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Delhi saves 290 MW by switching off lights during Earth Hour

Delhi saves 290 MW by switching off lights during Earth Hour

26 March 2017 4:23 PM IST
The global Earth Hour initiative aimed at energy conservation was observed between 8.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. on Saturday.
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Pay up or face action: Delhi govt to BSES

Pay up or face action: Delhi govt to BSES

22 Jun 2012 7:55 AM IST
The Reliance Infrastructure-backed BSES has been asked by the Delhi government to pay up around Rs 1,300 crore in dues immediately, failing which...
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India’s economic wisdom
"Economic Sutra: Ancient Indian Antecedents to Economic Thought" | India’s economic wisdom

Author: Satish Y Deodhar

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

Thomas Macaulay famously articulated his colonial prejudice: “A single shelf of a good European...

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Exposing hostility
"The Windrush Betrayal" | Exposing hostility

Author: Amelia Gentleman

Publisher: Guardian Faber

Price: 1513

The story of The Empire Windrush ship which docked on the British shores in June 1948 with 492...

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Peril of the digital age
"Tools and Weapons" | Peril of the digital age

Author: Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Price: 699

Microsoft faced one of the defining Antitrust cases by the US Department of Justice in 1998. A phase...

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Technology in a political veil
"Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe" | Technology in a political veil

Author: Roger McNamee

Publisher: Harpercollins

Price: 1689

This is one occasion on which I have been convincingly reminded not to be over-expectant about...

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Inside Xi’s politics
"Inside the Mind of Xi Jinping" | Inside Xi’s politics

Author: Francois Bougon

Publisher: Westland Publications

Price: 599

With Xi Jinping being named President of China for life, a new book explores whether a fresh...

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Women & the life of a man
"Two Sisters" | Women & the life of a man

Author: Rabindranath Tagore

Publisher: Niyogi Books/Thornbird

Price: 150

Rabindranath Tagore’s Dui Bon or Two Sisters is a novella originally written in Bengali. Its...

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The undoing of Pakistan
"Pakistan: At the Helm" | The undoing of Pakistan

Author: Tilak Devasher

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: 499

The book’s cover is a collage of eight faces of those who were at the helm in Pakistan since its...

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Bringing the flavour of van Gogh to grunge Kolkata
"On The Road to Tarascon" | Bringing the flavour of van Gogh to grunge Kolkata

Author: Arnab Nandy

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 350

What do Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh and India’s grand old city, Kolkata, share...

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TThe quirkiness of being English – a spirited investigation
"Ben Fogle English" | TThe quirkiness of being English – a spirited investigation

Author: Ben Fogle

Publisher: William Collins

Price: 599

What do we make of the English? Inhabitants of a small island who went on to amass a large global...

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Capturing the trials and tribulations of Indians
"On India Khushwant Singh" | Capturing the trials and tribulations of Indians

Author: Edited by Mala Dayal

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 195

Breathes there the man with soul so deadWho never to himself hath saidThis is my home, my native...

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The Midnight Watch
"The ship that watched the Titanic sink - a quest to find why" | The Midnight Watch

Author: Vikas Dutta

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Price: Rs499

The unsinkable ship didn’t live up to its reputation – except in popular culture. It has been over a...

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Chronicling the author who came out from the cold
"John le Carré: The Biography" | Chronicling the author who came out from the cold

Author: Adam Sisman

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Price: Rs 799

In the publisher's introductory note to the book, Bloombury says, “Over half a century since ‘The...

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A technically impressive film

"‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’" | A technically impressive film

Director: JJ Abrams

Star Cast: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega

This ninth episode of the “Star Wars” franchise is the last of the sequel’s trilogy after “The Force...

Of Shashi Tharoor’s wit and little else

"One Mic Stand" | Of Shashi Tharoor’s wit and little else

Director: Sapan Verma

Star Cast: Shashi Tharoor, Bhuvan Bam, Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadha

Skip to episode five and watch Shashi Tharoor and Kunal Kamra’s gigs if you are in speedwatching...

Brilliant performance nails the character

"Joker" | Brilliant performance nails the character

Director: Todd Phillips

Star Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz

For those unaware of the DC comic universe, the Joker is the supervillain who appeared in...

Adorable and occasionally magical

"Abominable" | Adorable and occasionally magical

Director: Jill Culton

Star Cast: Chloe Bennet, Tenszing NorgayTrainor, Albert Tsai

There is something soothing, subtle and lovable about this 3D animated film. Despite being...

A Shahid canvas

"Kabir Singh" | A Shahid canvas

Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga

Star Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Arjun Bawa

A Hindi remake of the popular Telegu film Arjun Reddy, director Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Kabir Singh,...

Chopticks: A big let down

"Chopticks" | Chopticks: A big let down

Director: Sachin Yardi

Star Cast: Abhay Deol, Mithila Palkar and Vijay Raaz

There is a vast difference between smart cinema and smart ass cinema. The latter is designed by...

A charming Disney fare

"Dumbo" | A charming Disney fare

Director: Tim Burton

Star Cast: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin, Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins, Roshan Seth, DeObia Oparei, Sharon Rooney, Phil Zimmerman, Douglas Reith, Joseph Gatt

Director Tim Burton’s Dumbo is a live-action film inspired from Disney’s 1941 animated classic of...

Familiar but taut thriller

"Escape Room" | Familiar but taut thriller

Director: Adam Robitel

Star Cast: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Tyler Labine, Deborah Ann Woll, Nik Dodani, Jay Ellis

Adam Robitel’s Escape Room is a taut thriller that surely keeps you enthralled. It is an escape room...

Funnily scary and mediocre

"Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween" | Funnily scary and mediocre

Director: Ari Sandel

Star Cast: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Jack Black, Caleel Harris, Chris Parnell, Ken Jeong

This is a sequel to the 2015 released film Goosebumps. The action in this film revolves around three...

Not so medium

"‘Hindi Medium’" | Not so medium

Director: Saket Chaudhary

Star Cast: Irrfan Khan; Saba Qamar; Deepak Dobriyal; Dishita Sehgal

Finally someone made a movie on a very relevant subject of how language divides our society and...

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