He had come in search of jobs in America to rescue his presidency and India failed him in more ways than one, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
The recently concluded Lakme Fashion Week had plenty of runway style inspiration.
Bigg Boss 9 finalist Mandana Karimi was the showstopper for designer Ramesh Dembla's 'Ivory Dreams collection.
Designer duo Falguni & Shane Peacock recently unveiled their Summer Bride 2016 collection. Take a look!
Two super gorgeous women wowed in their Roberto Cavalli sheer gowns. Take the poll and vote for your favourite look.
We've featured a few creations from every designer to showcase his/ her collection at the recently concluded Fashion Week. We invite readers to comment on these garments.
Sukanya Verma celebrates the acting legend.
'Jinnah developed a belief that Gandhi had stolen the tag of the leader of the Indian people from him and that he later used religion to reduce Gandhi's idea of a united India to naught was his revenge.'
Celebrity cake designer Debbie Wingham reveals the details.
The Dabbang girl of Bollywood had us the moment she appeared on the catwalk.
US First Lady Michelle Obama made a fashion statement in a Kashmiri embroidered creation by Indian-American designer Naeem Khan at the Cuba state dinner.
It will not be to India's advantage to create misperceptions that it is bandwagoning with some Anglo-American project for regime change in Myanmar, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The ninth edition of Mijwan was a night to remember.
'I am just an artist trying to establish my own voice and be my own person,' the unconventional designer tells Amrita Singh.
What's the difference between a phone that costs $300,000 and one that costs $100? Details, details, details.
The music of Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic starts of magically enough. But two-three compositions later, it runs out on its supply of pixie dust. And so it's 2 and a half stars only.
The designer chose an older model because she has several clients who are over 70.
Italy's top-flight Serie A soccer league launched a new anti-racism campaign on Monday by presenting artwork featuring three side-by-side paintings of apes but the move has been described by campaign group Fare as a sick joke. News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Recently, several Twitter users began migrating to the social networking platform after a protest that began with Supreme Court lawyer Sanjay Hegde's Twitter account suspension, and moved on to a larger conversation about Twitter's policies being allegedly anti-Dalit and certain castes and religion.
'Not unlike politicians who gravitate towards whoever is in power, mafia dons too have a great survival streak, switching loyalty to the party in power,' observes Virendra Kapoor a week after gangster Vikas Dubey was slain in an alleged encounter.
General Naravane's UAE and Saudi Arabia visits communicate India's long awaited arrival in the domain of integrated foreign policy where the diplomatic and the military domains both complement each other much more substantially, observes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
Meanwhile, the apex court said tthat it will wait for sometime before passing any direction on the plea seeking removal of restrictions on the media in Jammu and Kashmir.
'... That they should emerge as role-models to be emulated by the fellow countrymen; and that the middle classes should not stick only to hate-filled and scornful criticism and condemnation against the state of affairs,' remembers Mohammad Sajjad.
'KRN's journey from a humble cottage in Uzhavoor to Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi was no less spectacular than that of Abraham Lincoln from the log cabin to the White House'.
On Friday, November 17, Washington, DC will see a new museum open its bronze doors and invite the world to hold dialogue on one of the most read books in the world -- the Bible. Welcome to the massive Museum of the Bible where ancient scripts and rocker Elvis Presley's Bible will be on display along with everything else Bible-related.
Designer Prabal Gurung celebrated the feminist movement on the ramp.
Gupt's greatest success lies in how attractive it remains despite the suspense becoming common knowledge, feels Sukanya Verma.
How stunning models turned up the temperatures at the VS annual show held in Paris.
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'Tiger reserves were created to protect areas from developmental activities.' 'If we go ahead with these projects, then it is a complete mockery of our institutions and our laws, it is against everything we have stood for, our Forest Conservation Act, our Wildlife Biodiversity Act.'
Ambassador T P Sreenivasan salutes India Abroad, the leading Indian-American newspaper for half a century, which ceased publication on March 30.
The creation is from jewellery designer Mouawad.
'The deepening of China-Nepal relations need not cause heartburn in India,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Gilgit Baltistan's large frontage with Kashmir and Ladakh across Kargil and the Siachen Glacier gives Pakistan and China the perceived scope for conduct of collusive operations against India and wrest control of the major course of the Indus and Shyok, observes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
Malaika Arora Khan wowed the audience as she walked for designer Mandira Wirk, and Aditi Rao Hydari looked stunning in a Shruti Sancheti outfit.
'The package will help in realising the true potential of employment generation in the textile and apparel sector.'
Will the M (Muslims) in the RJD's M+Y move fast swiftly towards the MIM and away from the RJD, asks Mohammad Sajjad.
Right ahead of her first India tour, the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton showed us how to dress diplomatically!
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