During the Emergency Indira Gandhi acquired absolute power. Lakhs of political opponents, students, activists were arrested. IMAGE: Indira Gandhi with her younger son Sanjay Gandhi. Photograph:......
Critically acclaimed Indian-Canadian writer Rohinton Mistry has been selected as the winner of the 2012 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.The $50,000 Neustadt Prize, awarded every two......
Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray, who has made family history by entering electoral politics, shares passion for creativity with his grandfather, father and uncle. IMAGE: Despite belonging......
Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray, who made history by becoming the first member of his family to take poll plunge, has marked his arrival in Maharashtra politics with a bang and is likely to play......
The Shiv Sena had done it again. After successfully asking for a ban on Rohinton Mistry's book Such a Long Journey from the Mumbai University's syllabus, the party has now appealed to......
He is followed by Nandan Nilekani and Narayan Murthy in Hurun India Philanthropy List Azim Premji, who donated Rs 27,514 crore (Rs 275.14 billion) for education is the 'Most Generous Indian' for......
There's a moment in Jodhaa Akbar when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's newly married queen is offered a tour of her marital abode by the palace help. Luxury isn't new for her, but the unmistakable awe in......
Sharman Joshi provided a lot of laughs in Style and Golmaal, and made us love him in Rang De Basanti. Now, he is back in Atul Agnihotri's film adaptation, called Hello, of Chetan Bhagat's......
'That only a certain Mumbai story -- look at Salaam Bombay and Slumdog Millionaire for other examples -- gets made when an international audience is as much a target as the desi viewer, should......
Welcome to the Bollywood Book Club! When not shining on the red carpet or in the movies, film folk are happy to bury themselves inside a good page-turner! From self-confessed bookworms to book club......
Sturla Gunnarsson's powerful film on the Kanishka bombing, Air India 182, premiered at the Hot Docs Festival recently. Vancouver-based Gunnarsson, who is originally from Iceland and whose wife......