They Showed India To The World

'The culture of mankind has been spread by the travel gene which pushes one in five people to have the curiosity to move to unknown destinations.' IMAGE: Commander Hugh and Mrs Colleen Gantzer......

Ruskin Bond: If I can't write, I might as well be dead

'I like the thought that I am competing successfully with writers much younger than me,' says Ruskin Bond. Ruskin Bond, the writer of over 130 books, at his home in Landour.Photograph: Seema......

Nehru's niece: 'I don't think one family should rule India'

'This term -- "Nehru-Gandhi" family -- is a misnomer. Nehru was not a dynast; he did not even name his successor... The big mistake she made was to push forward Rahul Gandhi who is a dead loss as a......

She was one of a kind

Which publishing house but The Times Group could flaunt, on its staff, 'Raman, Laxman and Bharatan' -- in that order? If that sounds a lark, then the intellectual confrontation between Qurratulain......

Kapoor And Son: What Thar Is About

'You can't call this a pure Western. This has got love, passion, violence, suspense.''This is a film of today.' IMAGE: Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor......

365 days. 319 films

How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen? IMAGE: Deepika Padukone in Padmaavat. I watch many films in a year -- for work and pleasure, and I keep a record of them. In......

Tagore and Victoria: Finally on screen

Tagore and Victoria Ocampo met during Gurudev's visit to Argentina in 1924, and kept in touch until his death in 1941.Thinking Of Him reveals a little known part of the great writer's life. IMAGE:......

Tripping on Rahman, and Unicorn-like horns!

Sultan, Mohanjo Daro, and Pankaj Nihalani... Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us! Ring out the old, ring in the new, recommends Lord Alfred Tennyson. But this week’s shiny......

Love Tendulkar for what he was

It is getting to be a bit too much, really; this nonsensical hero worship! "Leave Sachin alone," says the man here, and points to statistics that ironically paint the great man in a sorry light......

Readers wishes to John Wright

Name:Debashis Mitra (HPCL) Message:All Indians will remember you. Happy Birthday. Name:vishal Message:Mr. Wright, thanx 4 setting Indian Cricket right. Happy Birthday. Name:Hari Message:Many Happy......