Waheeda Rehman
Classical beauty and legendary actress on her role in the crossover film <i>Brides Wanted</i>
State Gazette
The Son Will Lead The Battle; Have Gun, Will Shoot; Water Marks; Seating Trouble; Wet Weather
Death At Sandheads
Why are ships queuing up to die in the Bay of Bengal? Gets their owners easy money.
Skill On Skid Row
Industry rejects private sector reservation plan, say services, FDI will be hit bad
Lakshya, By Chance?
Nouveau hip? No problem...but filmdom's cool dude still has to prove he's no fluke
A Share In Power?
Here's the surprise. Over a third of the current Lok Sabha members are enthusiastic followers of the equity cult. A ready reckoner of who owns what in which company
A Billion Gandhis
Down the ages, a natural tolerance—tinged with faith—has been our subsoil. Why do my friends foist a dry import like secularism upon this rootedness?
Wanted: Fools Like Pugazhendi!
A village clinic where patients pay anything between Rs 5-Rs 25 for treatment and medicines
In Nervous Anticipation
The American industry reps are assuaged but not assured about the new government's policy intent
See You On Saturday
It's exclusive, it's elitist. And many from this thinktank are in the government now.
Whither, Magic Wand?
This team's our best ever in terms of talent, but what it needs is brains to bring home the gold <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=24 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
It is the best one so far, but there is hardly any Quidditch
That First Step
Several leading hospitals in the metros also have their deaddiction centres. So do the police.
The Naked Lunch
Booze, coke, designer drugs. Meet the frequent fliers of yuppiedom'snot-so-velvet underground.
The Life And Times Of Your MP-At-Large
Your representatives solemnly owned up to these cases in the affidavits filed by themselves at the time of nominations. Tainted out of 100 : BJP 26 (19%), Congress 15 (10%), SP 11 (31%), RJD 10 (40%), BSP 7 (37%), NCP 5 (56%), CPM 5 (12%)....
Catch Me If You Can
Experts and social activists feel that the test for excluding those charged with criminal offences from public life should include three categories at least.
The Law Vs The Legislator
Murder, rape, criminal conspiracy, theft. It's all in a day's work for some of our more colourful MPs.
TV And The Nonsensex
Oh, the cacophony of hysterical 24/7 reporters, yuppie stockbrokers and callow FIIs!
Bull's Eye
Natwar Singh is a man in a hurry. He seems to be carrying out an agenda. Does Natwar Singh himself know whose interests he would be serving if his ...
Bibliofile
With a new PM installed, can books on him be far behind? But publishers lament that 24/7 news channels are killing off the quickies.
Wanna Disco?
The arrhythmia of the narrative reflects the staccato nature of a life of lazy moments interspersed with frantic activity. If it strikes the right chord in JEE qualifiers, it could achieve cult status.
Won't Dingo On You, Jim
Johnsingh trails the area where Jim Corbett worked, and while not in the same class, there are some amazing descriptions of his early years and his study on the wild dogs of Bandipur.
Vir...Nom De Epicure
Who'd be rude to India's best food writer? Even if he occasionally lands you in a rice soup.
In Bangla Bhai's Emirate Of Terror
A rabid Mullah Omar clone wreaks havoc on the country's 'moderate Islamic' image