Floods End Stalin's Honeymoon

With the unanticipated floods across Tamil Nadu catching the unprepared administration unawares, Stalin finds that some of the early positives that had rubbed on his initiatives have been lost,......

Sasikala brings EPS-OPS rift out in open

The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, left, offers her......

Tamil Nadu and the forgotten clamour for prohibition last election

If purists are surprised as to why and how people are not demanding prohibition or not talking about past promises, both in the election manifestos five years back and even those made to the......

Biden doesn't have a magic wand

But his nature, temperament, his skill to listen to others, and empathise with their pain and hardships will make him a far better president, a leader America has been longing for four years, notes......

Nothing can kill Mallya's appetite for fun

The last few years may have been turbulent for Vijay Mallya but that didn’t stop him from having fun, says Raghu Krishnan. Image: For his 60th birthday in December, Mallya flew in Enrique......

What legacy does Raghav Bahl leave behind?

Of the 131 entities Raghav Bahl follows on Twitter, 20 are politicians and political parties. The rest are a mix of journalists, policymakers, newspapers and Network18 news channels. He follows......

Fun 'n' games converge with movies, devices

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, goes the saying. But the stakes are very high, and it's hard work pleasing youngsters.Recession-hit tech companies believe 2011 will be a promising year.......

Column: Rebuilding Mumbai for the 21st century

Mumbai does not need to be - de-congested - it needs to redeploy its eastern seaboard, writes Sanjeev Sanyal. Mumbai is by far India's financial and commercial capital. Given the success of......

Laal Singh Chaddha Review

Where Laal Singh Chaddha succeeds most is heart, notes Sukanya Verma. When Forrest Gump released in 1994, Tom Hanks was 38 years old. One of the coolest things about Robert Zemeckis' Oscar-winning......

Before These Actors Became Stars...

It's fairly common practice among industry kids to brush up their Bollywood know-how by assisting a well-known director. While Amrita Singh and Saif Ali Khan's son Ibrahim is assisting Karan Johar......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

OTT This Week: Horror! Thrills! Action!

Sukanya Verma offers tons of horror and some happy stuff too, on OTT this week.   Cold CaseWhere to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage: Malayalam (with subtitles) A cop and journalist......

Supreme Court verdict not a setback; protest will continue: Wrestlers

IMAGE: Wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia speak to the media during their protest at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Claiming that the Supreme......

Wimbledon PIX: Battling Norrie sets up Djokovic semis

Tunisian third seed Ons Jabeur will meet the 103rd-ranked Tatjana Maria, who earlier beat fellow German Jule Niemeier, for a place in Saturday's final. Images from Day 9 of the Wimbledon 2022......

Soccer: Barca play first game without Messi; Zizou's son sees red

IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Martin Braithwaite celebrates with teammates after scoring their side's second goal against Real Sociedad in their La Liga match at Camp Nou in Barcelona on Sunday.......

Jankovic undecided on future after comeback at Djokovic event

IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic and former player Jelena Jankovic during their doubles match against Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Olga Danilovic. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters Former world......

'It all started from U-19 World Cup for players like Kohli'

If you look at players like Virat Kohli and Kagiso Rabada, they all started playing U-19 cricket and representing their country in the U-19 World Cup, and look where they are today.A lot of the big......