'Tantrik?' screams Lalu. 'What tantrik? I am the baap of all tantriks there is no bigger tantrik than me. Isn't that so?'

Receiving the award at the closing night of the festival here last night, Ratnam said "I am honoured and humbled to receive this icon award.

A series of Modi’s decisions last week were so populist, dithering and spineless as to make Manmohan Singh look a lion by comparison.

It is said that Ayurvedic treatments are most effective during the monsoon, so why not make the best of the season and head to Kumarakom in...