Chitra Palekar
She remained on the fringes, as an assistant to director ex-husband Amol Palekar. Finally, at nearly 60, she directs her first film, Mati Maay (A Grave-Keeper's Tale), in Marathi.
Car, Caviar, And A 4-Br
It's an aspirational rush. Earning more, and younger, urban Indians are buying into a whole new lifestyle of guilt-free spending.
The Ant Bully
Hollywood animation can be boringly formulaic. And this one is all about some self-righteous moralising.
Psst...Missiles Going Cheap
He is the 'big man' of defence deals. Nanda's network cuts across party lines.
'The Grameen Bank Won It'
'We (Bangladesh) have taken many things from the world, now we have given something to the world, a model to build a poverty-free society.'
Small Change
High rates, extortionary practices are the reality. But the big fish are moving into microfinance.
Friend, Healer,Confidante
She convinced women about family planning but today faces the ire of Buddhist clerics
It's Written In The Stars
A banker who wrote in the small hours. And how one meeting changed her life.
Life Is An Office
The ban on child labour is welcome, but is the government equipped to implement it?
Bull's Eye
The CBI did a splendid job in probing the revived Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case. Contrast this with its handling of political cases.
Nandroids On Speed
Beginning a second successive article with Pakistan may seem a bit too much, but do I have a choice?
Bibliofile
"This is the worst book I've ever read in my life. It is perverse, horrible and awful, and there is no way to rescue it." Guess what a <i>New Yorker</i> magazine editor was talking about?
Single In New Deloo
No need to buy this strange little compilation for your bathroom bookshelf, go read it at a bookstore in half-an-hour.
Cricket, Portraits And Landscapes
A treasure house of never-before-seen picturesthat sketch our cricket history better than words
