BJD-BJP Alliance: Wishful Thinking

Although the BJP has never been ballistic about the BJD and Narendra Modi has avoided being critical of Naveen Patnaik, the BJP is optimistic that the party can improve its electoral fortunes in......

Court Verdict Reopens Question On Hindu Identity

What should be made out of the Madras high court order involving non-Hindus' entry into Hindu temples, when many non-Hindus are among the hundreds of thousands that have been worshipping at these......

NRIs: Pop Nationalism To Identity Supremacy

Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......

Police foils BBC's Modi docu screening at Jamia, detains protesting students

Jamia Millia Islamia on Wednesday became the centre of a kerfuffle after a left-affiliated students group's plans to organise the screening of the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Godhra......

Rags to riches tale of mining mogul Anil Agarwal

A reception often reserved for rockstars came the way of mining mogul Anil Agarwal when he started revealing nuggets of his ascent from a scrap-metal dealer to one of India's most prominent......

Chandigarh to have its own film city

Delhi-based Parsvnath Developers is planning to develop a state-of-the-art multimedia-cum-film city centre at Sarangpur, Chandigarh. Once the project is through, Chandigarh will join the exclusive......

BAG Films launches media school in Noida

Sometime last week there was an interesting seminar on media held at New Delhi's India Habitat Centre. Inaugurated by Jaipal Reddy, minister, information & broadcasting -- who attended the seminar......

How Amrapali's Anil Sharma had a great fall

At one point the Amrapali group was spearheading more than 50 major residential and commercial projects in 24 cities. Sharma was everywhere, a regular at glitzy Page Three parties, important......

Where In The World Are These Stars?!

Bollywood stars travel all the time on work or for a much-needed vacation. Let's take a look at where the stars are heading today. Please click on the images for a look at the stars.  ......

Shyam Benegal felicitated

Eminent filmmaker Shyam Benegal participated as chief guest at the Centre for Media Studies Academy-Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Awards 2007 presentation ceremony......

Will Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan Be A Blockbuster?

A great story-teller, Mani Ratnam is experimenting with a real-life historical in Ponniyin Selvan, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Vikram as Aditya Karikalan in Ponniyin Selvan. Now that Mani......

'If you have too many girls, that's a problem'

'If you don't have children, that's also a problem.''There's no right way to live because everybody has an opinion about your personal life, and how you should live.''You have to listen to them,......

Why you should watch The Test

'If there were ever a PR exercise to fix the seemingly irreparable image of Australian cricket in the aftermath of the most notorious on-field scandal in recent memory, then this is it,' observes......

Sameer Ahuja helms Sports Museum of America

When New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg formally inaugurated the Sports Museum of America May 7, Sameer Ahuja saw a dream transform into vibrant reality. The nation's first and only interactive,......