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Concept cars are exciting, period. They hint at the possibilities of the future and hold the promise of the impossible coming to life. While a few concepts may never see the light of day, others make it to the plant with heavy changes in its producti

Last month, Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian male squash player to crack the world top 10. But around the same time last year, he had very seriously considered quitting after an early singles defeat at the Commonwealth Games. "To lose in the sec

I grew up hearing statements like The Porsche 911 is the greatest sportscar ever. Everyone who had driven one automotive expert or otherwise seemed to be echoing the sentiment. While a regular school-going like me was no one to contest those claims,

Readers familiar with Ian McEwan would have two expectations from his novels: an event that irreversibly changes everything and a protagonist who's a professional, but has no say in the event. The ordered, rational mind of a surgeon is dramatically a

As caped crusaders go, Bruce Wayne's brief was straightforward: a bike that could function as an escape pod from the Batmobile by moving sideways or altering its length; equipped with cannons to take out the bad guys, and as Batman's ride, goes witho

Set in 1945, Kalank (2019) uses pre-Partition India as its backdrop, when religion mattered more than national unity. In this film, it's a Muslim tawaif, Bahaar Begum (Madhuri Dixit), who first emerges as a secular hero, singing paeans to Rama and de

Q. What prompted you to come up with We The Sikhs, a coffee-table book on Sikhism and gurudwaras? I thought of how beautiful Sikhism is. Looking up to the teachings of Sikhism is the need of the hour. They are a wonderful people and their way of life

You see the cut out of a bent woman's skeleton. Her long hands reach the ground, a rice plant is in touching distance. Jithinlal NR used the memories of his grandmother when coming up with this image, but also relied on a song about a Dalit woman who

Q: How do you look back at your own career (his first show was in 1997)? I often describe this book covering two decades of work as a "retro-prospective," looking back in order to look ahead more clearly. I don't reflect on my past work in evaluative

The year 2019 will be a landmark one in the Indian automotive industry as it will see the launch of not one but multiple global standard electric cars as well as cars with the next level autonomous driving capabilities. While the Korean manufacturing

Hindi's antiquity is about as genuine as the antiquity of the pracheen temples that keep popping up on public land. But the fact of the matter is that ever since the process of the invention of modern "Hindi" started in the late 19th century, there h

Krishna Sobti, one of the past century's greats of Hindi literature, was 92 when Gujarat Pakistan Se Gujarat Hindustan was published. Its events span perhaps a year, soon after Independence. As if in deference to the elapsed 70 years and the nature o

LICORERIA LIMANTOUR Mexico City Mixologist Benjamin Padron Novoa Where: At what is known as the best Latin American bar, ranking at number 11 on the World Top 50 Best Bars list, mixologist Benjamin Padron Novoa makes his own syrups and clarified juic

Every time Amit Shah addressed a meeting in Bhopal in the past five years, he promised a tough fight to the Congress in Guna and Chhindwara-the only two seats in the state that the grand old party had won in 2014. The BJP president has the reputation

As a city, Kolkata today is like a digitally-filtered black and white photo on an Instagram post; nostalgic about a proud past but valiantly foisting a modern rendering on a contemporary medium. Much of that whimsical dichotomy makes its way to the h

Q. Unlike the last election, the opposition is completely united this time. On the other hand, the Rashtriya Janata Dal seems to be riding a sympathy wave. A. If there's a wave in Bihar, it is the Narendra Modi wave and this second wave is stronger a

Q. The 2014 Lok Sabha and assembly election results were attributed to the Modi wave. What are you banking on this time? A. Both Narendra Modi and the work done by our government. PM Modi has shown he is capable of delivering. People instantly compar

Washington, D.C. serves as a true haven for culinary enthusiasts. As a chef living in Washington, D.C. for 13 years, it's difficult to select my favourite restaurants in a city thriving with such incredible dining options; however, I have narrowed my

India Today Group's flagship publications-India Today (English) and India Today (Hindi)-continue to dominate the magazine space as the most read periodicals in the country, with a total readership of more than 9.1 million and 7.7 million, respectivel

YOUNG Aishwarya Pissay had no inkling that a below average performance in the twelfth grade would pave the way for a career that she had only imagined in her wildest dreams. Having grown up in a regular Indian family, she was expected to take the col

VIP's in lost helicopters have been entertaining Bihar's villagers all through April. On April 9, a chopper carrying Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan and deputy chief minister Sushil Modi was surrounded by curious villagers after it was for

Advancing rights through the courts in India remains a difficult task. Facing a conservative judiciary, a hostile executive and vested interests of dominant social orders, advocates have to turn to the text of the Constitution, the precedents of the

If critics of China's Belt and Road Initiative-including India, which has been among the most vocal in flagging many of its problems-were hoping the growing challenges facing the plan would force a rethink of China's ambitions, they might do well to

Starting May 2, India will no longer be able to import crude oil from Iran, it's third largest supplier after Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The development threatens to squeeze India's oil supplies and push prices up, increasing the burden on the finances o

Q. It's clear from the BJP's election pitch that national security has taken precedence over development in the poll campaign. Does Balakot carry more weight than Ujjwala, Jan Dhan and Mudra now? There is no contradiction between national security/ n

It has to be said. Rahul Gandhi has made a game of it. Two years ago, it looked like the next general election would be a walkover for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA. Rahul may not have the oratory of Modi or the guile of BJP president Amit

Mumduha Majid Saheba, an executive member of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board, had long been a rebel in her community. Daughter of an officer who worked at the Indian embassy in Iraq for 20 years, she never wore a burqa, encouraged other Musli