By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) French directors Pierre X. Garnier and Jose Revault are working on a documentary which traces the life of ace choreographer Terence Lewis as a man in his…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Religion is blamed for the “dirt it carries” but the fault lies elsewhere, says a timely new book on the subject given the difficult period India and…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Halkaa”; Director: Nila Madhab Panda; Cast: Paoli Dam, Ranvir Shorey, Tathastu, Aryan Preet, Anjan Rath, Navisha Kalra, Harshit Mahawar and Kumud Mishra; Rating: *1/2 Director Nila Madhab Panda’s “Halkaa”, which figuratively…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Gali Guleiyan”; Director: Dipesh Jain; Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Shahana Goswami, Ranvir Shorey, Neeraj Kabi, Om Singh, Arbaaz Khan; Rating: ***1/2 Inspired by a true story, “Gali Guleiyan” is an astutely mounted…
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is now actively involved in an ambitious multilingual web series based on his book ‘Why I Am A Hindu”, says any criticism…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Actress Taissa Farmiga has been struggling with anxiety for quite some time, and says she initially used to get angry at herself for getting nervous for no…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) South Asian countries may be in the late league of nations joining the bandwagon of literary prizes — the likes of Booker and Pulitzer prizes are many…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Sep 5 (IANS) Being part of a police force that has earned a reputation for having taken on terrorism head-on and neutralising it, a young officer from Punjab has learnt all…
By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Star sprinter Hima Das on Tuesday backtracked from her statements against two individuals from Assam whom she had accused of exerting “tremendous pressure” ahead of her flunked…
By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Even before he stepped into the film industry, Abhishek Bachchan was subjected to comparisons with his iconic father Amitabh Bachchan. His performances have received more criticism than critical…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) If the ultimate test of good cooking is how easily mutton comes off the bone, the tony Indian Accent here, set amongst waterbodies and immense greenery, is…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: You Are The Supreme Light: The Lessons from Adi Shankara; Author: (Edited by) Nanditha Krishna; Publisher: Aleph; Pages: 133; Price: Rs 399 Adi Shankara was undoubtedly one of the greatest…
By Nivedita New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Jay Sean, the popular British singer of Indian heritage, says he has had a loyal fan base in India for the past 15 years. He is currently focussing…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Sunny Leone has time and again expressed that her husband Daniel Weber is her pillar of strength. The musician also says there is not even one aspect…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) As a child, Shubhangi Swarup, who has set off a whisper in the contemporary fiction space with her debut novel “Latitudes of Longing”, was fascinated by the…
By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) Bollywood filmmaker Kabir Khan, who visited the Lord’s Cricket Ground and library in London recently as part of the preparation for his upcoming film “’83”, says the year…
By Anand Venkitachalam With the release of their sixth studio album, “Rainier Fog”, American metal band Alice In Chains has lived up to the massive hype and high expectations of fans, who were waiting expectantly…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 2 (IANS) Star hotel chefs are of two kinds — one who turns adventurous at the request of a guest who says he is game for new dishes, and the…
By Sheikh Qayoom Book: Aryabhata Clan; Author: Sudipto Das; Publisher: Niyogi Books; Price: Rs 595; Pages: 476 Spread across four parts, the narrative of Sudipto Das’ second book, “Aryabhata Clan”, starts like a typical crime…
By Subhash K. Jha Just when we thought it couldn’t get any better for Asians in Hollywood after the fluke, tempestuous (and not-entirely-deserved, I might add) success of the seasons’s big blockbuster, “Crazy Rich Asians”…