Mohammad Sajjad profiles Professor Riazur Rahman Sherwani, 94, versatile mind, intrepid intellectual.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India must have vernacular public intellectuals who can......
Noted Urdu lyricist and author Gulzar, Tamil writer S Balasubramanian and Marathi playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar are among the 22 litterateurs selected for this year's Sahitya Akademi awards, which......
'I come from a small town and I never thought I would ever sing professionally or become a playback singer.''But I made a career here.' IMAGE: Payal Dev with Salman Khan. Photograph: Kind courtesy......
'There's no love for the song or Madhuri, no consideration for what it meant to an entire generation and zero respect for its iconic choreography,' says Sukanya Verma. Monday The great Sai......
Dia Mirza needs a hit. Emraan Hashmi of Murderfinally gets to be a solo hero.Director Anurag Basu helms a love story after the supernatural Saaya (John Abraham, Tara Sharma) and the sensual Murder......
1996, recapped. 25 years ago, Madras became Chennai, Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned, Doordarshan combatted aggressive satellite cable networking, Indian politicians engaged in a crazy game......
Shooting from the lip... Kapoor style!Rishi Kapoor has made quite a splash on Twitter ever since he made a comeback in February this year.His tweets on the Maharashtra beef ban may have invited the......