Jiang Zemin: A Chinese Leader Like None Other

Barring the many young women he had sex with, it is doubtful if anyone saw Mao Zedong smile. Zhou Enlai, Mao's premier, often sported an enigmatic smile, one that hid his devilish intentions as he......

In Godhra, Hindutva and Modi still key factors, but corruption an issue too

A road cleaves through, marking the divide between Muslim dominated areas and Hindu majority localities, a metaphor perhaps for communal fissures that run deep in a town that instantly recalls the......

Why Pak army chief is talking about peace...

'The picture only looks worse from where Bajwa sits.''He sees a domineering India to the east, an unravelling Afghanistan and a complex Iran to the west, an overbearing China on the north and a US......

Wildlife photographer of the year -- people's choice

A coconut octopus, a burning forest, a rare rhino's last moments and a pair of sleeping squirrels all feature in the shortlist for the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year......

Why India must create new programming languages...

"Yawn", "Zzzzz... excuse me, I need to nap." Why hasn't India produced a single earth-shaking idea like Python or the World Wide Web, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic......

Ms Sitharaman, You FAILED Us On The Budget

This was the one Budget that required radical departures on all these fronts, when it had none, asserts, Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives at Parliament for......

'All of BMW's electric models will come into the Indian market'

'The global semiconductor shortage has inadvertently provided an imm­ense fillip to the pre-owned car market' All photograph: Kind courtesy BMW India BMW India recently logged the sale of its......

Carmakers stare at nearly 500,000 units of booking backlog

Ahead of the peak festive season, India's passenger vehicle makers are staring at a cumulative order backlog of nearly 500,000 units as chip shortage continues to cripple production. The crisis is......

Lal Salaam Review: Boring!

Lal Salaam is not a movie A Ganesh Nadar would recommend. The title would make my activist friend Uttam Ghosh very happy. It is the red salute exchanged between people, who still believe in......

Indian Police Force Review: This Is No Singham!

Rohit Shetty's strengths have been action and humour; the former he delivers in spades, but the latter is totally lacking in Indian Police Force, observes Deepa Gahlot. When the creator of......

Captain Miller Review: Dhanush To The Rescue

When you leave the cinema hall, what stays with you is the message of inclusion and the need to stand up for your freedom, observes Divya Nair. After a dud 2023, Dhanush lands a plush Pongal......

'Many times I felt I wouldn't survive'

'I faced difficulties, but today when I look back, it all looks mazedar (fun).' Photograph: Kind courtesy Asha Bhosle/Instagram Music, like an ever flowing river, never ends, says Asha Bhosle. As......

PIX: Real Madrid edge Man City in penalties; Bayern down Arsenal

IMAGE: Real Madrid's Antonio Rudiger celebrates with team-mates after scoring the winning penalty in the shootout against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. Photograph: Carl......

PIX: India add to England's misery with low-scoring win

  SCORECARD IMAGE: Mohammed Shami sends Moeen Ali packing. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters India maintained their unbeaten streak at the 2023 World Cup with a 100-run victory in a......

Financial gap persists despite Women's World Cup success

Spain's captain Olga Carmona -- the scorer of Sunday's deciding goal -- plays for Real Madrid, where the women's team generated revenues of 1.4 million euros in the 2021/22 season, according to......

Rajawat clinches Orleans Masters BWF World Title

IMAGE: Priyanshu Rajawat celebrates. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter India's Priyanshu Rajawat capped off an impressive week with a thrilling win in the final against Denmark's Magnus Johannesen to......

Neymar goes on trial for fraud!

IMAGE: Neymar leaves the courtroom in Barcelona on Monday, October 17, 2022, after standing trial on fraud and corruption charges over his transfer to FC Barcelona from Santos in 2013.......