Everyday herbs have great healing potential – particularly in the summer

In his entire career that spanned across four decades Manoj Kumar has never really laughed on screen. He has bled, killed, died, cried, and perhaps sighed more than any other actor in the history of cinema, writes Gautam Chintamani.

As you may have gathered from my occasional references to my TV viewing habits, I am a big fan of TV shows. Offer me a choice between a Hollywood/Bollywood blockbuster and a box set of the most recent...

A new list of the 100 best restaurants compiled by top food critics includes three Indian places. Hot on the heels of the list of Asia’s Top 50 restaurants announced some weeks ago, which I wrote about, is a new list of the world’s 100 best restaurants. Vir Sanghvi writes...

Loyalty and tempers run very high when it has to do with something as personal as a smartphone. Each sliver of praise is gustily cheered and every shred of criticism is vociferously attacked.

Just off the top of my head, these are some of the biggest bugbears: those who conduct long conversations on their mobiles while ignoring everyone else at the dinner table; those who let their kids run riot in public places without any attempt to discipline them...

Let go of the eating practices of winter and begin eating appropriately for summer. The season is changing and gradually, we can see the days become warmer and the sun sharper.

Getting your own custom-made jeep is easier (and less expensive) than you thought. Time to rev up! So why wait for the grass to grow when they are being made right next door; and can cost less than the price of your average hatchback?

I was a little surprised to hear that the legendary London restaurant San Lorenzo is opening an outpost in Bombay. Surprised because San Lorenzo is such a London institution that it is hard to think of it opening anywhere else...Vir Sanghvi writes.

It is a scary time to be the parent of teenager. You don’t just have to cope with the ready availability of drinks and drugs, though that is hard enough. With the virtual mainstreaming of porn...

The success of his fourth release would create history but if Sajid Khan really wanted to rewrite history he should have simply made a Himmatwali, writes Gautam Chintamani.

In an age when obesity has become a global issue, it can be useful to study the eating habits of women who seem to maintain a svelte figure despite what they eat. Japanese and French women, who carry off their enviable figures without dieting or gymming, seem to be exceptions. So what are their secrets?

We have the right to know exactly what we are eating. But judging by the European horse meat scandal, the global food industry doesn’t want us to know what’s on our plate, writes Vir Sanghvi.

For Samsung, the Galaxy S series of flagship phones are their lifeblood. It’s their largest weapon against Apple and the biggest selling premium Android phone series in the world. And Samsung took the...

There is no denying that Sanjay Dutt hasn't suffered a lot in his life, but all the decisions that he took were his own, writes Gautam Chintamani.