'Zakir bhai, Bela, Edgar and I were supposed to bring the As We Speak global concert series to India in January-February 2025.''It would have been our first tour of India after our Grammy win and......
Did Jeff Bezos decide against endorsing Harris because it would hurt his business interests? Only God and Bezos know, and neither of them are talking, notes Prem Panicker. IMAGE: Jeff Bezos, owner......
Devaswoms are meant to manage temples, not the faithful.Why didn't they simply stick to their set of responsibilities and execute it well and efficiently?, asks Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: The Thrissur......
If you have an appetite for crowds and the visual spectacle of many focused on one task or activity, a pooram will engage you, notes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: The materials used on caparisoned......
In what will be her life's crowning moment at the age of 70, Assam’s Parbati Baruah, India’s first female elephant keeper or ‘mahout’, will be one among 110 unsung yet......
'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi breached electoral rules when he photographed himself holding his party's symbol of a lotus flower immediately after casting his vote in the 2014 general election,......
Image: Devotees carry a statue of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh for immersion in the sea in Mumbai. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters A rapid rise in population has triggered a......
IMAGE: Devotees carry a statue of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh for immersion in the sea, on the last day of 'Ganesh Chaturthi', in Mumbai. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters India was ranked......
Image: A metro train runs on the tracks after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa flagged off Chennai Metro Rail Limited’s passenger services between Alandur and Koyambedu, in Chennai......
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting. Bollywood stars turned to Twitter to remember legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray on his 92nd birth anniversary. Here's what they tweeted:......
'Till a cheque comes into my account, I don't feel like a professional actor.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Prosenjit Chatterjee/Instagram Even though Prosenjit Chatterjee took a three-year break......
Jahnavi misses mum Sridevi... Milind plans to run from Mumbai to Statue of Unity... IMAGE: Kangana Ranaut quotes Ghalib: 'Mohabbat mein nahi hai farak jeene aur marne ka, usi ko dekh kar jeete......
Over the years many movie stars have attended the annual fund-raising for the Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation's in New York. But it is difficult to imagine any of them creating the stir the......
'You make a hit, everything is fit.' IMAGE: Bappi Lahiri at home. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and......
IMAGE: Former India captain Sachin Tendulkar performs Ganesh aarti at his residence. Photograph: Sachin Tendulkar/Twitter Ganesh Chaturthi is here and everyone from Sachin Tendulkar to Ajinkya......
Ganesh Chaturthi is undoubtedly Mumbai’s favourite festival! The city wears a lively look during the 10-day festivities as Hindus welcome Lord Ganesha, the destroyer of......