Meet the creator of the world's tallest statue

On Wednesday October 31, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil the world's tallest statue, called the 'Statue of Unity', dedicated to late independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The......

'There can be positive things on the Internet'

Sreenath Sreenivasan will take over as the Chief Digital Officer, New York City this week.'It has reaffirmed my faith in humanity, especially when I have come to India and the general feeling is......

This museum is way too sweet to miss

Bored of visiting museums? Well, but this ain't the one to be missed. A temporary museum dedicated to all things ice cream has opened up in New York. Each week, the pop-up promises to mix up its......

Marvel turns Donald Trump into a supervillain!

Donald Trump has now officially become a villain! Not literally but as a comic-book character in a Spider-Man spin-off story by Marvel Comics which depicts an "amorphous, villainous" avatar of the......

You don't have to be rich to be happy

"Taking all things together on a scale of one to 10, how happy would you say you are?" With that question and global surveys, the folks at the World Database of Happiness have ranked 95 nations on......

At 17, she has built a million-dollar web site

Late last year, Ian Moray stumbled across a cotton-candy-pink Web site called Whateverlife.com. As manager of media development at the online marketing company ValueClick Media, he was searching......

Great brands are performance art

Marketers must create a dynamic (and hopefully interesting, fun, and meaningful) forum in which brands and people interact directly -- not just experientially, but in the form of mutual dialogue,......

'Farewell Disco King'

'Thank you for the memories.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Huma Qureshi/Instagram Bappi Lahiri passed into the ages on February 16, 2022, and the film and music industries mourned his loss: Huma......

10 Films You Must Watch

Aseem Chhabra picks 10 movies that amazed him at the international film festival in El Gouna, Egypt. Last month as film people from around the world traveled to El Gouna, an Egyptian resort by the......

THE ABBA Paradox

Ageing is a funny process.After rebelling and exploring, the human being drifts to the ordered arrangement, he/she once left.As a youngster I outgrew ABBA while my mother continued to like them.In......

'Jagdeep Saab was one of the greatest actors of India'

'Just loved him!''Could take a moment and improvise the hell out of it.''They should have written films around him.''A very long innings which began as a child artiste comes to an end.' IMAGE:......

Sachin, Kohli, Dhawan mourn Irrfan Khan's demise

'Khansahab, you were brilliant at what you did and that will always live.'   Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar were among the scores of Indians who expressed grief over actor Irrfan Khan's......

Here's Ganguly's all-time favorite movie. What's yours?

Ganguly said films are good stress-buster IMAGE: ‘My all time favourite film is Sholay,’ Sourav Ganguly said. Photograph:  PTI The Board of Control for Cricket in India......

PHOTOS: Lyles brightens dark day with 200m gold; Brazier wins 800m

'Don't say I'm the new Bolt. I'm me.''If you like me I will happily entertain you.' IMAGE: Noah Lyles celebrates winning the 200 metres final during day five of 17th IAAF World Athletics......

The Muhammad Ali tribute you MUST read!

'Every Ali obituary I read made the point that he 'transcended his sport' -- a reference to the many battles he fought with America even as he fought in America.''What the obituaries leave out is......

5 sports recommended for inclusion at 2020 Tokyo Games

Actress Jessica Alba throws out the ceremonial first pitch. Photograph: Harry How/Getty Images Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics have recommended five more sports -- baseball/softball, karate,......