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Anil Dharker: Editor, bon vivant, mentor to many

Everywhere Anil Dharker went, he assembled teams of talented people, gave them opportunities, then got out of the way and allowed them to flourish.Meenakshi Shedde remembers a very special......

Anil Dharker passes into the ages

Columnist and editor Anil Dharker passed away in Mumbai on Friday. Photograph: Kind courtesy @anildharker/Twitter Dharker, 74, was the founder and director of the Mumbai International......

2 held for setting garments factory on fire in B'desh

The Bangladesh police on Monday arrested two factory employees, including a woman, for allegedly setting on fire a readymade garments unit, a day after another inferno killed 112 workers of a......

Shaking Shakespeare's hand

I was living in Bombay (not Mumbai). I was between jobs. I had played guitar for rock bands in various cities; spent two years as a copywriter with a Nariman Point ad agency; worked as a......

The man and the editor

Friends of Vinod Mehta came together to remember the man and his legacy. On Thursday evening, Mumbai was witness to a gathering of friends, family and fans of the late Vinod Mehta, founder and......

Why Must Mark and Musk Be So Macho?

Haven't they heard about the 'Tale of Two Brothers'? asks Suveen Sinha. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Zuckerberg -- or Zuck, as he is known to nearly everyone of his acquaintance -- is......

10 Times Hindi Movies Gave Us Fashion Goals

One of the most ornamental things about art can be one of its biggest asset too. Audrey Hepburn's iconic style in Breakfast At Tiffany's hasn't lessened the movie's impact in any way. If anything,......

'Everyone loved DevSaab'

'He was one of his kind.''He walked at the speed of a run.''He wore full-sleeve shirts no matter what or when.''He always drove himself.' IMAGE: Dev Anand and Raakhee in Heera Panna. Dev Anand......

'He insisted I call him 'Dev'

Dev Anand would have turned 100 on September 26, 2023. His movies, his music and his mannerisms are etched in our hearts, and we salute the man who gave us so many cine memories to cherish. We......

How Dev Anand Lost Zeenat Aman To Raj Kapoor

IMAGE: Zeenat Aman with Dev Anand in Hare Rama Hare Krishna. Dev Anand loved women. There was nothing sleazy about his attachments. He fell in love with his heroines, in the same way that a......

Hrithik attends Sanjay Khan's Eid dinner

Meet the guests at this Eid meal... While Aamir Khan celebrated Bakri Eid with his Dangal friends at his Khar home, Sanjay Khan hosted an Eid al-Adha dinner at his Juhu villa. Hrithik Roshan -- who......

Former India all-rounder Durani passes away at 88

IMAGE: Kabul-born Salim Durani, who packed a punch with his bat and was also a handy left-arm orthodox bowler, played 29 Tests and was instrumental in India defeating England 2-0 in the historic......

Will history repeat itself for Pakistan this Sunday?

IMAGE: Will Imran Khan's global win repeat itself? Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images The stage is the same, the backdrop eerily similar to what it was three decades ago, but Imran Khan......

Coach Shastri celebrates with his 'pack'

IMAGE: Agastya Pandya with K L Rahul, above, and Batting Coach Vikram Rathore, below. (Agastya finds Rishabh Pant's ear fascinating). Photograph: Kind courtesy Ravi Shastri/Twitter Ravi......

England captain Hardwick dies

Former England captain George Hardwick has died at the age of 84. A debonair figure even into old age, he was known in his playing days as football's Errol Flynn. Hardwick was a contemporary of......

Imran Khan: Forever the 'Kaptaan'

IMAGE: Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan. Photograph: Getty Images Leading the race to become Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan will always be first and foremost the enigmatic 'Kaptaan', who......