By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Devi’s Emerald; Author: Ruzbeh Nari Bharucha; Publishers: Vakils Feffer and Simons Pvt Ltd and Vishnu Sadanand Memorial Foundation; Pages: 274; Price: Rs 500. Title: Devi’s Grace; Authors: Karen Rajesh and…
By Vivek Gupta New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Gifting has always been a part of Indian tradition and culture; a way to express love, gratitude, appreciation and good wishes. In the past decade, rising income…
By Nivedita New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) French luxury house Longchamp has completed an year in Indian market and Sophie Delafontaine, the Artistic Director of the brand says that the Indian luxury market has surely…
By Radhika Bhirani New York, July 19 (IANS) Actress Taapsee Pannu, who has apologised for her comment on southern cinema’s midriff craze, says the obsession for a female body exists everywhere. The actress, who made…
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) New Indian Super League (ISL) club Jamshedpur FC are promising to dish out an attractive brand of football in their debut season where they will get to test…
By Vishal Gulati Thimphu (Bhutan), July 19 (IANS) He knows travel is the best teacher and when the destination is spirituality, the experience is more than just sightseeing. It helps you pack young and vibrant…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The greatest challenge for a short story writer, says one of the foremost names in the field — who might not be too well known in India…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Ponty Chadha, Sheena Bora, Jiah Khan, Sunanda Pushkar, Rizwanur Rahman and Neeraj Grover — the connecting factor for each of these high-profile personalities is the unsolved mystery…
By Vikas Datta With a major plot of hers being women’s dependence on an advantageous marriage to secure social standing and economic security, Jane Austen’s works can strike a chord with readers in patriarchial societies…
By Mohit Dubey Vienna, July 18 (IANS) These days, in the land of waltz maestro Johann Straus, there are different “Tales from the Vienna Woods” as this Austrian capital opens its arms wider every passing…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) In an age of Electronic Dance Music (EDM), internationally acclaimed flautist Jane Rutter believes the pure sound of the instrument, if played from the heart, can create…
By Radhika Bhirani New York, July 18 (IANS) Veteran actor and former censor board chief Anupam Kher, who plays a pivotal role in Madhur Bhandarkar’s “Indu Sarkar” — mired in controversy over its political flavour,…
By Ashish Mishra New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) At a time when the debate on censorship — on TV and the social media — is at an all-time high, one of the most popular faces…
By Qadri Inzamam New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) It is quite challenging for a Japanese smartphone manufacturer to sustain in a market where Chinese brands have a definitive edge, especially in the sub-Rs 10,000 category….
By Vikas Datta Title: Yama’s Lieutenant and the Stone Witch; Author: Anuja Chandramouli; Publisher: Penguin Random House India; Pages: 320; Price: Rs 299 Averting an apocalypse is no easy task even for the mortal deputy…
By Radhika Bhirani New York, July 16 (IANS) In a city that never sleeps, the Metlife Stadium came alive with the IIFA Awards celebration here on Saturday night, with Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt becoming…
By Swati Pant Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Anjali Saraogi is the first Indian woman to have run the complete 89 km stretch of the Comrades Marathon — the world’s oldest annual ultra-marathon between the cities…
By Radhika Bhirani New York, July 16 (IANS) Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were on Saturday named Best Actors at the 18th edition of the IIFA Awards, for their remarkable work in “Udta Punjab”. Diljit…
By Kishori Sud New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Bollywood films are seeing cuts and beeps by the censor board, musicians are facing flak and being misinterpreted, actors are being judged on the basis of their…
By Radhika Bhirani New York, July 15 (IANS) It was an encore all the way for A.R. Rahman as he performed the original Tamil version of his “Urvasi Urvasi” chartbuster for the IIFA Rocks audience…