Playgrounds encourage scams like IPL spot-fixing and betting. Instead, we should ensure that everyone plays video games inside their own homes, suggests Neeta Kolhatkar, tongue firmly in cheek
'No other language can now take its place. English is the language of professional education, which gives you a passport to a bright future,' says T N Ninan.
'His speech at the bhoomi puja will stand out for a long time in the memory of those who listened to it for touching the pinnacle of excellence and brilliance in both style and content,' declares B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
'I keep my eyes wide open all the time, twitch my nose, my tongue is always out, I keep tapping my fingers and eat toothpaste.' Parineeti Chopra goes 'mad' in Hasee Toh Phasee.
Take a look at what our stars did and didn't say this past week!
World soccer great Diego Armando Maradona, who died on Wednesday less than a month after his 60th birthday, was worshipped like a god for his genius with the ball, but his demons almost destroyed him.
Attempts are being made to balance the need for health of the sector, consumer interest while complying with the Supreme Court order on statutory dues.
The year was a good year for cine-goers and ended with biggest blockbuster Hindi cinema has ever seen so far.
Brace yourself for some tongue-in-cheek advice on how to play smart when you're caught in intellectual company.
Here's what went down in the Hindi film industry this past week.
A passed out guest on the floor to kids pulling funny faces at the perfectly wrong moments are not what we associate with wedding photography. But that's the magic of Ian Weldon's photography which captures the real character of the big day. Discussing the amusing moments he's caught on camera, Ian Weldon, from Newcastle, said: 'I am not a wedding photographer. Instead, I prefer to call myself a photographer that photographs weddings'. With his debut exhibition taking place at the Martin Parr Foundation at the end of the month -- coinciding with the launch of a new book co-published by the foundation and RRB PhotoBooks -- Ian's new series, simultaneously titled I am Not A Wedding Photographer, is by no doubt set to shine some light on the traditional genre. With his kind permission, here are some of the hilarious images.
Adah Sharma to do item song in Tamil with Simbu.
Speaking to Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Clarke and Mark Butcher, who were discussing the game in a television studio in Mumbai, Shastri came up with a rather interesting way to describe the tense moments of the game with Australia almost pulling-off a record chase.
Movie releases or not, Bollywood is always abuzz with a lot of action. In this tongue-in-cheek roundup, we bring you everything that went down in tinsel town this past week.
Tennis stars descended on Kolkata when a prelude to the Indian Premier Tennis League had legends like Martina Navratilova, Leander Paes, Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi play in the Tennis Masters on Tuesday.
Movie releases or not, Bollywood is always abuzz with a lot of action. In this tongue-in-cheek roundup, we bring you everything that went down in tinsel town this past week.
Bangladesh has banned Hindi-dubbed version of the popular Japanese cartoon 'Doraemon' from its TV screens over fears that youngsters hooked to it might struggle to learn their native tongue Bengali.
Rajesh Pratap Singh probably had his tongue firmly in cheek when he showcased his hospital-ward-on-the-runway collection.
Movie releases or not, Bollywood is always abuzz with a lot of action. In this tongue-in-cheek roundup, we bring you everything that went down in tinsel town this past week.
Here's what went down in Bollywood this past week.
Australian newspaper defies criticism, reprints Serena Williams cartoon
Movie releases or not, Bollywood is always abuzz with a lot of action.
At 45, Brad Hogg is almost an anachronism in the youthful world of Twenty20 cricket but the Australian chinaman bowler continues to prove he still has what it takes to be successful.
In this tongue-in-cheek roundup, we bring you everything that went down in tinsel town this past week.
Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo's knee problem is getting better but he still might have to sit out their Champions League match at home to Atletico Madrid, coach Maurizio Sarri said on Monday.
'As an actor, I think about the beauty of getting comfortable in the uncomfortable.'
The latest tongue lashing from the leader came while inaugurating a festival in Burdwan district
'All governments disappointed us. Now we don't have faith in any of them'
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors is not a great show, but an efficient one, notes Sreehari Nair.
'Among Dalits, the Valmikis were the biggest voters of the BJP.' 'They now feel Yogiji has failed them in Hathras.'
If you'd like to know more about Rajini the actor, Saisuresh Sivaswamy offers a wide selection.
Here are 8 images that show we live in a crazy, odd world
'There is space for many faces and many tongues in this Republic of ours. But it only has one Constitution, and its citizens are vigilant,' says Mitali Saran.
Things like the increase in worker diversity can only be all to the good, but what about the steadily rising proportion of 'temporary' workers? Asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Prithvi Shaw, on Wednesday, said his captain Virat Kohli tried his hand at marathi, the teenager's mother tongue, to make him feel comfortable in the hours leading up to his Test debut.
Neymar and Mbappe satins are Paris fashion must-haves.
On his 55th birthday, Sukanya Verma celebrates his inimitable ways in 10 scenes that she keeps returning to time and again.
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