Man who 'booted' Bush released

Iraqi television journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who threw his shoe at former US president George W Bush in Baghdad last year, has been released from prison. Muntazer, 30, was initially sentenced to......

The Jaya you didn't know

'We spoke of everything but politics.''She was well-versed in the Eng. Lit. canon of Dickens and Austen, but had also read Oscar Wilde's famous epistolary tract from jail, De Profundis.'Sunil Sethi......

The V S Naipaul I came to know

Nikhil Lakshman remembers the times he spent with the legendary writer who passed into the ages six days before his 86th birthday. IMAGE: Sir V S Naipaul gives the Nobel lecture at the Old Stock......

'William Shakespeare is our heritage too'

Ah, Bollywood. The things it manages to do. Take the recently released Omkara, for instance. A fine piece of filmmaking that should win its director Vishal Bhardwaj more than just a Filmfare Award.......

Reuters eyes 26% stake in Times TV

Reuters India Pvt Ltd is negotiating with Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd to pick up a 26 per cent stake in Times Television. The deal price could not be ascertained but sources in the know of the......

Kalpana Morparia: A banker with a difference

She didn't want to hang up her boots quite so soon; after all, she was used to 12-hour days in ICICI Bank. And she didn't think she was cut out to be an entrepreneur. So when the job came her way,......

Kamal Haasan@70: What Makes Him Ulaga Nayagan

'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian......

25 Movie Gems I Am Proud Of

'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pixabay It all began in September......

'40 Years On, Saaransh Is Still Relevant'

'It hasn't wrinkled because truth doesn't wrinkle. It's like fire; it burns every time you touch it.' IMAGE: Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi and Soni Razdan in Saaransh . As Saaransh completes 40......

PIX: Amy Jackson, Tamannaah Bhatia at 63rd South Filmfare awards

The prestigious 63rd South Filmfare awards took place at the Hyderabad Convention Centre on Saturday, June 18. It was indeed a starry night as the event was attended by the biggest stars of......