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SRK is more Johnny Depp than Depp

SRK's impromptu party looked refreshingly ‘normal’ and as cool as the Birthday Boy himself. King of Kool could be another tag for the man who once declared himself 'the last of the stars'.

Lobbying for invites to hugs from Rekha—Diwali parties are Bollywood’s power games

There are big-ticket gifting specialists these days who curate the most creative presents—for a big, fat fee. It’s a lucrative side hustle for socialites.

Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai handholding the billion-dollar desi makeover of global luxury

Pity none of the well-behaved guests attempted India’s favourite 'Nagin dance' when Italian brand Bvlgari 'saap' slithered through The Art House in Mumbai.

Bads of Bollywood can’t get more brazenly nepo. The joke’s on us

After watching the most discussed series on Netflix, I was planning to write an asterisk-heavy column. As a tribute to the asterisks in its...

Mumbai measures everything in Bollywood box office terms. Even Ganesh Utsav

The ‘Saiyaara Effect’ has shaken up Bollywood, unable to decode or deconstruct its massive success. Take a look at the staggering numbers: Rs 576 crore on a Rs 40-60 crore budget.

Ravissant high tea in Mumbai, Rahul Mishra’s couture conquest—and Bappa’s arrival

Can haters and doubters kindly stop spilling the tea about a possible successor waiting in the wings to replace Mr Cool Cat? Who can be cooler?

Mumbai-Delhi fashion weeks need a revamp. Not Dharavi and Girgaon

Bless Mr Adani’s kind heart. So glad his view from the private jet will improve by 2032.

Mumbai is seeing a big fat family drama. Priya in, Rani out & saas-bahu saga rules

In the Delhi coverage of Sunjay Kapur’s funeral, the Kapur clan seemed united in grief. And then Rani Kapur broke the ‘bhaanda’. Things turned ugly.

Mumbai social scavengers are a special breed—did full paisa vasooli on Bastille Day in Taj

The venue for Mumbai’s Bastille Day celebrations has been the Taj Mahal Hotel for years. The format of the soirée remains monotonous and unchanged.

Marathi wins in Mumbai’s monsoon madness—and Maharashtrian mulgi gives competition to Malaika

If Cousins T are indeed serious about reconnecting toddlers to Marathi, perhaps they should appeal to Yasmin Shaikh, an acclaimed grammarian and Marathi language expert.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.