Mumbai's G20 Cover Up

G20 delegates are in Mumbai, so the Maximum City has got hurriedly painted walls and makeover as you can see in the images below:   IMAGE: The Big Coverup. Photograph: Rajesh......

Farmers plant sugarcane, potatoes near protest sites

Land plots filled with wild grasses near Ghazipur, Tikri and Singhu protest sites have been converted into well-curated nurseries with a variety of flowers like marigold and rose.   IMAGE:......

No end to struggle of migrant workers even after reaching home

They had left their homes for greener pastures in faraway Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and Rajasthan.   THE MIGRANTS' STORIES IMAGE: Migrants, wearing masks, wait to get medically......

Why J B Kripalani needs to be remembered

In an era when the misguided youth of today are trying to build political careers by subscribing to divisive ideologies, they need to look to independent thinking icons such as Acharya Kripalani,......

Indian tea companies smell opportunity as Sri Lanka crisis brews

As the economic crisis in Sri Lanka —  the world’s largest exporter of orthodox tea — continues to rage across the island nation, tea producers in India look to cash in on......

Russia-Ukraine crisis: India's tea exports likely to be hit

Tea planters and exporters are "extremely worried" over the possible impact on their shipments to Russia, India's second largest buyer of tea, in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Photograph:......

Tension at China border leaves tea companies in a stir

Planters from Assam said despite the Covid-19 pandemic, trade enquiries from China had been rising. However, owing to the growing conflict, enquiries may dry up. ‘We have seen how the trade......

Tea planters' cup of woes is spilling over

The tea industry, hit by rising costs, falling prices and political unrest in the North Bengal plantations, is especially vulnerable to the COVID-19 lockdown. Boutique teas from Darjeeling, the......

'A film is like a one-night stand'

'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!' IMAGE: Victor Banerjee was in Mumbai to promote the film, The Answer. On the second half of a day of back-to-back interviews, the actor changed......

Step inside Salman Khan's office

'Being Human represents a concept.''We could have pushed the budget to any level we wanted, but we did not.''We wanted to design a place that was easily identifiable and relaxing.''When somebody......

Dulquer Salmaan's Kammatipaadam gets A certificate

The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry. Director Rajeev Ravi’s Kammatipaadam has been given an A certificate by the Censor Board. The film, starring Dulquer Salmaan, will......

First Look: Suresh Gopi returns in My God

Suresh Gopi, who was last seen in The Dolphins, returns to the big screen in director M Mohanan's My God. The actor plays the CEO of a US-based IT company.  The central character in the film......