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Revisiting the Miracle of Dunkirk

Seventy-seven years ago, 338,000 British soldiers were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk in France, a stunning great escape which helped Britain avoid defeat in World War II.On July 21, 2017,......

The ones that got left behind at Dunkirk

As Christopher Nolan's film Dunkirk celebrates one of history's most successful rescue operations, never-before-seen images document the fate of more than 80,000 Allied troops who failed to escape......

'Use your privilege to make someone's life better'

Amid the ongoing pandemic, Debjyoti Saha's animation video on the migrant crisis struck a chord with many who shared it all over the Internet.'I wanted to ensure that public memory of the......

'Nehru was eclectic, and brilliant'

Historian Stanley Wolpert, author of several books on India, passed into the ages recently.We remember Professor Wolpert with Rajeev Srinivasan's March 1997 interview published on the occasion of......

A recipe for improving armed forces hiring

To make it possible to attract the best of our young people to join the armed forces, all university courses anywhere in India should include compulsory National Service for a total period of six......

How China's BRI is making inroads into Europe

'Chinese companies have acquired stakes in 13 ports in Europe, including in Greece, Spain and, most recently, Belgium.''Those ports handle about 10 percent of Europe's shipping container capacity,'......

Dunkirk Review: Redefining heroes and humanity

'It's not combat, but deliverance that dictates the action in Dunkirk,' notes Sukanya Verma. War is the ultimate state of chaos. And its damning, damaging consequences torment the screen from start......

'In All Oscars We Have Won, India Has Played A Role'

'When I started to step into the West in 2006, I believed India was not going to be the back end.''I understood that no film-maker wants to believe that they are outsourcing their creativity to a......

Christopher Nolan Remembers 'Dear Friend' Heath Ledger

IMAGE: Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas at the 81st Golden Globes. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Oppenheimer bagged five awards out of its eight Golden Globe nominations,......

Madhubala-Dilip Kumar To Star In 2025 Movie?

Digital ghosts have opened a new can of worms for digital experts. IMAGE: Carrie Fisher's digital ghost in Star Wars 5. In July 2023, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and......

Amy Jackson-Ed Westwick Attend BAFTA

The 2024 British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) were held at the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre, London, and saw its share of the good and the bad. The best was, of......

Spotted! Sunil Mittal At Wimbledon!

Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, seen here with wife Nyna Mittal, skipped business rival Mukesh Ambani's festivities in Mumbai to watch Carlos Alcaraz demolishing GOAT Novak......

Tour de France: Van Aert extends lead with stage four solo win

IMAGE: Jumbo - Visma's Wout Van Aert celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win stage 4, Dunkirk to Calais of the Tour de France on Tuesday. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Wout......