The world according to Neeraj Pandey. Observed by Sreehari Nair.
The founders of IndiGo may have thought it's time to go for a rejig of the top leadership team which can take care of the growing demands of an airline that has grown much bigger than they could have ever imagined, says Shyamal Majumdar.
'You are working with the best of the lot.' 'The best part is that they treat you equally, unlike in India.'
Aseem Chhabra lists 10 of his favourite films that played in various sections at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
'Out of three women in India, one is assaulted.' 'This is a state of emergency that needs to be addressed.'
Winner of the Lalit Kala Akademi award, Ahmedabad-based painter and photographer Harshil Patel offers a fantastic view of the walled city through his paintings and photographs for US President Donald J Trump.
Mumbai's Chabad House, which was attacked in the 26/11 terror attacks, is unlike any other Jewish centre, Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
For prices starting from Rs 25,000 and going up to Rs 4-5 lakh, you can convert your home into a smart home.
... And sometimes, that's enough, says Sreehari Nair.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's lift-off from Earth on April 24, here are some of the cosmic wonders it has captured over its lifetime.
An artist has taken his love of Lego to the extreme with an incredible collection of sculptures using only the tiny, colourful building bricks. The Art of the Brick exhibition features 80 sculptures by artist Nathan Sawaya, created from more than a million tiny Lego bricks.
The artistes were also criticised for keeping mum on the attack, in which 19 Indian soldiers were killed.
Arundhuti Dasgupta finds herself surrounded by Greek legends and fables in the mythical centre of the world.
Dr M Madan Kumar, 45, shares some tips to sail through these troubled times.
If the Puja as a brand can be marketed more effectively outside Bengal, even overseas, it might do wonders for the economy, says Atanu Biswas.
'Wanting to see the bright side of things, we always told ourselves, 'It could have been worse!', when the situation got tough.' Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd), who helped rebuild the IAF's Car Nicobar air base after the 2004 tsunami, recalls the devastation on United Nations World Tsunami Awareness Day.
There's some amazing stuff beneath the water. For proof, look no further than the annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition.
Sreehari Nair attempts to bring you up-close the pleasures of Javed Akhtar's poetry.
To an award show that's famous for honouring artists belatedly, we have sent as our official entry one of our major film-makers's weakest work yet, feels Sreehari Nair.
The video, produced by Xinhua, China's official news agency, ridicules India and Indians, and has poorly spelt subtitles and racial stereotypes.
Shot clocks and run penalties could be used to speed up over rates in all forms of cricket, according to former Australia captain Ricky Ponting.
Master urban planner and architect Le Corbusier's principles of light, space and greenery are still evident everywhere in Chandigarh. Geetanjali Krishna finds a haven in the city.
He calls himself a "political revolutionary" now, but Arvind Kejriwal says that he had never imagined that he would one day plunge into politics, form a party and contest elections.
Mira's films are alive, rocking and so true to the reality I know. They are gifts that I keep revisiting, and I cannot wait for what more she will share with us, notes Aseem Chhabra.
There's unintended hilarity and very little combat to justify the existence of a sequel, feels Sukanya Verma.
'A good opportunity has thus been provided for both countries to back away from the brink without loss of dignity.' 'There is every reason why they should strain every nerve, and grab every chance, shedding all thought of belligerence and showing who's the boss, to establish, maintain and preserve all it takes to lift themselves by their bootstraps,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
'We are rolling out a vaccine when we don't even have the phase 2 trial results; forget about phase 3 trial results.' 'Why are we playing with people's lives?'
Bollywood is in shock after Sridevi's death.
The plane, which crashed in the Jagruti Nagar locality of the crowded Ghatkopar shortly after 1 pm, was a King Air C90 12-seater aircraft. It had taken off from the Juhu airstrip on a test flight.
'Neither Aamir's hard-at-work whimsicality nor Amitabh Bachchan's stoic presence can salvage a second of this bloated, blundering bore,' fumes Sukanya Verma.
Incredibles 2 has quick-witted action and glorious, good old-fashioned, fun, raves Sukanya Verma.
Saratchandra wrote when India was under British raj, but his concerns were contemporary.
The great pity is that Mr Siddiqui has a remarkable, even inspiring, story to tell, feels Sunil Sethi.
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Parinda, 1942: A LOve Story, Devdas, Kareeb, Mission Kashmir, Munnabhai MBBS, Rang De Basanti, Delhi 6, Bhag Milkha Bhag, Kalank... all bear the visual stamp of Binod Pradhan's genius.
Senior Republican Senator John McCain has joined the group of lawmakers urging Congressional leadership to invite India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
'That only a certain Mumbai story -- look at Salaam Bombay and Slumdog Millionaire for other examples -- gets made when an international audience is as much a target as the desi viewer, should invoke questions of representation,' notes Vikram Johri.
The Right to Read programme hopes to cover 100,000 schools, covering 15 million students.
Sukanya Verma flips through the pages of Bollywood, and sees just how they keep fit.
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