Who rocked the sari style best in the British Raj? Sukanya Verma asks you to take a poll.
'Who you know today will determine who you know tomorrow.' 'Becoming an expert in your domain will incentivise others to have you in their networks.' 'And the more diverse your network, the better it is.' An enlightening excerpt from Ambi Parmeswaran's All The World's A Stage: A Personal Branding Story.
An interesting multi-cornered contest is on the cards for the urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu scheduled for February 19 with opposition parties, which were with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam till a few days ago, set to take on the ruling DMK banking on their respective party's own strength.
Mammootty plays the despicable Kuttan with absolute integrity, observes Divya Nair.
Senior AICC member and former Union minister K V Thomas, who has been at loggerheads with the party's state leadership, on Wednesday said he would campaign for the ruling Left Democratic Front candidate Jo Joseph in the upcoming by-poll in the Thrikkakara Assembly constituency, but reiterated that he would not quit the Congress.
From providing food and succour to pavement dwellers to helping the elderY in times of need, Dinesh Saravanan has been a godsend to the needy.
'I am happy that Kosi Ma is alive and now she is looking after us.' 'I am proud of what I did.'
Sukanya Verma looks at what's looking hot on the OTT menu this week.
That AAP managed a sizeable vote share in Gujarat is creditable. The BJP can no longer ignore AAP's growing presence in its strongest bastion, explains Ramesh Menon, long-time observer of Gujarat politics.
'I'm 79 + now, and I've been doing all this since my late 20s.' 'Sometimes the ideological war extends to the home as well.' 'Many nights I couldn't sleep when someone close to me uttered the smallest insult.' 'It would cause me a lot of pain. But one has to be honest to oneself.'
Shalini Patil called Pawar's 1978 move to grab power an "act of betrayal and stabbing in the back".
M I Khan finds out why the dreaded Mohammad Shahabuddin's widow wants to leave the north Bihar district where her husband's word was once law.
The Supreme Court on Thursday wondered why the Gujarat high court has listed the bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad for hearing on September 19, six weeks after it sent a notice to the state government seeking a response to her application, and asked the state to inform it by 2 pm on Friday about whether such a precedent existed there.
'We are in constant touch with the central and West Bengal governments, but the situation is fluid and very little information is trickling in from Afghanistan. Phone lines are jammed and visuals from Kabul are disturbing. Those living in India are distraught'
It's raining book-to-screen adaptations on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma offers you a selection.
Banerjee lamented that she could not meet the next of kin of the deceased earlier, owing to a 72-hour ban on entry of political leaders in Cooch Behar, where four people were gunned down by CISF personnel in "self defence", on April 10.
A look at what these film folk are doing these days.
Gowri Ramnarayan explores the world of Kalki Krishnamurthy whose magnificent novel Ponniyin Selvan has inspired Mani Ratnam's latest film PS I.
The demands include pension for former players who have played less than 25 first-class games, pension for widows of former cricketers, increase in medical insurance from Rs 5 lakh to 10 lakh and a benevolent fund for Manoj Prabhakar.
With Mother's Day coming up on May 9, we invited readers to share special stories of sacrifices their mothers have made for them. Here are a few more responses.
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.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to A G Perarivalan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
Sukanya Verma looks at the variety of daughter characters served by Bollywood on the big screen.
YSR Congress party honorary president and member of Legislative Assembly Y S Vijayamma on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct Central Bureau of Investigation to act "impartially" unyielding to any pressure from its political bosses as far as investigations against her son and Kadapa member of Parliament Y S Jaganmohan Reddy are concerned.
But the report also said that early marriage has been declining over time.
As we celebrate the actor's much deserved award, Divya Nair presents 10 landmark films in Suriya's career, ranked in order of performance.
'Sepoy K Ashuli displayed nerves of steel, exemplary courage, fearlessness under enemy fire, unparalleled devotion to duty and camaraderie of the highest order in keeping with the finest traditions of the Indian Army.'
The death of her husband on 26/11 had brought Moumina Khatoon's life crashing down. Today, she is fighting against tremendous odds and barely managing to hold it together, finds Ganesh A Nadar
The last two months of the year have plenty of entertainment to offer.
Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Farooq Ghosi has been suspended after stirring a controversy by requesting party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to nominate 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon's wife as a Rajya Sabha MP.
Subhash K Jha looks at actresses who dared play Momma at the risk of getting typecast.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of A G Perarivalan, who has served over 30 years of life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
Don't worry, no spoilers here!
India is celebrating its 73rd Army Day on Friday. All Army Command headquarters celebrate Army Day to commemorate the country's soldiers. The day marks when Lt Gen K M Carriappa took over as commander-in-chief of the Indian Army from General Francis Butcher, the last British commander-in-chief of India, in 1949.
Rajasthan's royal architecture and striking landscapes are a hot favourite among tourists and film-makers. Its majestic beauty and history has coloured many a movies and their visuals to unforgettable effect.
Here are some of the pictures our readers shared with us.
Get transported to Bengal with this simple, yum meal.
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