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Burning Man: It’s the freakiest festival EVER!

The Burning Man isn’t your usual festival; it’s a bustling makeshift metropolis dedicated to art and community wherein almost everything that happens is created entirely by its citizens, who are active participants in the experience. Some call it a social experiment, some see it as an interactive arts festival and some see it as a damn good rave party. The Read More


The Uber vs Ola mahayudh

How could there be a revival of the entirely forgettable Hindi movie song of the mid-nineties, Ole Ole? What was the lifespan of these meaningless songs of the “beat and catchy tune” type that had replaced the ones with the unforgettable lyrics and melodies of the ’sixties and ’seventies? Why were people at the next table in the restaurant or Read More


Here is why BCCI can’t help other sports…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India president Anurag Thakur, on Saturday, said that as long as the Income Tax Exemption of the Board remains withdrawn, it will be difficult to help Olympic sporting disciplines as much as they would have liked to. “We, at the BCCI, want to help other sports grow. We had contributed Rs 50 crore to Read More


Ganpati@Home: From Chinchpokli to Chandigarh

We had asked our readers to send us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased below.  Want to share your photographs? You can post your photos RIGHT HERE, along with your name and location and we will publish the best images, with due credit to the sender. Earlier in the Series: Beloved Ganpati at my home Read More


11-minute hat-trick in Bundesliga drama

Substitute Joel Pohjanpalo scored a hat-trick in the last 11 minutes to fire Bayer Leverkusen to a 3-1 win at home to Hamburg SV on an afternoon of late Bundesliga drama on Saturday. Promoted Freiburg also scored twice in the last five minutes for a surprise 3-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach and Sandro Sirigu gave Darmstadt a last minute 1-0 Read More


Obama relives the night Osama was killed

“Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children… ” announced US President Barack Obama after the daring raid at Abbottabad, Read More


The driver wanted us to shell out extra money for an airport drop

Recently I visited Coimbatore for the graduation ceremony of my son. After completion of the ceremony, I had to board a flight to Hyderabad at 09:35 am. I booked an Uber auto. There was a surge pricing and the rate was 1.5x. A normal airport drop would have cost me Rs 125-150 from Coimbatore station to the airport. But as Read More


Tata Nexon to hit the roads in 2017

Tata Nexon is the next big compact SUV to make it into the list. Tata Motors seem to have done all the homework this time. This compact SUV comes packed with the best in class features, variants, power, fuel-efficiency, interiors and even space. What all does it come loaded with? Is the Nexon the compact SUV we all have been Read More


Soon you will be able to access driving licence on your mobile

Soon, you will be able to take your car out without carrying physical copies of your driving licence and the car’s registration certificate (RC). Digital versions of your important documents can be stored in a cloud-based platform, DigiLocker, which can be accessed through your mobile phone. The DigiLocker platform, launched on July 1, 2015, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has Read More


La Liga: Ronaldo scores on return as Real equal club record

Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his return from injury as Real Madrid thrashed Osasuna 5-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday to equal the club’s 1960-61 record of 15 successive La Liga wins. Ronaldo started the rout by knocking home an inviting cut-back from Gareth Bale in the sixth minute, with goals from Danilo and Sergio Ramos sending Madrid 3-0 up Read More