Jaipur Literature Festival kicks off at Diggi Palace

Soulful strains of classical music wafted through the chilly air as the ninth edition of the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival kicked off in Jaipur on Thursday at its usual venue, the sun-kissed Diggi......

My Agenda for Modi's New India

'I hope Prime Minister Modi will take the population bull by the horns,' says Sudhir Bisht. The Bharatiya Janata Party has won the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly elections very......

Ghost airports haunt Modi's infrastructure dreams

Image: The exterior view of arrival lounges is seen at the Jaisalmer Airport in desert state of Rajasthan. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters Across India, more than half of the 100-odd......

The price we pay for swanky airports in India!

Private airports are much better but because of poor regulation, the tariffs have shot up, notes Anjuli Bhargava.  Image: Private airports are much better but tariffs have shot......

Why are our airports in such a mess?

Domestic airports across the country are bursting at the seams. And new ones are stuck. Surajeet Das Gupta takes stock. A milestone is seen outside the Jaisalmer Airport in Rajasthan in August......

Twinkle wants to get out!

Lisa is ready for tennis... Bhidu boxes to keep fit... Photograph: Kind courtesy Twinkle Khanna/Instagram 'This is my hostage smile and hiding behind it is a desperate monologue. Why the hell did......

Review: Captain America: Civil War is the stuff of comic-book dreams

A Marvel film so good it makes all the others feel like a prologue, gushes Raja Sen. (Also, stay for the two end-credit scenes.)  “War, what is it good for?”  Despite the......

Why Love In Bombay should NOT have released

Love In Bombay is a piece of history, a fragment of a time that was. Letting us gaze at it is a great idea. Expecting it to compete with films shot six months ago, on the other hand, is dead......

Bumrah's Back at Lord's. Who's Out?

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah returns to the Home of Cricket. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters   As India gear up for the third Test starting July 10 at the iconic Lord's cricket ground, the series hangs......

Hazlewood's return ignites RCB's IPL title dream

'Josh is such a key figure for us -- not just with his bowling, because we know it's world-class and what he does time and again -- but also as part of the bowling unit, that sort of calm head out......

How Gambhir Boosted Akash Deep's Belief

'When your coach is backing you so strongly, it builds inner belief -- and that showed on the field.' IMAGE: The 336 run demolition of England not only levelled the series but also delivered a......

Gill's India ready for Lord's battle as Archer joins back

IMAGE: With the series nicely poised at 1-1 going into the third Test, the narrative built around both the teams has changed significantly following India's 336-run routing of England at......

'Go to England with nothing to..' Manjrekar reacts

Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar on Saturday described India's 18-strong Test squad for the tour of England as "strange" but asked for a patient approach towards newly-appointed Test captain......