The story of an accidental chef

Chennai is now home for Willi Wilson, for whom everything in life has been accidental, finds Shobha Warrier. Everything in Willi Wilson's life has been accidental; from becoming a chef after......

Of Cricket, Coconuts, and Communists!

Connoisseurs of political dissent dismiss our Communist comrades as mere amateurs. They have a point. When was the last time that an expelled Leftist reached the heights of Uma Bharati's volcanic......

Why Kerala's start-up ecosystem is unique!

'We have integrated start-up space created in almost all the 14 district headquarters of the state.''They have incubation facilities providing entrepreneurs common facilities like shared software,......

Foreign hotel chains push Indian majors on back foot

Marriott-Starwood, Carlson Rezidor and others are winning the tug-of-war for customers with local hotel chains as they add new properties at a breakneck speed. Marriott’s acquisition of......

Chandilya's grand plans to make AirAsia top airline in India

Former model and entrepreneur Mittu Chandilya wants to make AirAsia India's leading airline. Does he have it in him?   Image: AirAsia India, CEO Mittu Chandilya (centre) with actors Shah Rukh......

Leela Group to sell Delhi, Chennai hotels

Hotel Leelaventure Ltd is in talks with sovereign wealth funds of Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Malaysia to sell its prime properties in Delhi and Chennai for around Rs 1,850 crore (Rs 18.5 billion) to pare......

Who has the MOST Rs 100 crore HITS?

Aamir Khan founded the Rs 100 crore club with Ghajini in 2008. Since then, as many as 87 films have scored a century at the box office, sometimes doubling and tripling it. Baahubali - The......

The Man Who Makes Bollywood Look GOOD

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Devdas, Kareeb, Mission Kashmir, Munnabhai MBBS, Rang De Basanti, Delhi 6, Bhag Milkha Bhag, Kalank... all bear the visual stamp of Binod Pradhan's......

Barsaat on my mind

Sukanya Verma revisits Gulzar's Ghalib and finds Barsaat, and Free Love! Seven days of legends and loons, beauty and bane, Dishoom and Die Hard -- doesn’t get more eclectic than this,......

Karan Johar: I loved Tamasha

A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Celebrities, who watched Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone starrer Tamasha over the weekend, praised the film on......