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Missing Thackerays And A Bulldozer At Marathi School

If the Thackerays don't save a Marathi school in their backyard, who will, wonders Syed Firdaus Ashraf. Kindly note that this image has only been posted for representational purposes. Photograph:......

Where The Victims Of The Kanishka Terror Attack Are Not Forgotten

Names and names and names and names...329 in all.Some Indian. Some Canadian. Some British.Berry. Gupta. Jain. James. Bhatt. Beauchesne. Chatlani. Enayati. Lougheed....Vaihayasi Pande Daniel visits......

Let my story be a warning, says ex-banker who lost Rs 23 cr

Too late. Retired banker Naresh Malhotra had lost his entire life savings to his digital captors, by the time he refused to do their bidding and threatened to go to the police. Illustration:......

Society won't forgive us if we don't stand by doctors: SC

The society will not forgive the judiciary if it doesn't take care of doctors and stand for them, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while reserving its judgment on a plea against non-inclusion of......

'Gen Zs Are Not Interested In Farming'

'They are totally disconnected with farm activities which their families have been involved in for years.' IMAGE: Labourers plant paddy saplings in a farm at a village on the outskirts of......

BSE: Stock Exchange That Refused To Die

The story of the Bombay Stock Exchange and the people who shaped its growth: From wars and bomb blasts to speculators, reformers and wealth creators. IMAGE: The informal beginnings of what would......

150 years of BSE: 1929 tariff-led boom ends with global market crash

Part I: 150 years of BSE: When 100 banks failed and took stockbrokers with them The British government moved towards encouraging Indian industries in the early 1920s by making imports more......

'Liquidity In The Market Is Drying'

'The pain can be more in the days ahead.' A man stands in front of a screen displaying news of markets updates inside the Bombay Stock Exchange building in Mumbai. Photograph: Francis......

Bibek Debroy, chief of PM's economic council, passes away

Bibek Debroy, a key economic adviser to the Prime Minister whose prolific work included translations of the puranas and the vedas, passed away on Friday. He was 69. Photograph: Utpal Sarkar/ANI......

Ratan Tata, As I Knew Him

Ratan was extremely ethical in his dealings, which he brought to bear on the business house which he helmed, remembers Sailesh Kottary. IMAGE: Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus, Tata Sons, at the......

Did These Films Influence Zohran Mamdani?

New York City's newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani, who created history with his big win, ended his victory speech with the song, Dhoom Machale from the Dhoom movies. Why didn't Zohran pick a song......

True Stars Never Die

'I have always broken my image every time I went on screen. I don't know what it means to be a Greek God but people used to call me one.' IMAGE: Dharmendra with Sharmila Tagore in Satyakam. When......

'You Don't Know If The Rebellion Will Be Successful'

'It is daunting, for sure, because you're rowing upstream.' IMAGE: Manoj Bajpayee in Jugnuma: The Fable. Photograph: Kind courtesy Raam Reddy/Instagram In the age of high-speed entertainment, some......

When Suchitra Sen Got Upset With Dev Anand

'Suchitra Sen threatened to leave, with the film only 80 per cent complete.' IMAGE: Suchitra Sen and Dev Anand in Bombai Ka Babu. Raj Khosla made several blockbusters like CID (1956), Woh Kaun......

Why Waheeda Rehman Left Guru Dutt

'Everyone at Guru Dutt Productions would get monthly salaries.Waheedadidi would get Rs 2,500 per month. And that was the reason why she left.' Celebrating Guru Dutt's birth centenary on July 9 with......

Why Sandeep Patil, Ravi Shastri Fell Out

'I wanted a player of his calibre to take on one of the strongest sides in the country.''However, he stuck to his guns, and we had an argument.' IMAGE: Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Ravi Shastri,......

Gavaskar gets emotional seeing his statue at Wankhede!

Gavaskar's statute celebrates him becoming the first-ever player in Test history to score 10,000 runs, which he completed during the Ahmedabad Test against Pakistan in March 1987. IMAGE: Sunil......

Rohit Sharma's Test Career In Numbers

All 12 of Rohit's Test hundreds came in the winning cause for India. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters On May 7, 2025 Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect......

Milind Rege, The Last of the Mohicans

'He devoted his entire life for the betterment of Mumbai cricket and cricketers.''Even when he left for the Elysian Fields, he was in harness as mentor/advisor to the MCA.'Hemant Kenkre mourns the......

'I struck the winning run and became a hero that day'

'We used to get Rs 250 for a Test match, and if the match was over in 4 days, 50 rupees were cut.' IMAGE: Chandu Borde at the Chandu Borde Pavillion at the Poona Club. Photograph: Archana......