The Soldier Awarded The First Param Vir Chakra

January 31, 2023 marks the birth centenary of Major Somnath Sharma, who was awarded the first Param Vir Chakra for his bravery in the Kashmir operations in November 1947. We salute this hero whose......

Naveen Patnaik will be Odisha CM for Life

Because he knows Odisha; and Odisha knows him, observes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, seated, with the Indian men's hockey team, which won India's first Olympic medal......

The soldier who won India's first Param Vir Chakra

Major Somnath Sharma was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously for his bravery in the Kashmir operations in November 1947. We salute this hero whose courage has inspired hundreds of thousands......

The sheer pain of losing my father

Time unkindly has a sole endeavour: To drag the person, whose death you are mourning, further and further away from your presence, to some far edge of your falsely anesthetised mind.So your......

India's e-retail revolution: Too good to be true?

  The e-retail market is set for a shake-out with slowing growth, greater competition, huge losses, bloated costs and reduced funding, notes Mohandas Pai The last five years have witnessed a......

Over half of BSE 500 stocks rode the bull in 2015

  11% of these stocks more than doubled, 14% stocks rose 50-100% Even as Indian markets are set to report the first calendar year fall after three years, 282 or more than half the stocks that......

Happy 5th, Xiaomi, now can you show Indians you care?

As Chinese gadget-maker Xiaomi, the world's third largest smartphone seller after Apple and Samsung, turns five today, it will seek to intensify its India push. But there are miles......

When coffee shops turn into offices

Jeet Thayil, poet and writer, might be alarmed at comparisons with Joanne Kathleen Rowling, though it would be impossible not to make at least some superficial ones. If the first of the Harry......

Pathaan Review: Shah Rukh Wows And How!

Shah Rukh Khan's weathered intensity, grizzly charisma and trademark wit lends Pathaan's all-out, devil-may-care antics a sense of purpose that evades mindless acts of mayhem, cheers Sukanya Verma.......

Abhishek Bachchan's #RoadTo20

Abhishek Bachchan is 20 years old. In show business, guys! His first film Refugee, directed by J P Dutta and co-starring Kareena Kapoor, released on June 30, 2000. Abhishek has been posting fond......

Panipat Review

'Panipat has all the meat for a political drama meets war movie. But in Ashutosh Gowariker's failure to process its complexity, the material never rises beyond a mediocre hurray to the Maratha......

What I find compelling about masala movies...

'...that it takes fantasy seriously as a part of real life.'A fascinating excerpt from Jonathan Gil Harris's book, Masala Shakespeare: How A Firangi Writer Became Indian. IMAGE: Gracy Singh and......

In Messi's hometown, hope builds ahead of World Cup final

IMAGE: Pedestrians walk past a mural depicting Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi near the home where he was born, in Rosario, Argentina. Photograph: Agustin Marcarian/Reuters In Rosario, the......

Ashes win what dreams are made of: Cummins

'I grew up watching Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, those guys winning Ashes series. It felt a million miles away from me playing cricket in the backyard and here I am a decade later in this position.'......

Remember these sporting moments?

As we sit at home and miss live action, the wondrous phenomenon of sport has delivered so many past glories that we will probably never run out of things to see, recalls Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE:......

PIX: Desisa wins midnight marathon; Hassan bags double

Sifan Hassan first athlete, male or female, to win the two events at a single Olympic Games or World championships. Images from Saturday's proceedings at the World Athletics Championships in Doha.......

Sports Shorts: Jayaram enters Vietnam Open final

IMAGE: India’s Ajay Jayaram in action. Photograph: PTI India's Ajay Jayaram stood a step away from his first title of the season as he made it to the finals of the Vietnam Open after......