Salman Rushdie makes first public appearance since attack

Salman Rushdie has been honoured with the PEN Centenary Courage Award as the Mumbai-born writer made his first in-person public appearance since being stabbed and severely wounded in a knife attack......

Geetanjali Shree first Hindi writer to win International Booker Prize

Author Geetanjali Shree's Hindi novel Tomb of Sand has become the first book in any Indian language to win the prestigious International Booker Prize. IMAGE: Daisy Rockwell, left, with......

Modi's cash in hand: Only Rs 4,700

Narendra Modi is one of the least affluent ministers in the Union Cabinet, reveals Nivedita Mookerji. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pinstripe monogrammed bandhgala that he wore during US......

When the Empress of India paid homage to Babar

'The first 55 years of Natwar Singh's life give a fascinating narrative of our diplomacy,' says Ambassador B S Prakash after reading One Life is Not Enough.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh The Amul butter......

Honda Brio sedan revealed!

There is no denying the fact that the terms 'sub four metre' and 'diesel' are the mantras for success in India. Cars that are under 4 meters long get an excise benefit of 12 per cent over bigger......

Honda India starts Brio exports to South Africa

Honda Cars India on Thursday said it is targeting the Southern African market to push exports and plans to ship 1,600 units of the hatchback Brio by the end of this fiscal. The company shipped the......

Honda Brio automatic @ Rs 5.74 lakh

Honda Cars India on Thursday launched the automatic transmission version of its small car Brio, priced between Rs 574,000 and Rs 599,000 (ex-showroom, Delhi).The company also introduced a new......

9 major rivals of Honda Brio Diesel

The famous City sedan maker Honda Motors that has always said 'no' to the diesel engines is now making news, with the fact that it has developed its own diesel power-trains. And the first car to......

2023's 7 Jewels From The South

It's been a good year at the movies. Subhash K Jha picks his favourite films of 2023 from down south.   Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A Language: KannadaWhere to watch? Amazon Prime......

Lijo Jose Pellissery's Women And Mine

Somewhere in the back of my mind, Lijo Jose Pellissery's women have begun to stand for the women in my family, each of them with such an intensely vital sense of personality that she withstands all......

The WORST FILMS of 2021

Every year, with the good, there are bad movies too. Subhash K Jha picks his seven worst films of 2021. Bhuj: The Pride Of India As a pulp, patriotic drama, Bhuj is shamefully shoddy work,......

Why Gully Boy is no Kaala

While Pa Ranjith proved yet again to be the salt of the earth in his land mafia film, Zoya Akhtar took a haphazard route to make something that was hardly rooted in Asia's biggest slum, feels J......

Why Firing Gambhir Won't Fix The Real Problem

Sack Gambhir before he damages any more careers, if you must. But it cannot stop there.The project ahead must be bigger, more ambitious, and far more urgent: Rebuilding the spine of Indian cricket......

British media go ga-ga over World Cup champs

British media have hailed Eoin Morgan's men for ending a 44-year wait for a 50-overs World Cup title in a nail-biting final. "England do not win World Cups very often but when they do, blimey,......

Double Dutch for United, Chelsea in eerie showdown

‘Every Chelsea versus Manchester United game is big but this one is especially of course’ IMAGE: Manchester United's Louis van Gaal shakes hands with Wayne Rooney. Photograph: Dave......

Meet the surprise package of Euro 2016

- 'We’ve topped the group which nobody probably saw coming.' - 'Our main target was to get out of the group. To finish top is a fantastic feeling.' IMAGE: Wales players celebrate winning......

Euro: Wales thump Russia to top group, enter last sixteen

IMAGE: Wales captain Gareth Bale (right) and teammates celebrate victory over Russia in their Euro Group B match at Stadium de Toulouse, in Toulouse on Monday. Photograph: Michael Dalder Wales......