Munnabhai, MBBS, going to US for higher studies
The hot news on the wires today is that Mira Nair is going to direct the Hollywood remake of Munnabhai, MBBS, with Chris Tucker playing Sunjay Dutt's role. It's going to be …
The hot news on the wires today is that Mira Nair is going to direct the Hollywood remake of Munnabhai, MBBS, with Chris Tucker playing Sunjay Dutt's role. It's going to be …
The tiger woke up one morning and roared: "Who is the most powerful of all jungle animals?" The monkey whispered, "You are, without a doubt." Then the tiger confronted a …
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's decision last night to return the Office of Profit Bill to Parliament for reconsideration of the criteria and the retrospective clause poses a huge dilemma for …
Who was the chief minister—now in the thick of resolving the reservation imbroglio—who built a house on a plot allotted to him as an MLA by the legislators' housing society …
Among the better debates on the reservation issue on television have been the ones that Karan Thapar has been having with pro- and anti-quota students. Last night, on 'India Tonight' (CNBC-TV18, …
There's a cute story in today's Telegraph, Calcutta, on Arjun Singh's godman, Mauni Baba. The 75-year-old guruji, a former trader, yesterday blessed the anti-quota activists, telling them "jeet aapki hogi" (victory will …
The President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has returned the office of profit bill that the UPA government had hurriedly passed after an NDA walkout recently. Kalam has apparently raised two key objections. …
During the last 20 days, when the reservation issue has gripped the nation, a couple of things have been plainly obvious. One, none of our politicians and parties, ruling or …
The notice issued by the Supreme Court to the Centre yesterday asking it to explain the rationale behind its classification of a mass of citizens as OBCs, and the President …
ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Madras: Editors, reporters and correspondents at The Hindu are in a state of shock and disbelief today after another grovelling apology to an automotive major from …
BBC South Asia correspondent Nick Bryant has moved to Sydney after a three-year stint. In his farewell piece Bryant bites into the key difference between American and South Asian journalists: "In Washington, …
Last month, a boat called 'Furnace Australia' arrived in Madras. It was carrying half-a-million tonnes of wheat from Australia to augment dwindling reserves. Three million tonnes more will arrive in …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: The news that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has had to get both his wrists operated at short intervals has created a sort of panic unseen in recent years. …
For an upcoming film called Zamanat, Amitabh Bachchan, who plays the role of a blind lawyer in it, is reported to have bought a pair of Italian sunglasses worth Rs 2.7 …
Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul Mahajan today attended the BJP national executive in New Delhi. Maybe it was a nice signal to the family that the party had not forgotten the deceased leader. …
In news just coming in, Vijay Mallya's United Breweries has pulled out of its bid for the French champagne maker Taittinger following objections from the French labour unions and a bigger …
The winner of the first Churumuri anagram contest is Rohit K.G. of Dubai, UAE. Congratulations to him. Shashi Tharoor's Bookless in Baghdad will soon be on its way to him. The …
In a last-ditch effort to save the fattened cows of socialism, Doordarshan and All India Radio, Prasar Bharati Corporation has proposed a return to the licence fee raj. The plan is …
Rahul Dravid & Co have been comprehensively thumped in the one-day series by Brian Lara & Co. Here are five brand-new excuses the Bhaiyyas in Blue might like to trot out …
To speak truthfully and insightfully today, you must have a sense of the absurdity of human life and endeavour. And by that yardstick, Homer Simpson, the cartoon character in The Simpsons, …
Pope Benedict XVI, on a visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp yesterday, asked God a simple question: why did he remain silent during the "unprecedented mass crimes" of the Holocaust? "In a …
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: The largesse of the rain gods above. Bountiful harvest, joyous faces, mirth, laughter, prosperity and happiness. Farmers would do anything to have the good times rolling. In …
Dharmendra is selling auto finance to truckers on behalf of Sriram Transport Finance Company. Hema Malini is endorsing Kent water purifiers when not asking us to pick up loans from Bank of …
India's 1-3 defeat in the one-day series against West Indies, with the last match still to be played, has predictably led to the prophets of doom leaping into hyperbole. Navjot Singh …
PALINI R. SWAMY writes from Bangalore: The formal announcement has still not been made. The actual price has still not be revealed. The modalities of the sale have still not …