By Saket Suman, New Delhi : Still recovering from the surprise of being named as the winner of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (English) for his novel "The Blind Lady's Descendants" -- a long suicide note of a 26-year-old -- author Anees Salim has said that the...
By Radhika Bhirani, New Delhi : Between exploring the complex labyrinth of India's criminal underbelly and narrating it to curious readers through his gritty books on dons and mafia queens, there's a lot that writer S. Hussain Zaidi still ends up not telling. A...
By Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Tears welled up my eyes, when I was told by my friend, Mohammed Wajihuddin, an eminent columnist, that not a single wreath or even a flower, was laid at the grave of Prof Mushirul Hasan by Jamia Millia Islamia, the institution that the renowned...
By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : Alyque J. Padamsee, lent glamour to common products and brought luxury products within the reach of the common masses with his catchy and memorable advertising campaigns. Considered the Father of Indian Advertising, Padamsee also excelled as a...
By Vishnu Makhijani, New Delhi : Time was when many trains on the Indian Railways network featured dining cars where you could savour a leisurely meal of your choice as the landscape rolled by. Today, you are served at your berth in a plastic container containing food...
By Bhavana Akella, Murshidabad (West Bengal) : Walking home from school in a small town in West Bengal, a nine-year-old boy saw some of his friends work as rag-pickers. The thought that his companions were unable to study like him because they were poor so agonised...
New Delhi : Veteran actress and philanthropist Shabana Azmi, an active spokesperson for women empowerment, believes having women as leaders can bring about a change. "Women leaders can change the world. When women have a seat at the table, they lend their unique...
By Ajeyo Basu, New Delhi : Ever since she was a kid, Hima Das woke up every morning before the crack of dawn and would go to the local grazing ground in a remote Assam village. With no proper gear or even a playground, she practiced running at this grazing ground,...
By Durga Chakravarty, Dubai : Dubai-based Indian perfumer Abdulla Ajmal, who is the consulting perfumer to Ajmal India, says the label is ready for its "ghar wapsi" to offer the best in the country. Ajmal Perfumes, a homegrown brand in India, was founded by Abdulla's...
By Nishant Arora, New Delhi : That he speaks impeccable English despite being a Chinese comes from the fact that Jack Yun Ma, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba, graduated from Hangzhou Teacher's Institute with a major in English and...