What I Discover When I Open A Heart?

On this World Heart Day, let us for once imagine that the heart is the centre of emotions. We should fill our heart with things that we will be proud of when anyone opens our hearts -- fill it with......

Is Stalin Slipping Up In A Poll Year?

Independent of the political fallout, which Stalin has sought to arrest through the withdrawal of the measures as fast as they were introduced, there are concerns about the way those decisions came......

Kerala artist's performance banned in temple after son marries Muslim

A Kerala artist is facing a "ban" to perform a ritual artform in local temple festivals in Kannur as his son married a Muslim woman at Karivelloor, a known Left bastion, in this north Kerala......

'The State snatched away my time with my daughter'

'It's little things like these -- sharing medicines, consoling each other after a mulaqat (meeting) or a tearful phone conversation with your loved ones or when we would return, dejected, when our......

When retirement beckons

Our real challenge as a country is perhaps to find retirement solutions for people who have not heard about provident funds or pension funds, writes Ajit Balakrishnan. My friend has been......

Twitter, social media are fertile ground for stock hoaxes

Prominent short-seller David Einhorn raised eyebrows last month when he popped up on Twitter to disavow that he had tweeted about Herbalife Ltd."Apparently I have a twitter impersonator," said the......

Oil prices: Economists get it wrong again!

The spectacular rise in the oil prices since 2004 has flummoxed the world. Nothing, it would seem, explains the phenomenal rise in crude oil prices -- from a mere $30 per barrel in few years back......

Styling with steel

Strangleholds are hard to shake off. And not unlike the more physical fights of dominion, the apparently genteel world of sophistication often witnesses a strife of trends that vie for survival. At......

Is The Great Indian Kitchen gutsy cinema?

If you think the film is gutsy, you are simply being blind to the truth that the whole men-are-worthless slant is saleable right now, argues Sreehari Nair. The Great Indian Kitchen begins as a......

Criminal Justice: More than just a whodunit

At its core, Criminal Justice is a tale of small miscalculations leading to grave consequences, feels Sreehari Nair. Sanaya Rath, tipsy, sad, restless and overcome by sadomasochistic desires,......

Review: Mirzapur is *not* a Gangster Drama...

...But a comedy about Class Wars. Sreehari Nair tells us why. IMAGE: Pankaj Tripathi, Rasika Duggal and Dibyendu Sharma in Mirzapur. There is a lot of gun toting, backstabbing, and killing in......

The Neena Gupta Interview You Must Read!

'I toh don't even understand making crores because I have never done such a commercially hit film in my life.''It's unbelievable for me.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Neena Gupta/Instagram There are......

United's Rangnick fails to live up to 'Godfather' hype

IMAGE: Ralf Rangnick looks as as Manchester United slump to a 4-0 defeat against arch-rivals Liverpool FC in the English Premier League. Photograph: Phil Noble / Reuters When Ralf Rangnick took......

When Shafali Verma faced pacers from Haryana men's team...

Photograph: Kind courtesy, BCCI Women/Twitter Opener Shafali Verma is not just seen as one of the best young cricketers in the Indian team, but pundits believe she has it in her to take the......

Serena out to prove she is the best

'I have definitely always had that will to win. It was something I was born with. I want to be able to do my best and one day tell my daughter that I tried my best.' IMAGE: Serena Williams......

Chronology of ball tampering controversies

Law 42.3 of the Laws of Cricket prohibits a player from rubbing the ball on the ground for any reason, interfering with any of the seams or the surface of the ball, using any implement, or taking......

South Africa add insult to injury

Scorecard South Africa scored an emphatic nine-wicket victory over India in the fifth and final One-Day International to win the series 4-0, at Supersport Park, Centurion, on Sunday. Chasing 201......