Arpita Biswas, an IIT-B student, who was present when Dr Palash Sen made those sexist remarks at the Mood Indigo fest demands the singer and the organisers must offer a public apology to women.
The much delayed Dileep-starrer, gives us the competition, games, sports, rivalry and romance associated with a sports college.
Chandrasekhar Yeleti's latest, Okkadunnadu, is marred by too much blood and gore.
Dum Maaro Dum is interesting but could have been much better.
The ministry clarified that AXN is not the only channel, which has been banned.
Director Blessy confirms his reputation for brilliance.
Rohit Shetty's Bol Bachchan reinforces the gay stereotype in Bollywood -- that gays are meant to be ridiculed and laughed at -- and is highly offensive.
English speakers in Beijing have in the past been invited to visit "Racist Park" -- more accurately translated as the Park of Ethnic Minorities.
Send us your favourite Raksha Bandhan anecdote about the festival or the the best gift you received.
India's Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs Vayalar Ravi, keynoting the 15th biannual convention of the National Federation of Indian Associations, said the election of Senator Barack Obama as the new President of the United States had rewritten not just the history of America, but the history of the world.
Some black humour would have done more good than harm here, making Death Race a spectacular nonsense. But, without all that jazz the movie sadly ends up tasting like fast food junk with enough guns, girls and vroom vrooms, to keep your inner child entertained.
Since governance in this country is increasingly tyrannical, ruled by bans and censorships, and intolerant of any criticism, the parliamentary committee on textbooks is almost certain to pander to politicians, feels Sherna Gandhy.
Mary Dunn, a pioneering yoga teacher and founder of the Iyengar yoga institutes in San Francisco, San Diego and New York, died recently in Scarsdale, New York. She was guru to thousands of people all over the United States.
Directed by Madan Gunde Jhallumandi is a love story against a college backdrop. The entertaining film has some good performances by Uday Kiran and Aditi Sharma.
The film is an utterly delightful and fresh take on the classic fairy tale -- Snow White.
The clever twists and convincing acting from all the characters make the film worth a watch. It is indeed Sujoy Ghosh's best work so far.
The 10 Downing Street memo now raises fresh doubts over US claims that previous attacks against Al-Jazeera staff were military errors.
This is a movie you watch for the actors and their humorous interplay and if the jokes work for you, this is the type of movie you exit the multiplex murmuring 'great timepass' to whoever watched the film with you.
'To be complimented for a fantastic performance after just viewing the trailer! This never happened to me before.' 'If you have given a party a mandate for five years, stop blaming it for everything under the sun.' 'My kind of films do not make stars. Now we, the actors, after years of struggle, have created a parallel industry where we have made a name for ourselves. But stars we are not nor can we be.' 'For a boy coming from a remote village of Bihar at the Indo-Nepal border where no transport was available to commute to the nearest town, even coming to Delhi and then Mumbai and finally watching himself on the silver screen was a huge thing!'
People of the Trinidad and Tobago surprised all when they elected 58-year-old Kamla Persad Bissesar as the country's prime minister. The political coalition led by her won 29 of the 41 seats in parliament, the results of which were announced on May 26. She heads the United National Congress party.
Thirty-six years to the day since Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, Google Inc. extended its mapping service to cover the lunar surface.
Jacqueline's Tara could be a keeper if only the movie wasn't so intent on turning her into a love-struck Barbie. Ditto for the movie.
One day workshop on report writing by Chris Vermulen.
Geoff Dyer has written about jazz (But Beautiful, which won him the Somerset Maugham Award), photography (The Ongoing Moment that fetched him the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award) and his humorous travelogue Yoga for People Who Can't be Bothered to Do It has been a bestseller.
It is quite possible that Aiyar was really trying to be humourous when he made a few funny remarks about Maken's English. But in a country where calling the economy class passengers as 'cattle class', can cost a certain minister his job, Aiyar should be more restrained in his humour, says Sudhir Bisht.
Sports daily As was the only Spanish newspaper to criticise Luis Aragones for the "obscene" language he used in reference to Thierry Henry.
No-Punchline humour reminds us how in our daily lives, we all are by turns 'The Corrupt Politician we criticise,' 'The Chauvinist Male we frown upon,' 'The Rule Breaker we deride through our Facebook posts,' 'The Communal Virus we so easily lampoon' and 'The Bad Artist we spoof.' In a land where the aforesaid prototypes are our major sources of 'funny,' is there an audience for the NPL kind of humour, asks Sreehari Nair.
'He underplayed the whole scene perfectly,' the star of this year's Along Came Polly, which didn't do well in India, told People. 'Most people take him so seriously that they are intimidated by him. But he's got a great sense of humor about himself.'
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