Kuwait fire tragedy devastates Kerala and Tamil Nadu

The Kuwait fire tragedy that claimed the lives of at least 45 Indians, including 23 from Kerala and seven from Tamil Nadu, has left the two states reeling with grief as stories emerge of the......

A spoilsport in a time of genocide remembrance

'The response to savagery and mass injustice is never a persistent howl.''There will be, among the victims, those who choose to forget the scars, those who go on living, those who challenge the......

Diane Keaton And A Private Tragedy

Diane Keaton's wit and honesty taught us that ageing and uncertainty aren't weaknesses, they are part of what makes us human and graceful, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Diane Keaton shows her......

Pather Panchali@70: Beautiful, Broken People

Seventy years after Pather Panchali released on August 26, 1955, we finally get it.Shuttling between the village of Boral and a studio in Calcutta, caught between worrying about the next purse of......

Why The National Awards Feel Different Now

When you declare 12th Failas the Best Film and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani as the Wholesome Entertainer of the year, you have somehow narrowed the range of the awards, suggesting, in effect,......

The Kannada Film That Trumps Adolescence

The unspoken subject of Mithya is violence, and the big zinger here is our recognition that the movie is showing us the makings of a juvenile delinquent -- perhaps the finest since Truffaut......

Ranji Trophy: Dominant Mumbai, J&K complete easy wins

IMAGE: Mumbai's players celebrate a wicket during the Ranji Trophy match against Puducherry. Photograph: Mumbai Cricket Association/Instagram Mumbai needed just over half an hour to complete the......

Sanju Samson set to miss Kerala's Ranji match

Sanju Samson will miss Kerala's sixth round Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh, beginning in Thiruvananthapuram on January 23, as he has been included in India squad for the five-match T20I......

Ranji final: Form favours Vidarbha vs sprightly Kerala

IMAGE: Captain Akshay Wadkar, who has had a fine run with the bat thus far, scoring 674 runs in nine matches, including two centuries and as many fifties, holds the key to Vidarbha's fortunes in......

Jasprit Bumrah Beyond Numbers

159 dismissals in 36 Tests, 149 dismissals in 89 ODIs, and 89 dismissals in 70 T20s are very good by any standards. And yet they don't speak to Jasprit Bumrah's true value and his special appeal,......

I Don't Get this Indian Cricket Team

They represent a new tribe whose grace and skill-sets lie well beyond my comprehension, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates with team-mates after taking Rassie van der Dussen's......