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Doctor with a Difference

'I consider myself to be a 50 year old with a 16-year-young mind, ready to conquer more continents,' Dr Shuvendu Sen tells Payal Singh Mohanka. IMAGE: Dr Shuvendu Sen. All photographs: Kind......

Tribute: Fundamental loss to Indian art

Nishad Avari pays tribute to M F Husain, who passed into the ages on Thursday morning.\\nImpressively long and poetic, the name Maqbool Fida Husain conjures up many associations for me, dating from......

An 'unapologetic' author, who didn't write to 'please an audience'

Celebrated for his extensive commentary on both, colonisers and colonised, in fiction and non-fiction, V S Naipaul walked the controversy tightrope, admired for his prose but scorned by those who......

Stanford University honours A R Rahman

A R Rahman was waiting backstage and appeared sweet, modest and patient as he chatted with the stagehands around him. He was to be honoured shortly and both of us had been told by the organisers to......

Why London is celebrating India

When it comes to going ga-ga over India, London just takes the cake. Even as you read this, the city is gearing up to celebrate India in a never-before display of culture, food, art, theater and......

Indian ads win glory at Cannes

It was curtains down for the 52nd Cannes Advertising Festival in France on June 25, and India's performance at the prestigious awards fell short of expectations.The advertising agencies flew back......

The fun and essence of Cannes ad fest

Okay, today the curtains are going to come down on the 2010 Cannes Advertising Festival. It's been a week of stimulating seminars, inspiring award shows, long walks and delectable foi gras. In the......

Al Gore's amazing $100 million makeover!

Al Gore is a funny guy. And, for his $175,000 speaking fee, he tells this story: after leaving the White House and heading back to Tennessee sans motorcade -- "in a rented Ford Taurus," he sniffs......

'Indian advertising can be world's best'

At the first sight,tall Sumanto Chattopadhyay with his long hair and beardlooksas if he has just walked out of the sets of Lord of the Rings. The group creative director of Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai......

Holding Back: The first film to win at Best Shorts, California

It began with Sujoy Ghosh's Ahalya, starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Radhika Apte and Tota Roy Chowdhury. Then came Faraz Ali's Makhmal, starring Jackie Shroff. Clearly, Indian audiences have......

'Making A Film Is Like Going To War'

'I promise you, you've never seen her do anything like this.''It is a complete reinvention of Janhvi Kapoor.' IMAGE: Janhvi Kapoor in Ulajh. Few directors have carved a distinctive journey as......

'Everybody was unfair to Ramanujan'

Gnana Rajasekharan, an IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, took voluntary retirement to concentrate on what he loves the most, and where his heart belongs -- films. His first feature film, Moha Mullu,......

AMAZING FILMS, coming up!

Aseem Chhabra picks Indian and other South Asian gems at the Toronto International Film Festival. Priyanka Chopra was last seen in a Hindi film in 2016. In the three-and-a-half years since then,......

It's festival time in Toronto!

In Sedigh Barmak's Osama, winner of two awards at the Cannes International Film Festival, a 12-year-old Afghan girl must marry an elderly mullah so that shecan continue to live. The controversial......

Sports Shorts: Mary Kom to hit your TV screens soon

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Anna Sarkissian, left, and Ameesha Joshi with India's boxing queen M C Mary Kom. Photograph Courtesy: Anna......

With This Ring... Mary Kom and women's boxing in India

Why did two Canadians make a documentary on women's boxing in India?Harish Kotian/Rediff.com finds out. IMAGE: Anna Sarkissian, left, and Ameesha Joshi with India's boxing queen M C Mary Kom.......

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