Women Deserve To Live, Not Because They Might One Day Win An Olympics Medal
At this moment, Sakshi Malik seems like the perfect argument for womanhood. The 23-year-old wrestled every nightmare that patriarchy has gifted us to emerge as the Olympics hero the country has been...
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Let's All Take A Moment To Appreciate Jimmy Sheirgill, Guys
An Empire Magazine article (if I remember correctly) once coined a wonderful term to describe your favourite 'that guy/girl' character actors in movies: 27-percenters. This is an umbrella term for...
View ArticleIt Would Take An 'Avengers 7' To Get Natalie Portman Back On Board With Marvel
By Odin's beard! After two "Thor" movies, Natalie Portman says she's done with the Marvel Cinematic Universe ― and wouldn't you be, too?Controversial opinion time: In "Thor: The Dark World," the...
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Welcome To The Anti-Olympics, Where Brazil's Artists Are Taking On Their...
RIO DE JANEIRO ― For the first time in six years, there was a line outside of Canecão. The famed "Big Saucer" music venue had been closed since 2010. But tonight, a ragtag and rambunctious group of...
View ArticleWhat Playing Badminton Taught Me About The Harsh Realities Of Sport In India
Close to four years of my schooling were mostly devoted to sports. My parents were very supportive despite their limited means. Though I had all possible support at my disposal, I achieved very little....
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Gawker Media Was Saved, But Gawker.com Is Over
Gawker.com, which punctured the egos of media executives and celebrities and injected a much-imitated snarky tone into internet writing, will shut down after 14 years of operation, the website...
View ArticleWATCH: Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma's Security Staff Thrash Local Guards...
NEW DELHI -- Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma's security staff thrashed guards at a Ghaziabad housing society on Thursday, revealed CCTV footage. According to reports, the incident took place as Sharma's...
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Meet Major DP Singh, India's First Blade Runner
I heard about Major DP Singh during the One Rank One Pension (OROP) media coverage. The OROP scheme is a long-standing demand of the armed forces for a uniform pension to all defence personnel, who...
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Air India Gifts Sakshi Malik Business Class Tickets To Anywhere In The World
The 23-year-old wrestler from Mokhra village near Rohtak, Sakshi Malik, who recently won India's first medal at the ongoing Rio Olympics, wanted to become a sportsperson to fly in an aeroplane. She...
View ArticleEven In Developed World, Living And Thriving Past 100 Isn't For Everybody
Children and teenagers in the world's developed countries have a more than 50 percent chance of living past 100. By the early 2100s, in other words, "being a centenarian will no longer be a rarity. In...
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EXCLUSIVE: Here's MAMI's Official Campaign Film, Helmed By Vasan Bala And...
The Mumbai Film Festival, organised by Mumbai Academy Of Moving Image (MAMI), has come up with an official campaign film for its 2016 edition, but this time with a twist.While previous films used...
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'Hyperloop Is A Perfect Fit For India,' COO Of Hyperloop Transportation...
When Elon Musk talks about something, it is always a good idea to listen. More so, if he is talking about a futuristic transportation system. In August 2013, Musk presented a white paper on the...
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Interview: Meet The Man Who's Bringing Digital Disruption To Indian Newsrooms
Dubbed as the man who is "transforming newsrooms in India", Nasr ul Hadi works at the intersection of technology and news. As a Knight Fellow for the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ), Hadi...
View ArticleThese Indian-Origin Chefs Are Making Instagram A Happy Place
What do you find yourself doing on Friday evenings when you're down with a flu? Or Saturdays you are too lazy to go out on? Or during work breaks on dreadful Mondays? You are stalking Fawad Khan on the...
View ArticleRanbir Kapoor Finally Breaks (Long) Silence On Break-Up With Katrina Kaif And...
Ranbir Kapoor, once heralded as the next-gen superstar, has found himself in a pretty serious professional and personal crisis.A much-publicised break-up with former girlfriend and live-in partner...
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art Of Living Calls NGT Panel Report 'Unscientific And...
NOIDA -- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living has termed as "unscientific and illogical" a National Green Tribunal panel's report, which held that AOL's three-day "World Cultural Festival" caused...
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Anyone Can Get Reliance JioFi With Preview Offer Now
Reliance has made their Jio Wifi device open for all with a preview offer of three months of unlimited 4G data. Earlier, this offer was only valid for the buyers of HP Laptop.Jio has now listed the...
View Article'If Pellet Guns Are Banned In Kashmir, CRPF Will Be Forced To Fire Bullets'
SRINAGAR -- The CRPF has informed Jammu and Kashmir High Court that if pellet guns are banned as a crowd control measure, its personnel will be forced to fire bullets in extreme situations, which can...
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Narsingh Yadav Says His Dream Of Winning A Medal For India At The Rio...
RIO DE JANEIRO -- His dream of representing the country in Rio Olympics shattered after a verdict of the CAS, a devastated Narsingh Yadav today said that he will do everything to prove his innocence.In...
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Usain Bolt Reaches Unprecedented Territory With 200-Meter Victory
Usain Bolt won his second gold medal during the Rio Olympics on Thursday night in the men's 200-meter dash.The feat makes the Jamaican sprinter the first person to win both the 100-meter and 200-meter...
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