Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

Aristotle Would Have Envied Ivan

Ivan Menezes and Arvind Subramanian -- whose birthdays were separated by a month and 3 days in 1959 -- became close friends attending the economics course at St Stephen's.Ivan went on to be a......

'Rishi you are going to be something one day'

'Rishi is brought up with Indian values -- respect our parents, respect our uncles, -- but he is more British.' IMAGE: Britain's first Prime Minister of Asian origin Rishi Sunak delivers his first......

Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain wins 2020 Booker, Avni Doshi misses out

New York-based Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the prestigious 50,000-pound Booker Prize for his autobiographical debut novel Shuggie Bain, a coming of age tale of love and alcoholism set in......

The Left, the Right and us

Now, the world over, policymakers are dusting off their copies of Keynes' classic, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, and figuring out whether there are any answers there to our......

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......

Future imperfect for Indian startups

The high drama of startups speed-dating with angel investors is hard to match, but will India get a new economy at the end of it?, asks Rahul Jacob.  Image: India is witnessing a boom of......

India Is All Set To Shine At Cannes

IMAGE: Kani Kusruti in All We Imagine as Light. With an entry in almost every major section of the 77th Cannes film festival, which kicks off on Tuesday, May 14. with French musician-filmmaker......

The Best Karan Johar Films On OTT

It doesn't seem like it, but 25 years have passed since Kuch Kuch Hota Hai released and introduced a bright, youngm director name Karan Johar. He has directed just six feature films since his......

25 DAZZLING FRAMES In Karan Johar Movies

Larger-than-life fun and froth are Karan Johar's mainstay.It's his ability to surprise in places he's least expected to that make him more versatile than he lets on. Karan Johar is a world within a......

BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS From SRK's Life

What is Shah Rukh Khan's life like? What is it *really* like to be a superstar? What's it really like to be loved by millions of fans all over the world? Khan may try to keep it as natural as he......

#LochteGate means lesser-known swimmers may miss their pay day

  Veteran swimmer Ryan Lochte's brush with Rio police has already hurt his appeal to sponsors - but for two lesser-known team mates, it means they may never get a chance to sign their first......