The author recalls his father being summoned to examine a peculiar answer sheet at the Panjab University. “It didn’t take him long to figure out that the different handwriting on the same answer sheet belonged to the same person despite the apparent differences in style.”

chandigarh news

Published on Jun 04, 2024 05:12 PM IST

Book Box | Goodbye Paul Auster and CJ Sansom, masters of mystery and intrigue

The books of Paul Auster and C J Sansom

books

Published on May 05, 2024 12:26 AM IST

Review: Echoes from Forgotten Mountains by Jamyang Norbu

A view of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. (Shutterstock)

books

Updated on Apr 27, 2024 05:00 AM IST

Spice of Life: Dramatic twist, saving the punch for the end

In my youth, I was fond of detective stories. (HT File)

chandigarh news

Updated on Jun 13, 2023 11:55 PM IST

The Brunch round-up: The week and how it made us feel

If you have a spare $74,000, you can live like the OG secret agent, 007 himself.

brunch

Updated on Jul 21, 2023 06:05 PM IST

Where Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes live

art culture

Updated on Dec 25, 2021 03:22 PM IST

'You see, but don’t observe’: SC quotes Sherlock Holmes while dismissing plea

The Supreme Court was hearing a plea by a man, who had been awarded the life sentence by a trial court in July 2012 in the murder of a fellow villager.

jaipur news

Updated on Jul 06, 2021 07:37 PM IST

New book uncovers Indian mystery probed by Sherlock Holmes author

The story of that Indian-origin barrister, George Edalji, has now been dug up in detail and brought to life in a new book by London-based historian-author Shrabani Basu

books

Published on Feb 28, 2021 10:27 AM IST

Playing Iron Man was hard and I dug deep: Robert Downey Jr

Robert Downey Jr says that he believes in “aesthetic distance” and that he is not Tony Stark in real life

hollywood

Updated on Dec 13, 2020 05:14 PM IST

Footfairy movie review: Gulshan Devaiah-starrer murder mystery aims big, achieves little

Footfairy movie review: Gulshan Devaiah in a still from the film.

bollywood

Updated on Oct 25, 2020 03:09 PM IST

Enola Holmes movie review: Forget Superman, Henry Cavill is Sher-locked into a new Netflix franchise now

Enola Holmes movie review: Henry Cavill, Millie Bobby Brown and Sam Claflin in a still from the new Netflix film.

hollywood

Updated on Sep 22, 2020 06:20 PM IST

Books to screen: 2020’s films and TV shows inspired by popular books

Adapting a 500-page novel is no easy task as some scenes or instances which work so well in the books, just don’t translate to the screen sometimes.

books

Updated on Jul 24, 2020 07:40 PM IST

Life Hacks: Be like Holmes, and Watson

Children use the Holmes Method to observe things around them. (Representational Image)

relationships

Updated on Jun 28, 2020 08:59 AM IST

Enola Holmes first look: Henry Cavill, Millie Bobby Brown star in Netflix’s reinvention of Sherlock Holmes

Millie Bobby Brown stars as Sherlock Holmes’ sister in Netflix’s Enola Holmes.

hollywood

Updated on Jun 25, 2020 06:31 PM IST

Arjun Kapoor transforms into Robert Downey Jr’s Sherlock Holmes in a ‘pretty special’ artwork

Arjun Kapoor looks menacing as Sherlock Holmes.

bollywood

Updated on May 26, 2020 08:17 AM IST

Mysskin exits Thupparivaalan 2 over budget constraints, Vishal takes over directorial duties

Mysskin and Vishal successfully worked in Thupparivaalan.

entertainment

Updated on Feb 24, 2020 02:14 PM IST

Pankaj Tripathi shares romantic post for wife on Valentine’s Day: ‘I gifted her a hair band 26 years ago and it worked’

Pankaj Tripathi with wife Mridula and their daughter.

bollywood

Updated on Feb 14, 2020 08:18 PM IST

The power of two: Steven Moffat and Mark Gattis

Steven Moffat (left) and Mark Gatiss met at a party in the late 1990s and quickly became friends. They have worked together on Doctor Who, Sherlock and now Dracula, which is currently streaming on Netflix.

hollywood

Published on Jan 17, 2020 06:24 PM IST