We Are In An Era Of Puppets And Puppeteers

'As we enter 2025, it must be acknowledged that there is a convergence of capital, influential people (from business and politics) and technology deciding the destiny of others in the name of......

The Election Circus comes to town!

'Pre-election campaigns -- this one particularly -- are always about personalities, never about issues. Bashing one another is the best political parties can do. Or pandering to their......

Is Election Commission Scared Of Modi?

This election will be remembered for being the first election where the Election Commission failed to take action on gross violations involving the ruling party that repeatedly used religion,......

Indian Army wins hearts at Russia's Victory Day parade

The decorative 'safa' and the handlebar moustache of the Indian Army contingent that participated in Russia's Victory Day celebrations was the centre of attraction among Russians in Moscow. The......

Is the Fashion Week just hype?

It's that time of the year when the creative and the copyist congregate under one marquee; flashbulbs and bubbly are popped; and backslapping is in as much evidence as backstabbing.The fourth......

Fate of smaller public offerings uncertain

The great Indian IPO bazar is set to take off with a slew of big IPOs hitting the market or ready to do so. The big ticket PSU offerings ONGC, IPCL, GAIL, CMC, IBP and Dredging Corporation of India......

Nobel Prize, World Bank Chief... anything is possible for R3

'With his envious academic record, extraordinary research calibre and unparalleled work experience, we can trust him to become the first Indian -- fully Indian, not one of those Americans of Indian......

Remembering Charles Correa and his 'breathing' buildings

India's foremost architect and town planner was renowned as much for his 'breathing' spaces as for his irascible personality Obituaries can be hagiographic, at least in the immediate aftermath of......

You Must Watch This Heart-Breaking Film

'Yellow Bus is a heart-breaking story based on a real incident and will strike a chord with mothers across the world.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Tannishtha Chatterjee/Instagram Tannishtha......

Tannishtha Chatterjee bags a film with Brett Lee

Un-Indian is a romantic comedy, slated for release this year. Actress Tannishtha Chatterjee has been cast in a film called Un-Indian with Australian cricketer Brett Lee. A romantic......

Who should become the new Angoori bhabhi? Vote!

Shilpa Shinde took the television world by a storm when she quit her hit show, Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai on &TV, citing these problems. The Cine & TV Artistes Association (CINTAA)......

Raja Sen reviews Dhoom 3: It's dumber than the first two!

Dhoom 3 is a children’s film made for children who’ve never seen a film, writes Raja Sen. Twenty minutes into Dhoom 3, reeling from the assault of cinema so amateurish it’s hard......

'Where has all the money gone?': Bhutia slams AIFF boss

IMAGE: Bhaichung Bhutia’s blunt truth on Indian football. Photograph: Eastbengalfc/Instagram Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia feels "sorry" for Khalid Jamil, who has taken charge of the......

IPL and the great Indian sporting revival

And no, the commercial sporting leagues didn't cause the drought, says Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: The opening game of IPL 9 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, April 9, 2016: Ishant Sharma celebrates......

Carlsen's blunt message to Gukesh: 'I'm out'

'I am not part of this circus anymore' IMAGE: D Gukesh stated that he would love to fight it out against Magnus Carlsen at some point. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Chin An/FIDE World number......

Events That Changed Indian Cricket Forever

Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......

Was IPL a distraction to hide governance failure?

'It is no accident that politicians strive to control sports bodies, and get their names associated with popular sports, sometimes by renaming stadiums after themselves,' observes Devangshu Datta.......