After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style, become less mannered, draw directly from life. And getting a performer like that to play characters who seem 'completely dead inside', is, in my view, a betrayal of his legacy, his still-burning ambition, and his still-sharp feelers, observes Sreehari Nair.
Modi has the chance to break out of India's passive mode and firmly tell Russia that in this day and age, India will not support unilateral invasions, asserts Harishchandra Dighe.
'The more you challenge her, the more powerful she gets'
Till September 1948, Telangana region was part of Nizam's dominion, which was the biggest Muslim state in India under British rule, known as the Hyderabad state.
A political economy of poverty and deprivation co-exists with the political economy of environmental degradation and engineered landscape in a military-mining-industrial complex. It remains to be undone, says Gopal Krishna
Former New Zealand cricket captain and current coach of the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings Stephen Fleming has inked a fresh three-year coaching deal with them.
The visiting Pakistani cricketers were subjected to racial abuse during the third Test against New Zealand in Napier but the team manager has ruled out lodging a formal protest about the episode. According to a report in The Dominion Post, racist remarks were hurled at the Pakistani cricketers on Saturday from the corporate box at McLean Park hired by National MP Chris Tremain's brother Mark and his 17 friends.
Jammu and Kashmir high court has ruled that Article 370, granting special status to the state, has assumed place of permanence in the Constitution and the feature is beyond amendment, repeal or abrogation.
Subex Systems Ltd will seek holdersÂ’ nod to allot up to 18,87,000 redeemable optionally convertible cumulative preference shares of Rs 98 each totaling Rs 18.49 crore.
Former England coach Duncan Fletcher said that he is "keen" on taking over as the coach of New Zealand, following the exit of Andy Moles. Fletcher, who works as an advisor with South Africa, has not coached full time since leaving England after the 2007 World Cup, The Dominion Post reported.
New Zealand will bring forward the Test series against India by a week to accommodate an additional match with Napier added to the itinerary, media reports said in Wellington on Wednesday. In order to accommodate an additional Test match, as requested by the BCCI, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has decided to add Napier to Hamilton and Wellington as venues for the Test matches in March-April this year, according to The Dominion Post.
While there are exceptions to the pros and cons that are linked with being a man or a woman, stereotypes generally spring from a version of reality and are believed to exist for a reason. Considering this, experts have now come up with a list of pros and cons of belonging to either sex.
Aazhi Aadhan, who spent seven years in a US university, describes life as an international student. He says, 'I wouldn't trade my experience for anything!'
The high commissioner was recalled for refusing visas to some people of the Indian community there.
No plaque marks the historic meeting place of the fathers of two nations. And no history textbook tells us about that first meeting and their mutual admiration, common ethos and comradeship.
Trump, who has launched a slew of lawsuits in key states, but has not provided any evidence to back his claims of fraud, announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he has fired Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at the Department of Homeland Security.
Arjun Atwal returned the day's best card of six-under 66 to leap to the tied 19th spot after the penultimate round of the $ 500,000 Henrico County Open on the Nationwide Tour in Richmond.
The festering dispute over the accession of Jammu and Kashmir stands out as one of the world's most volatile fault lines that divides regions, countries, societies, communities and ethnic groups, notes Mohammad Sayeed Malik, the distinguished commentator on Kashmir affairs, on Sheikh Abdullah's 39th death anniversary.
President Trump, a Republican, however, did not formally concede the election to Biden, saying he would 'continue to fight and will prevail'. He has launched a slew of lawsuits in key states, but has not provided any evidence to back his claims of electoral fraud. Many of the lawsuits have been dismissed by courts.
As per the law, obstruction or refusal to comply with directions results in loss of lives or imminent danger thereof, shall on conviction be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years.
Former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has his eyes trained on the head coach's job in the Indian Premier League, saying he would 'love to be involved' in that position in the popular franchise-based league.
Martin Snedden is to accompany the team on its troubled tour of Pakistan.
'Under the more strident Modi version of Hindutva, Nehru has almost become a contemporary political figure.' 'The ruling party knows that without total erasure and distortion of Nehru, their fantasies will always be wobbly.'
The US, he said, rejects any Chinese claim to waters beyond a 12-nautical mile territorial sea derived from islands it claims in the Spratly Islands (without prejudice to other states' sovereignty claims over such islands).
Modi said it was Patels' timely intervention which helped save J-K from "aggression".
Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs was formally adopted as the heir to the Mysuru royal family in Mysuru.
'It's a moot point if Kailaasa will ever evolve beyond being a haven for a fugitive from justice,' notes Devangshu Datta.
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.
Veteran left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori will not be considered for the upcoming series against India owing to a back injury which has flared up in recent days.
According to sources the proposal has been scuppered by the British commerce ministry, which was not consulted, and which is the sectoral ministry for trade and investment.
Attlee said Great Britain had concluded that the Indian element of the army was no longer reliable and that Netaji's Indian National Army had demonstrated that. That had shaken the foundation on which Britain's Indian empire rested, argues Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd).
Where does Gideon Haigh see the future of the T20 game?
'The idea of a 'Hindu Rashtra' only emerged in the 1920s and 1930s.' 'The context at that time was the clear British attempt at 'divide and rule' between Hindus and Muslims and within Hindus on caste lines,' argues military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
The iconic Amba Vilas Palace in Mysuru on Monday witnessed the royal wedding of Wodeyar family scion Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wodeyar.
'I would like to extend a heartfelt mea culpa to Mr Modi and his associates.' 'I'm sorry for having been so critical -- I didn't know, I didn't know...' says Mitali Saran.
On the proposed Grand Alliance of the Congress and other parties in the state, Shah said the Telugu people had not forgotten how the Congress had treated their leaders like former (undivided) Andhra Pradesh chief minister Anjaiah and former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao.
Nikesh Arora becoming successor of Masayoshi Son at Softbank yet again shows Indians are being preferred for global roles at multinational firms.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill would possibly be the first piece of legislation that is perniciously discriminatory on the basis of religion/faith, says Mohammad Sajjad.
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar is the 27th King of the Wadiyar dynasty.
