'We are here because of Modi and Obama's vision'

'Big countries do not agree on every set of issues.''Look, one of the differences in the relationship is that when we do not agree, we are sitting down and talking to each other.' In Part I of an......

Odds favour Kejriwal, but air not even yet

Delhi’s chief minister claims success, but his ambitious odd even scheme’s real test could be on Monday, reports N Sundaresha Subramanian. Volunteers with traffic police explaining the......

Who gives Rahul ideas?

Heard about the All India Professionals Congress?Veenu Sandhu reports. Photograph: PTI Photo The poll manifesto of the Indian National Congress, released, which promises wealth and welfare while......

'Sanskrit had become more a symbol than a language'

'On both sides of our cultural divide, it roused strong emotions that had very little to do with the language and its literature.' 'I felt Sanskrit had been removed from the realm of thought, and......

Colour Blind Casting or Cultural Appropriation?

'Acting, by definition, is a portrayal of a character other than oneself.''If every role is to be played only by someone answering to that precise description, most professional actors -- of all......

Green Tribunal refuses to order demolition of Siri Fort Sports Complex

IMAGE: A general view of a squash stadium inside the Siri Fort Sports Complex in Delhi, one of the venues for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Adnan Abidi/Reuters The National Green Tribunal has......

C'wealth Games champs Jwala-Ashwini beaten

The Commonwealth Games' gold medal-winning pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa went down fighting in the Indian Open Super Series badminton at the Siri Fort Complex, in New Delhi, on Thursday.......

India Open Super Series: Saina crashes out

Saina Nehwal suffered a stunning straight-game defeat in the second round but P Kashyap and P V Sindhu advanced to the quarterfinals of the India Open Super Seriesin New Delhi on Thursday. World......

Lee Chong Wei reigns supreme at Indian Open

World number one Lee Chong Wei continued his dominance over Peter Gade Christensen in the Super Series events to win the men's singles title in the inaugural Indian Open badminton championshipinNew......

Indian challenge ends in Indian Open

It was curtains for India in the Indian Open Super Series after young shuttlers Sourabh Verma and RMV Gurusai Datt suffered straight-game defeats in the quarter-finals of the men's singles at the......