When A President Disliked A PM

How could a President, seen as a political time-server, have manoeuvred things to a stage where he could strike fear into the heart of a prime minister who, only two-and-a-half years before, had......

Situation in Punjab is more dangerous than it seems

This is a challenge India's political establishment will have to face unitedly, without looking for electoral benefit, warns Vir Sanghvi. IMAGE: Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandark Committee President......

Foreign Media: Enemy Of India?

Much of the the-foreign-media-is-biased hysteria that we see on social media these days is provoked by the bad press the regime is getting in the West, points out Vir Sanghvi. IMAGE: Prime......

Airline Staff Are NOT Your Servants!

Talk to any member of the cabin crew on any Indian airline and you will hear the worst horror stories.Almost always, the targets of abuse in the air are female staff members who are called......

Net Neutrality: Trai draws flak for releasing names, email ids

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Monday drew flak on the social media, including Twitter, for making public names and email ids of one million people who have submitted their comments on......

Vir Sanghvi hits the start-up bandwagon; launches restaurant reservation platform

EazyDiner will be a restaurant reservation platform offering reviews, reservations, deals and a concierge services Vir Sanghvi, food writer and TV host, launched EazyDiner, India’s first......

2G scam: 'It was daylight robbery'

The 2G spectrum scam cost the exchequer Rs 176,000 crore (Rs 1,760 billion). Following the expose, one minister has lost his job while numerous journalists have had their credibility questioned.......

UID number to be issued soon: Nilekani

The Unique Identification Number, renamed 'Aadhaar', would be issued soon to Indian residents, Nandan Nilekani, chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Wednesday. "We......

When Dilip Kumar almost got arrested

Malavika Sangghvi gives us fascinating glimpses from Dilip Kumar's life. This article was first published on Rediff.com December 10, 2012. In the early '80s, my mother and I were holidaying in Goa......

When Dilip Kumar met Vajpayee...

It is to Vajpayee's credit that he told Dilip Kumar to ignore Thackeray and to follow his own conscience.But the episode -- as indeed, the manner in which Dilip Kumar has been made to pay for being......

He hasn't had a decent song in years, but Elton John now has a great book

'This is a book written by a man who has seen it all and done it all and can now laugh about it,' says Vir Sanghvi. IMAGE: Elton John performs at his concert at Rome's ancient Colosseum.......

Review: O Teri is a sham about scams

From snatches of dialogue (about adulterated cement) to plot-points (about disappearing corpses), even lifting bits of the background score to try and underscore its salutation, O Teri borrows......

Images: Sri Lanka vs England, Champions Trophy

Graham Onions strikes the first blow for England as he finds the edge of Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya The perfect out-swinger from Onions saw Jayasuriya edging the ball and was snapped......

Field day for top seeds

Top seed Saurav Ghosal of Chennai and second seed Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi sailed into the last eight stage (boys' under-19) with straight games victoriesin the Rs 300,000 Oil-Servo All India Open......