Vadakara: The Most Important Contest In Kerala

Shailaja Teacher, arguably the most famous Covid warrior in India, versus former student leader Shafi Parambil who defeated 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan in the last assembly election.Shyam G Menon......

Election 2024: The Big Fights In Kerala

Kerala's election discourse operates surreptitiously.Its explicit face focuses on important national and local issues. At the same time, it seeks to secure apt communal equations to ensure votes,......

Will Modi's TN Outreach Help The BJP?

If the idea was to garner AIADMK votes with or without the three faction leaders after the party broke ties with the NDA, it may not work after all, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Prime......

'Are You On The Side Of Hatred?'

'The time has come for all those believe in a democratic India to stand up and be counted and to make a choice.' IMAGE: Trinamool Congress candidates Sagarika Ghose, right, and Mamata Bala Thakur......

Suicides Highlight HR Ailment At Public Sector Banks

It may sound bizarre, but incidents of public sector bankers dying by suicide could probably equal the number of such bankers quitting their jobs, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Kindly note......

Impact of untimely rain on wheat crop marginal

There has not been a large impact of untimely rain and hailstorm so far in several major wheat-growing areas, and those might have damaged around 3 per cent of the standing crop -- not enough to......

When Santa Wore A Red Sari

The Budget oration of the finance minister and the confidence with which she delivered it, along with the measures and the recent upsurge in the economy would all contribute to unleashing the......

30 RD Burman Gems You May Not Have Heard

Rahul Dev Burman made enough music to last a million lifetimes. As it happens in the case of every prolific artist, some of his work received more love than others. When one thinks of RD classics,......

Bhagwan Bharose Review: Innocence Collides With Hate

Jawan is disproportionately extolled for making political comments, but it is a small film like Bhagwan Bharose that usually sticks its neck out, notes Deepa Gahlot. With television and social......

The Composer Who Made Lataji Faint

'Salilda and my brother Hridaynath would deliberately make my compositions tough.''Their logic was, "You can do it, so why should we not compose accordingly?",' Lata Mangeshkar, who would have......

The Incomparable Waheeda Rehman

Dinesh Raheja doffs his hat to the movie legend, who will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year. IMAGE: Waheeda Rehman in Guide. Rati Agnihotri confides breathlessly, "I was......

Champions League quarterfinal draw is out...

Man City draw Real Madrid, Barca face PSG IMAGE: PSG face Barca in the 4th quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. Photograph: UEFA Champions League/X Defending champions Manchester City will......

Can Windies win prove to be turning point for England?

IMAGE: Liam Livingstone believes England’s win over Windies could be the turning point the struggling team needs. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters England's six-wicket victory over West......

Milestone for England captain Buttler at North Sound

IMAGE: England captain Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten 58 off 45 balls in the 2nd ODI vs Windies on Wednesday, bringing up his 5000 ODI runs en route. Photograph: ICC/X England skipper Jos Buttler......

Curran, Buttler guide England to series-levelling win vs WI

IMAGE: Sam Curran celebrates a West Indies wicket with teammates during the 2nd ODI in North Sound, Antigua, on Wednesday. Photograph: ICC/X Sam Curran took three wickets and Jos Buttler scored a......

1st ODI: Sensational Hope seals Windies win against England

IMAGE: Shai Hope anchored the West Indies reply and then produced some savage hitting to guide his team home. Photograph: ICC/X A magnificent century by Shai Hope powered West Indies to a......