'Working with Kamal Haasan was a different experience because of his knowledge and the experience he brings to the table. Everybody says he is an encyclopedia and he is one, indeed.' Sound designer Kunal Rajan discusses Kamal Haasan, and their latest film together Uttama Villain.
These, according the Lonely Planet, are must-indulge-in food experiences from across the world.
If you think the film is gutsy, you are simply being blind to the truth that the whole men-are-worthless slant is saleable right now, argues Sreehari Nair.
'This is what Hindu Rashtra looks like, which has been enabled by conditions of democracy.'
Sourdough is not only a type of bread, but also a technique.
The first priority for the new Tibetan administration in Dharamsala should be to look at Tibetan recruitment in the PLA, suggests Claude Arpi.
Collins Learning publisher Elaine Higgleton's advice to students in India is to read, read and read.
The New York Film Festival served an amazing plate of films. Aseem Chhabra picks the best ones.
If India's net session on Wednesday is taken into consideration, Wriddhiman Saha is starting as the wicketkeeper ahead of Rishabh Pant for the series opener beginning on Friday.
'It's all that pain that makes you the artist you are.'
It took a lockdown for us in India to even recognise that the plight of migrants needs to be addressed. They were faceless and unrecognised. They were unappreciated and even hounded. They were poorly paid and exploited, notes Ramesh Menon.
A quick look at the Oscar 2015 nominations.
Optimistically preparing to shoot at the Games, air pistol exponent Verma, 29, is a late bloomer.
With Joji, Dileesh Pothan has found a way, once more, to use everything he has learnt to further push the boundaries of his art, observes Sreehari Nair.
'This poem was written against a fundamentalist called Zia-ul-Haq, a dictator. It is interesting that fundamentalists, all kinds of, don't like this poem'
'Learning to learn should be given more importance than what is actually being learnt,' recommends Zaki Ansari.
'But it is also an industry that is very accepting when they see talent and hard work.'
'It has meant adapting to each other and conceding differing points of view on how a house should be run,' says Kishore Singh.
Often criticised for not being able to make cricket a global sport, the ICC has pinned its hopes on South Asian migrants in Germany and USA to expand the game's footprint in the untapped markets of Europe and Americas.
Bhaiaji Superhit is bah baloney! sighs Sukanya Verma.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
'I'm an unbalanced human,' the founding partner of AZB, India's top law firm, tells Pavan Lall.
The entire gamut of China's activities is aimed at keeping India on tenterhooks, cause fatigue to its troops and keeping its security system unstable, so that it cannot play a meaningful role in international geopolitics as an effective partner of the US and Japan, observes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
Apoorva Lakhia's Zanjeer has got a mixed response from the Censor Board.
Young shooting sensation Manu Bhaker became the second Indian after judoka Tababi Devi to win two medals at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) after winning a silver while the men's hockey team moved to the semi-finals with a 4-2 win over Poland, in Buenos Aires, on Friday.
Analysts predict TCS's outlook to be stable.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history. Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.
The humble Indian dal has found itself in Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eatlist. Here are some exciting dal recipes you can try.
We bring you *that story*, and a lot more, in this fascinating excerpt from Roshmila Bhattacharya's Matinee Men: A Journey Through Bollywood.
Designer Namrata Lodha has been winning hearts with her sustainable hats.
Himanshu Juneja finds out what the handset has to offer
'I have always been told 'thoda sa aur, thoda sa aur.' 'That's why I was always hamming.'
We try out Kodak's 50-inch UHD smart LED TV.
'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.
A new found love for world music is compelling enough to make individuals travel.
Ganguly, only the second Indian captain to take charge as the BCCI chief, sounded a pleased man on his first day at his new office at the BCCI head office
'It looked as if India had been a major player in science at that time, raising the question when and why things changed,' says distinguished aerospace scientist Professor Roddam Narasimha.
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