in India on October 28, 2005. Vodafone had just bought a 10 per cent stake in Bharti.
The star missed his parents at the launch of his book, Still Reading Khan.
The Odisha government on Wednesday provided a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to widow of Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse's captor.
'Allah is there above and, with him as witness, I am giving you this money. If my Mariam's letter arrives, you must deliver it.' The clerk stood still in astonishment. 'Where must it be delivered?' 'Upon my grave!'
