'The new order cometh, sweeping out the old,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash.
The hits and misses of the week.
TripAdvisor published a list of the world's Top 10 fine dining restaurants as part of their 2016 Travellers' Choice Awards series.
'The time has come to substitute the present Constitutional set-up with an alternative democratic framework,' argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Kolkata-based chef Shaun Kenworthy tells us how to put together an irresistible creamy dessert.
In the last eight months, the government has received over a lakh representations from various organisations from across the country
Their bridal outfits will give you wedding goals.
Shuai Jiao Baba (Let's Wrestle, Dad) in China seems to have made twice its combined earnings in India and the rest of the world.
A look at the red carpet arrivals.
Katrina, Deepika or Sonam -- who's your favourite cover girl of the month?
'Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai? Don't you believe it. I don't trust the Chinese one bit,' Nehru told Gopalaswamy Parthasarathi before he traveled to China as India's ambassador. Asking GP to be ever vigilant, Nehru advised the diplomat to send telegrams on important matters only to him. Many such anecdotes from a long and eventful career as diplomat and bureaucrat crowd the pages of GP: 1912-1995, discovers Uttaran Das Gupta.
oaring crime gave Venezuela the horrific title of being one of the most violent countries on earth. Inflation ran into tens of thousands per cent, impoverishing nearly all of the country's 31 million people.' Yet, says Radha Roy Biswas, she sees hope for the beleaguered nation where she spent her childhood years.
Time unkindly has a sole endeavour: To drag the person, whose death you are mourning, further and further away from your presence, to some far edge of your falsely anesthetised mind. So your memories are drained of colour, growing faint and grainy. You are left with a more and more distant recollections of that person, their laugh, their embrace, their voice and the moments surrounding their final departure. Vaihayasi P Daniel mourns her beloved father who passed away one December morning last year.
Known as the Bucket List Family on Instagram, they have visited Tonga, Fiji, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and many more.
Watching Raabta possibly can't be anyone's idea of entertainment in this birth or last, feels Sukanya Verma.
Presenting some of the good, bad and ugly looks of the week.
Read on to find out if your favourite destination made it to the list!
This time, let's visit France with Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar.
The Hindi version of Rajinikanth's Kabali did not find much love outside Tamil Nadu
Domestic wineries have moved from creating predominantly sweet wines in their initial years to drier, complex blends now. They also seem to be investing more in wine tourism.
Constant "blackmailing" of former media executive Indrani Mukerjea by her daughter Sheena Bora and relationship with Rahul Mukerjea were among the reasons for her murder in April 2012, according to a Central Bureau of Investigation official.
10 important things we've learned purely by watching Mohenjo Daro's extravagant trailer!
'If Murad's Mozziness doesn't strike us in the eye, if we see the film as a youth's struggle to break free of the shackles holding him back and not as a Muslim fighting the system, it is because not once in the film does Zoya show him blaming his religion for his low social status or struggle, a temptation many 'progressive' film-makers may have yielded to for it sounds so politically correct,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
From traditional Nepali thali to Gujarati basundi with jalebi, it was a lavish vegetarian spread of cuisines laid out for the SAARC leaders as they met in the cooler climes of exotic Dhulikhel resort for a retreat session.
Why should India buy olives from Europe when it could do so from the world's largest producers?
A round-up of all the action from the lives of top models... as seen through their Instagram feeds :-)
In the shock after Nathuram Godse murdered Mahatma Gandhi that January evening 72 years ago today, a young American diplomat rushed to capture the assassin. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel traces the memorable life of Herbert Reiner, who History has sadly relegated to a footnote.
This burst of flavours is as much a delight to eat as for the chefs to dish out a perfect pot of biryani.
Tips for those who are planning to buy the $17,000 watch.
Take a look at how she ruled the runway at India Couture Week 2016.
Donald Trump's new CIA pick hasn't been greeted with the avalanche of media gush that inevitably follows a woman who becomes the first among her gender to get a top job.
The man who made us realise the kitchen table wasn't an exotic enough location has left us. He was too hot for Earth anyway, mourns Raja Sen.
Shah Rukh Khan had David Letterman in his grip, giving him no quarter whatsoever, declares Sreehari Nair.
Jayraj's Camel Safari fails to connect with the youth at whom it was aimed to.
Chefs in Mumbai are unleashing their creativity to woo gourmets with global vegetarian fare. Mini Ribeiro picks her 10 favourite restaurants.
The pilgrimage of a true GoT fan.
The interesting bit about the Azamgarh poll finding on India TV was the whopping percentage of Muslims backing the SP-BSP alliance, which sort of negates Mayawati's appeal to the community to not split their vote with the Congress, says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
The composers of Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon know its audience well, says Aelina Kapoor.
Devastation struck Venezuela when oil prices started collapsing in 1982, following a global oil glut. The country's economy contracted overnight.
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