Both have been robustly muscular leaders who began as immensely charismatic politicians conveying an impression that they were makers of history, raring to go. Both have been hyperactive on the world stage. But in the final analysis, Abe is departing on a sombre note, unceremoniously and apologetically, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The Sikhs love a good fight, and that's what the Modi government has given them.
The stars behind the biggest films of the year like Prabhas, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan may have been absent, but IIFA was quite an extravaganza.
Anuja Gupta is not all about style but substance too and here's why she is not happy with the fashion scene in the city...
Southgate hopes Black Lives Matter protests could signal change in society
'People like me worry about our next meal, not about what meat we eat... and we certainly don't have the luxury that you have, of holding vigils for faceless people we've never known.'
Sunil Valson was the only squad member not to play a game in India's historic World Cup triumph in 1983 but a strong sense of belonging is definitely there.
We all want the same things for our children. We want them to grow up to love and be loved, to follow their dreams, to find success. Mostly, though, we want them to be happy. But just how much control do we have over our children's happiness? A must read from Lachmi Deb Roy's Are You Overparenting? Why Doing Everything Possible Harms Your Child.
Were Kareena and Priyanka catty enough? YOU tell us in this poll!
And then we are in our mid-60s and a time of reckoning with one's life - if one believes in Erikson.
Here's looking at the birthday girl's most fashionable screen avatars.
Ravichandran Ashwin has played a big role in grooming Jayant Yadav and the debutant profusely thanked India's star spinner for his impressive debut in the second Cricket Test against England on Visakhapatnam.
"I said last year that I was happy with the stadium and I haven't changed my mind. It is a fantastic stadium and most of the works which we have requested to be able to host four teams and all the logistical organisational aspects of the World Cup have been completed," Yarza told reporters after the inspection visit.
We take a look at some of the latest to join the makeover bandwagon and their incredible shift from boring to bombshell.
'Making time exclusively for the child every day will convey to the young one that she is important to you,' says Bela Raj.
'She exists alongside Sita, the archetype of the ideal woman,' notes Arundhuti Dasgupta.
Besides being the President, 62-year-old Xi is already General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
Sharmila Tagore remembers yesteryear dress designer who passed away recently.
Imlibenla was 17 when she won the Miss Nagaland title in 2012.
A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said that the Centre's decision to prohibit personnel of a particular community from sporting beard does not infringe upon the fundamental rights.
Sukanya Verma lets her imagination run wild!
'Despite a quarter century since India began the uphill battle of moving away from its peculiar hybrid of imperial-feudal-socialism, it remains distressingly -- and sometimes reassuringly -- the country I left in 1986,' says Rahul Jacob.
Around 8 pm, the singer took to the stage amid a stunning display of fireworks, and the crowds went into a frenzy.
Pakistan's spin great Saqlain Mushtaq says Virat Kohli is the only current player who 'comes close' to matching the standards of his legendary contemporary.
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These fashion lovers upped the style quotient at Day Three of the Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort.
Vikas Gupta and Arshi Khan certainly think so.
Sukanya Verma hails Bollywood's memorable bus moments.
A photo series by Sebastian Cortes explores the glorious past and rich legacy of the Bohra Muslims of Sidhpur
Akhtaruzzaman Elias's The Raincoat describes the effect of the 1971 war on a college and on one of its teachers in particular.
The traditional male dancers of Rajasthan produce seductive movement that has colour and beat.
'What Super 30 really wants to say is Hrithik Roshan can be an action hero without showing off his sculpted torso,' says Sukanya Verma.
Great chefs are alchemists. They put ingredients and flavours together in ways that are sometimes unfathomable, says Rahul Jacob.
"I want you to know that we're all in this together, and most importantly that there is hope," Deepika Padukone told the audience at TIME 100 Gala.
Most women are searching for freedom within families, not freedom from families. They want to find the 'I' within the 'We' as they navigate the world inside and outside their homes, says Deepa Narayan.
The Bollywood star shared the front row at Prabal Gurung's New York Fashion Week show with Huma Abedin.
'Surprised by the absence of any sloganeering or even mild protest in an ambience so free and self-regulated, I asked a friend from Delhi whether he too, with sharp political antenna, was surprised at how smooth and easy going everything was,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash.
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