Washington: Barack Obama is back as the US President. His triumph is remarkable considering the odds stacked against him and the challenge posed by his opponent, whose name we forget now because history suggests that nobody remembers the Presidential challenger for more than five hours after the election is formally over. The American way of electing their President is verily… Read more →
This week when Cyclone Nilam buffeted Chennai’s coast, our mind went back to the traumatic days of the last cyclone that hit the city in 1994. It was particularly devastating because we didn’t have the facilities or advanced equipment to handle its aftermath, especially no advanced cameras that we could use to click pictures and post on social media platforms…. Read more →
By Kamal Haasan Clone (Exactly 30 years ago, the groundbreaking Sakalakala Vallavan was released. It has since been voted as one of the top 100 films that nobody knows how and why they became box office hits. For the record, Chinna Thambi tops the list) Whether it’s Alexander The Great or Iruttu Kadai Halwa, it starts off with just the… Read more →
You can put it down to my natural curiosity or you can attribute it to the trained inquisitiveness of the journalist in me, but the fact is the moment I came across the news item ‘Zee News has been hoisted by its own petard in a reverse sting operation by the Jindals’, many intriguing questions came surging into my mind,… Read more →
Mumbai: In yet another bitter controversy in the run up to the much-anticipated India-England series, the visitors have been told that the BCCI would not make available the stumps for the three-day practice match to be played in Mumbai from 30 October. The BCCI’s Technical Committee formally made an announcement in this regard at the Brabourne Stadium. With no stumps… Read more →
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