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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......

Sheena Bora Case: Indrani argues her case!

Dressed in pink, her hands flying about in eloquent gestures, excitement on her face, Indrani made quite a picture.There was pin-drop silence as she made strong points about why nothing in the......

Farewell, Rest Well in Eternity

Murali Kamma remembers the notables we lost in 2015. IMAGE: President A P J Abdul Kalam, who India and the world lost this year. As another year winds down and the revelry begins, one naturally......

Your job is to govern, not to become our parents

'What adult citizens do in the privacy of their home, what they eat or drink or watch, is not the government's concern.' 'Instead of #SwacchBharat and #SwacchInternet, it is time to clean your own......

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......

Pizza industry travels to small towns

Nearly a decade after their entry into India, MNC pizza chains have finally started to 'think local', going as they are to small towns and cities with their kebab and chicken tikka pizzas. From......

'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......

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our......

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......

The sole supernova in Galaxy Bollywood

No one deserves the title thespian more than Dilip Kumar, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Dilip Kumar in the song Suhana Safar Aur Ye Mausam Haseen from Bimal Roy's Madhumati. Photograph: Kind......

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......

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......

Why are the legends of Indian cricket silent?

'How do any of the cricketers who have been idolised by millions of fans not just for their ability, but also for their integrity and strength of character, continue to stay silent spectators, asks......

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