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The V S Naipaul I came to know

Nikhil Lakshman remembers the times he spent with the legendary writer who passed into the ages six days before his 86th birthday. IMAGE: Sir V S Naipaul gives the Nobel lecture at the Old Stock......

The Aussie who took on the British for Rani Laxmibai

John Lang represented Rani Laxmibai in her legal battle against the East India Company to stop the annexation of her kingdom of Jhansi.Rediff.com's Archana Masih profiles the maverick Aussie who......

VOTE: Who made the biggest impact in 2015?

The year 2015 witnessed many major events in India. A few people/events were at the forefront, scripting history and dictating opinions. Take a look and don’t forget to make your pick for the......

Chhota Rajan's revenge

Gangster Chhota Rajan, arrested in Bali on Monday and who is likely to be extradited to India, was not one to forgive or forget easily. Mumbai’s foremost crime writer S Hussain Zaidi recalls......

The uncommon creator of that Common Man

Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has died at a Pune hospital at the age of 94. Back in 1997, we had carried an excerpt from Past Forward, an autobiographical book which carried anecdotes of eminent......

The secret behind building brands

Faces are important in India, because people connect with people, not concepts, says Madhukar Sabnavis. Nearly four decades ago, the late Tony Greig released his first book, Cricket: The Men and......

Lal Salaam Review: Boring!

Lal Salaam is not a movie A Ganesh Nadar would recommend. The title would make my activist friend Uttam Ghosh very happy. It is the red salute exchanged between people, who still believe in......

The Neena Gupta Interview You Must Read!

'I toh don't even understand making crores because I have never done such a commercially hit film in my life.''It's unbelievable for me.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Neena Gupta/Instagram There are......

Super Filmi Week: Kajol is the boss

Christopher Nolan's next, Gulzar's gussa, Shyam Benegal's Shivaji and RD's Lawrence of Arabia connection, catch all this and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week. Monday IMAGE: Christopher......

The brilliance of Sombhu Mitra, who directed Jaagte Raho

Writer-filmmaker Rinki Roy Bhattacharya, daughter of celebrated filmmaker Bimal Roy, met Bengali theatre stalwart Sombhu Mitra and his wife Tripti as a teenager and was hugely impressed by their......

Brook wins top prize at Cricket Writers' Club Awards

IMAGE: England's Harry Brook made a mark in Test cricket with four centuries in just 9 innings and helped the team to the T20 World Cup win last year. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters England's......

Virat Kohli: Anatomy of a megastar keeping a dying format alive

IMAGE: Virat Kohli takes a bow after scoring his historic 50th ODI ton. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters A few years ago Shah Rukh Khan was asked who has the potential to attain stardom like......

T20 franchise cricket luring players away from national duty?

'Cummins is not surprised at how fast the landscape is changing and told Fox Sports: " ... there's going to be other opportunities that are going to be really hard for players to say no to,......

'I would have been the king of limited overs cricket'

'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.' IMAGE: Cricket legend Salim Durani trains budding cricketers in Jamnagar in this January 2004 photograph.......

What Should Change In Indian Cricket?

'In India we have a lot of superstar worship.''If we lose a match, but Tendulkar hits a century people are happy that their star did not let them down.''This should change. People should support......

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