Florence in Italy is fabled as the cradle of the Renaissance. But there is more fun to be had in the city as well from fabulous shoe shopping to truffle sandwiches.
Murdoch Sr, in two days, was a gatling gun of headlines that sent the media in so many directions they lost focus on the witness himself.
She admired him as an artiste but was not in love with the man. And yet she married him, crossing the barriers of religion. Here's an intimate story of a celebrity marriage.
Barkha Dutt was called the "first woman war correspondent" after Kargil. But she says her mother, Prabha Dutt deserves that honour as well/
As Myanmar heads into polls, the closed country is opening up more to tourists as well. In 2012, the annual Shwedagon Pagoda festival was celebrated for the first time since 1988 when the junta banned it. Here's what it felt like.
CVs are mostly a make-or-break link between the applicants and their dream jobs. And considering the important role a resume plays, here are some valuable tips to make your CV impressive.
The perceived age reduction was higher if patients had more procedures done.
Valentine's Day is the one day of the year when Rajyasree Sen becomes a strong supporter of the Shiv Sena. From Facebook gushing to a Love Goddess named Damdami Mai, her cup of V-day phobia runneth over.
There is a morbid fascination with celebrity, which isn't about wanting to be rich or famous or talented but about wanting to feel better about ourselves when they fail.
Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown.
Ever fantasised about going on an African safari? Here’s a diary from the Serengeti.
The Facebook friends list is getting shorter. Just pray that you are accepted in the circle of life, owned and created by Google.
While it may not be possible to give into client demands and churn out more "Kolaveri" videos, there are some valuable lessons that marketing professionals can learn from the video's runaway success.
Ramu Dosawala has a loyal customer base, and no, he doesn’t have a rewards program. There is an important lesson here for marketers.
Who is Govind Tiwari? An 18 year old having fun from his home somewhere? A hacker who managed to game the Twitter trending engine? A marketer who has managed to capture the collective imagination of people trawling social media channels?
The drop in Indian students in Australia, a loss of about 70 million AUD, has caught the government's attention. And it is moving pretty fast to provide security for its little cash cows.
An NRI heads to Goa and finds himself stuck between scary tattooed Russian mobsters and obnoxious NRI families in the pool of the five star hotel.
An NRI wants to kiss the ground of his old janam bhoomi. But can you really ever go home again especially with a 21-month old baby, diaper bag and other paraphernalia in tow?
Watching an entertainment programme like Top Gear doesn't make you dumb - it's just personal taste and desire for a distraction. Top Gear understands what it does, and understands its viewers so well that it is one of the most popular BBC exports worldwide.
Werewolves are creatures who are victims of unlucky accidents; regular humans who have inadvertent contact with the supernatural.
We all know and hoped for the utopian Lokpal. What we got instead were the Jokepal, Thokpal, Chokepal... and many other versions. Which one is your own favorite?
A small movement in a village in Kolhapur could become a beacon of hope in the fight against HIV. Sathya Saran visits Kodoli village where the red ribbon symbol shows up in the rangoli.
Smita Patil's death was a huge loss to films but it also shattered one Bombay schoolgirl's world. On the 25th anniversary of Smita's death today, Deepa Deosthalee remembers how their lives had briefly touched.
Sohaila Kapur offers a look at the private side of Dev Anand, his marriage: family relationships, Zeenat Aman and much more.
The horror that is Masterchef India is back and it’s even worse than before.
Forget all the brouhaha over MasterChef Australia. Indian cooks face far more rigorous tests each day in their own kitchen. Tests that most Michelin starred chefs are likely fail.
The problem with logic systems that assume that only people who have something to hide want privacy is deciding who gets to conceal, and who gets to pull away the mask.
Lost in the competitive circuses of the games in our phones, we forget that the original circus was more than just about buying and selling.
We've all read those interviews with celebrity wives, gushing about their perfect husband, marriage and life. Well, this isn't one of them. Meera Muzaffar Ali offers a rare peek into a Bollywood marriage that looks astonishingly like ours.
Ardent readers are parasites upon the current of history: we live for the drift, the doze, and the dream; we hope someone else is doing the steering.