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Time To Elect, Not Select Governors

In a federal democracy, the people must have a say (indirect or direct) in an office as important as that of governor.Especially in a governor who can now effectively veto a bill by simply refusing......

A Signature Moment: Trump Ends Shutdown

Glimpses from events unfolding around the world. IMAGE: United States President Donald John Trump signs the funding bill to end the US government shutdown at the White House, November 12,......

It's Taken 500 Years For This To Happen!

500 years after Britain's then King Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic church over its refusal to sanction his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, 'his successor, King Charles III, prayed......

Mamdani flaunts his Indian roots at victory speech

From Nehru's 'Tryst with Destiny' to 'Dhoom Macha le' New York's newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, did not forget to flaunt his Indian roots during his first victory speech, although he did not......

What Democrats Can Learn From Zohran Mamdani

His victory means that his party will have to learn from him, because after the rise of Donald Trump, the Democrats have been in disarray. They have had no real answer to the Trump phenomenon and......

The Voice Behind India's Stories Falls Silent

What he carried, straight from the heartland of India, was the refreshing smell of mitti (soil) that permeated every word he wrote, recalls Jasmeet Singh Gandhi. IMAGE: Piyush Pandey's signature......

What's Bipasha Celebrating in Dubai?

Photograph: Kind courtesy Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover/Instagram Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover celebrated their daughter Devi's third birthday on November 12 with a holiday at the......

Will India Shine At The Grammys?

IMAGE: Sitarist Anoushka Shankar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anoushka Shankar/Instagram Eleven-time Grammy-nominated sitarist Anoushka Shankar has added two more nominations to her kitty. Her......

Did These Films Influence Zohran Mamdani?

New York City's newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani, who created history with his big win, ended his victory speech with the song, Dhoom Machale from the Dhoom movies. Why didn't Zohran pick a song......

What Made Geeta Dutt's Life So Tragic

The song that best encapsulates Geeta Dutt's unfairly abbreviated life would probably be: Yaad Karoge, Yaad Karoge, Ek Din Humko Yaad Karoge.On her 95th birth anniversary on November 23, Dinesh......

'Making Films Is Not What I Do, It Is Who I Am'

'I was just a little kid in a darkened theatre, and I remember that beam of light just cut across the room, and I remember looking up, and it seemed to just explode on the screen.' IMAGE: Tom......

India's World Cup Queens Shine at Rashtrapati Bhavan

IMAGE: Harmanpreet Kaur and President Droupadi Murmu with the World Cup trophy. Photograph: RB-Media President Droupadi Murmu met the World Cup-winning Indian women's cricket team at the......

51 crore reward for India's World Cup queens!

IMAGE: India won their maiden Women's World Cup title with a 52-run victory over South Africa at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The Board......

Why Aussie swimming queen retired at her peak?

IMAGE: Ariarne Titmus of Australia her third individual Olympic gold medal in a 400m freestyle final dubbed ‘the race of the century’. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Australian......

Stalemate Drama In Game 1 Of Chess WC Semifinals

IMAGE: Grandmaster Wei Yi of China settled for a 33-move draw with Andrey Esipenko, who plays under the FIDE flag, in Game 1 of the Chess World Cup semifinals, in Panaji on Friday. Photograph:......

U-19 World Cup: India to take on USA in opener

IMAGE: Australia are the current champions of the Men's U-19 World Cup. Photograph: Cricket Australia/X India will take on the USA in the opening match of the 2026 Men's U-19 World Cup, to be held......