The MiG-21's sharp silhouette and supersonic roar will live on in the memories of those who flew it, those who maintained it, and those who watched it streak across the sky as a symbol of India's......
'Arundhati Roy is like a ballerina performing on a high wire, cool, supremely at ease but conscious of all the adoring eyes on her,' notes P Vijaya Kumar. IMAGE: Arundhati Roy signs her new book......
Trump's method are more destabilising than his policy.So, a good idea these couple of years is to sip Kool-Aid, and savour the joys of Trumplomacy, asserts Shekhar Gupta. Photograph: Evelyn......
'People are fed up with rising crimes and poor law and order.''Modi must have got feedback and decided not to touch the 'jungle raj' issue as it will backfire.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi......
'We had prepared tapioca and crabs for him, and he enjoyed the Kerala cuisine thoroughly.' IMAGE: Pope Leo XIV waves at the end of an audience with representatives of the media at the Vatican, May......
Bollywood stars celebrated Diwali with their families and shared pix -- where else, on Instagram. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kajal A Kitchlu/Instagram Kajal Agarwal Kitchlu, seen here with husband......
A hero with a heart, and remained one till the end. IMAGE: Dharmendra. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/Instagram "No conversation with the actor, a Sher Dil, who in the 1976 film Maa......
'The industry has lost a legend... and we've lost someone who shaped the very soul of our cinema.' IMAGE: Shilpa Shetty with Dharmendra. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shilpa Shetty/Instagram After......
'At times when the pressure, glitz and glam felt horribly garish, there he was with no pretences or guile. A sweet reminder that life is about the real things not the fluff.' Photograph: Kind......
'His belief that he is touched by the Almighty reflects in his performances.' IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan in Anjaam. They have collaborated on only one film, but the dark psychological thriller, Anjaam,......
The batting stalwart will be keen to make amends at the Adelaide Oval, one of his favourite hunting grounds where he averages 65 across formats. IMAGE: Virat Kohli sweated it out in the nets......
All have seven wins each, all capable of adding to that tally and ready to deliver an edge-of-seat sunset finale that might have come straight out of Brad Pitt's recent F1 movie blockbuster.......
IMAGE: Harmanpreet Kaur and Mahendra Singh Dhoni with the ODI World Cup trophy in front of the Gateway of India. Photographs: ICC Cricket World Cup/X Recreating the iconic image of Mahendra Singh......
'In India recently, we didn't have many games there, and we went straight into that and managed to win that first game.' IMAGE: England pacer Mark Wood is hoping to feel fresh going into the first......
IMAGE: Carlos Alcaraz opened the ATP Finals campaign with a win for the first time. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters Top seed Carlos Alcaraz began his bid for a first ATP Finals trophy......