A New Way To Retire Gracefully

This isn't just a home for the elderly. It's a place where life stories, generations, and cultures weave themselves into something quietly extraordinary, discovers Nitin Sathe. Illustrations:......

Bihar Cabinet okays Rs 882.87cr for developing Sita's birthplace

The Bihar government on Tuesday approved more than Rs 882 crore for the overall development of 'Punaura Dham Janki Mandir', a Hindu pilgrimage site in Sitamarhi district that is considered the......

Govt's obesity combat plan: Display oil and sugar in snacks

The Union health ministry has urged all ministries, departments and autonomous bodies to display "oil and sugar board" mentioning the sugar and oil content in snacks such as samosa, kachori, pizza,......

Life From A Hospital Room

Thanks to a close one's illness, I have seen quite a few hospital rooms in the past half a year or so.They have revived my respect for life reinterpreted via its essentials, notes Shyam G Menon.......

Flexible office space growth set to trigger IPO wave

India’s flexible (flex) office segment, having breached pre-pandemic levels, is thriving as corporates, startups, multinational corporations, and global capability centres (GCCs) expand in......

Kolkata may soon get cafeteria trams

Call it an image makeover for a moving slice of history, or a blueprint for revival, Calcutta Tramways Corporation, the operator of Asia's oldest functional tram services, is set to soon......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

Amazon, Flipkart HQs get battle-ready: Draw up sales strategy in war rooms

Covid-19 has been an inflexion point for e-tailers. Photograph: Abhishek N Chinnappa/Reuters E-commerce companies managed to beat the odds by adopting a flexible approach in terms of transforming......

Usha Uthup, There's No One Like You!

The glorious singer is simply sensational at 77 and we just love her! IMAGE: Usha Uthup at a performance at the Afghan Church in Mumbai. Photograph: Kind courtesy Usha Uthup/IMC Ladies......

Friday Night Plan Review: Watch Out For Babil!

Friday Night Plan's sweet-natured heart and sanitised humour are happier focusing on the inherent niceness teenagers are capable of, observes Sukanya Verma. A self-effacing, socially awkward 18......

The Archies Review: Return To Innocence

The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too. Long before there was cable TV,......

'I was accused of being a thief'

Amit Trivedi is visibly ill at ease. The maverick composer fidgets a lot as he sits surrounded by journalists in the cafeteria of Reliance Studios in the north-western Mumbai suburb of Goregaon. He......

CAB to invite Sachin, Sindhu, Mary Kom for day-night Test

IMAGE: PV Sindhu celebrates winning the Badminton World Championships in August. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters Legendary Sachin Tendulkar along with chess wizard Viswanathan Anand and tennis......

PIX: How the pandemic has changed tennis

IMAGE: Serena Williams sports huge glasses and face mask as she has her ankle retaped. Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The US Open finished on Sunday having largely pulled off what was......

How Solskjaer made himself the only candidate for United job

He has the backing of his players, the club hierarchy and the supporters IMAGE: Manchester United interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Photograph: Andrew Yates/Reuters At a time when many......