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Farewell, gentle giant

Kishore Singh salutes Akbar Padamsee, the legendary painter who passed into the ages last fortnight. IMAGE: Legendary painter Akbar Padamsee who died at 91 on January 6, 2020. Photograph: Kind......

Leaving boundaries of their respective parties, political leaders on Wednesday bid an emotional goodbye to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee describing him as a visionary statesman with......

The gentle giants of Sonepur

Asia's oldest and largest cattle fair may soon lose its star attraction.Report, Photographs: M I Khan IMAGE: An elephant at the Sonepur cattle fair. Neighing horses. Heavy-lidded cattle,......

Drums vs dread: Patna splits on verdict day

As the Bihar assembly results swept in on Friday, Patna's Veerchand Patel Marg, the city's political artery, split into two starkly different worlds. IMAGE: BJP supporters burst crackers to......

Wishing good health and long life to a gentle giant

Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji turns 90 on December 25. I wish him all the best. The nation has honoured him and Pt Madan Mohan Malaviyaji with the Bharat Ratna. I first heard Atalji’s......

The gentle giant of Infosys

The new chief executive officer of Infosys Technologies, the iconic software company, is certainly not as outgoing as the two other founders - N R Narayana Murthy and Nandan Nilekani - who have......

Kamath, the man who built ICICI Bank

There are many ways to describe ICICI Bank CEO and managing director Kundapur Vaman Kamath, but boring is definitely not one of them. The gentle giant, who will hang his boots on April 30, 2009,......

Siddhartha lived by his honour code, and died by it

'The Hegdes lived a life of simplicity, stayed in the background always, never in the media or on Page 3. Business of that scale did not seem to have any impact on their social lives or public......

'Father of banking reforms', M Narasimham, passes away

New-generation private sector banks such as ICICI, HDFC, Axis, Kotak etcetera owe their existence to the recommendations of the first Narasimham Committee. The architect of modern Indian banking,......

Professional manager, businessman...

Ajit Balakrishnan on mapping the Business Serengeti.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The other day, when I was introduced at a conference as 'a businessman', I found myself squirming. I......

'Dharmendraji Was The Hero Every Boy Wanted To Be'

'At times when the pressure, glitz and glam felt horribly garish, there he was with no pretences or guile. A sweet reminder that life is about the real things not the fluff.' Photograph: Kind......

'Thank You For Everything, Dharam Sir'

'The industry has lost a legend... and we've lost someone who shaped the very soul of our cinema.' IMAGE: Shilpa Shetty with Dharmendra. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shilpa Shetty/Instagram After......

Call Me Bae Review: Ananya Is Quite A Riot!

Call Me Bae is a spirited new addition in guilty pleasures for the fashion-loving, rom-com starved soul, applauds Sukanya Verma. If the DNAs of Elle Woods, Cher Horowitz, Blair Waldorf and Rachel......

'The Titan Flies Away Into The Ages'

'Some icons are living textbooks, teaching us about leadership, success, and legacy. Extraordinary yet human and approachable, they inspire and guide us.''India has lost a true son and champion.'......

All We Imagine As Light Shines At Cannes

IMAGE: Director Payal Kapadia, with cast members Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon, Divya Prabha and Kani Kusruti pose on the red carpet before the screening of the film All We Imagine as Light in......

Boycott remembers fearless, combative, gentle giant Greig

England great Geoffrey Boycott has paid tribute to former teammate and renowned television commentator Tony Greig, who passed away recently with a suspended heart attack, saying the former captain......

England fired up by "gentle giant" Tremlett

Towering England seamer Chris Tremlett was pleased to belie his 'gentle giant' reputation with a fiery three-wicket haul that took the wind out of Australian sails on day one of the third Ashes......

How Shami played a role in grooming 'Gentle Giant' Mohsin

IMAGE: With eight wickets from four games, Mohsin Khan is the latest among the group of rookie pacers, who have made waves in IPL 2022. Photograph: BCCI When Imran Khan, a young aspiring......

Caravaggio And Djokovic Reshaped The Light

Both Caravaggio and Djokovic entered worlds ruled by giants, shattered conventions with defiance, and redefined greatness within the rigid lines of their craft.One with a brush, the other with a......

'We never took any tension, we played the game as it came'

'Kapil had faith in his team and the team had faith in its captain.' IMAGE: Kapil Dev is presented with the 1983 World Cup trophy by Robert Carr, then the chairman of Prudential Assurance, the......