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'I found a lot of love in India'

Once upon a time, in his home country Australia, Gregory David Roberts was known as a gentleman bandit. Roberts, who had got into drugs after his marriage failed and his wife took away their......

'Keep the faith with India and Bombay'

'Keep the faith with India and the city I love, Bombay,' author Gregory David Roberts pleads on his web site. The Melbourne, Australia-born Roberts who, since escaping from Pentridge Prison has......

'Shantaram' returns to Leopold

Had the terrorists come five hours earlier, I wouldn't be here talking to you," says Gregory David Roberts, the Australian author of the novel Shantaram, oft-considered a foreigner's Ode to Mumbai.......

Trump visits Pittsburgh synagogue, meets widow of one of the shooting victims

United States President Donald Trump visited the Pittsburgh synagogue where 11 people were killed in an anti-Semitic attack and met the widow of one of the victims and three law enforcement......

What Was The Secret Of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's Success?

His advice was to always start with small positions because we are bound to make mistakes; and remain humble because the markets can be merciless, remembers Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic......

Why users are logging out of Twitter and joining Mastodon

Recently, several Twitter users began migrating to the social networking platform after a protest that began with Supreme Court lawyer Sanjay Hegde’s Twitter account suspension, and moved on......

Be a khadoos, Urjitbhai

'If you keep inflation low, everything else like messing up after after demonetisation will be forgiven,' says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Modi government......

SPOTTED! Oprah meets Shantaram author

Oprah Winfrey, who landed in Mumbai on Monday, has been shooting for her new travel show Next Chapter and partying with the city's swish set.We spotted the celebrity talk show host in Colaba, South......

Your OTT Menu: Dinosaurs Or Monsters? Cops Or Crooks?

Time travel, monsters, dinosaurs, Korean cops, what will you watch on OTT? Sukanya Verma offers her picks. DobaaraaWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: Hindi Taapsee Pannu headlines Anurag......

10 OTT Shows That Make Us Nostalgic

Scoop reminded viewers of a time in the not-so-recent-past when Mumbai was in the grip of the underworld. The new Web series Guns And Gulaabs is set in the opium town of Gulaabganj sometime in the......

Shantaram Review: Too Verbose

If future episodes are as verbose and unwieldy, it might be difficult to keep from switching channels, points out Deepa Gahlot. When the book Shantaram came out in 2003, it became a bestseller and......

Madge in Mumbai

Thepop singeralong with director husband Guy Ritchie (left), and Shantaram author Gregory David Roberts at Ambedkarnagar, Colaba in South Mumbai. ...

Indian umpires Chaudhary, Nandan to officiate at ICC Under-19 World Cup

Indian umpires Anil Chaudhary and C K Nandan will be a part of the 14-strong panel of officials for the Under-19 World Cup starting January 13 in New Zealand, the International Cricket Council......

PSG's 36-game unbeaten streak broken at Lyon

IMAGE: Olympique Lyon's Maxwel Cornet (left) shoots to score past Paris St-Germain's Gregory Van Der Wiel during their Ligue 1 match at the Grand Stade stadium, in Decines, France on Sunday.......

FRAMED: Stunning Photos from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

The 21st Commonwealth Games, came to a close at Gold Coast on Sunday. And what an event it was! India finished 3rd on the medals table with 66 medals in total. All the blood, sweat and tears......

ISL: Balwant, Elano help Chennaiyin edge past hosts Goa

Chennaiyin FC edged past hosts Goa FC 2-1 in a pulsating Hero Indian Super League encounter, as forward Balwant Singh, who scored for the visitors, became the first Indian......

Cricket Buzz: NZ's Taylor fit for first Test against England

IMAGE: New Zealand's Ross Taylor. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has been confirmed fit to take his place in the side for the first Test against......