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My Travels For Gauri Khan's Grandma

There were Vedic mantras engraved along with prayer songs for Lord Shiva, Lord Rama and Lord Krishna.Neither the government nor the people of Faisalabad demanded that the carvings be removed.I felt......

12 risks that could cause THE END of the world

Researchers at the Global Challenges Foundation in Stockholm have released a thorough scientific assessment of what threatens human civilisation, or even possibly, all human life. The assessment is......

'Manto's predictions of Pakistan are shockingly accurate'

'Manto is the only writer to grasp what the project of Pakistan would eventually mean,' says Aakar Patel, who has translated a collection of Saadat Hasan Manto's essays in a just-released book Why......

Pakistan govt launches crackdown on LeJ; 50 held

Police in Pakistan's populous province of Punjab have detained over 50 people in a crackdown on the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan that was launched in the wake of terror......

Why do India, Pakistan treat their fishermen like fish?

When a security force finds the vessel of another country within its maritime borders -- with no "objectionable materials apart from a large cache of fish" -- why can't they simply ask the vessel......

Insurance Broker Fined Rs 1 Crore

According to IRDAI, Marsh India had held the premium received from the clients in an Insurance Bank Account for more than 15 days and did not remit the premium to the insurer/reinsurer within the......

An actress we want to see in more films

'My work hasn't reached many people, and I hope that changes.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rasika Dugal/Instagram Last seen in Nandita Das's Manto, actress Rasika Dugal has always impressed......

How Nandita Das convinced Rishi Kapoor to play a sleazy producer

'Rishi Kapoor was shocked and said, 'Woh sare log jinko main janta hoon, unki filmein main nahin kar raha. Aapko to main janta bhi nahin hoon.' IMAGE: Viacom 18 CEO Ajit Andhare with Rekha and......

Manto Review: A highly intelligent piece of work

'If Manto, the film, falls short of being a masterpiece, it's ironically because Nandita Das the filmmaker does not quite crack the Manto code herself: she doesn't quite see her subject with the......

Aamir to star opposite Kate Winslet?

After conquering Bollywood through performances as diverse as a colonised villager (Lagaan), a dyslexic teacher (Taare Zameen Par) and a man with short-term memory loss (Ghajini), Aamir Khan is......

Umrao Jaan to debut in New York

Mira Nair may currently be away at the London Film Festival, butwill surely be in New York to attend the opening of the Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival on November 1. The gala opening the......

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My Travels For Gauri Khan's Grandma

12 risks that could cause THE END of the world

'Manto's predictions of Pakistan are shockingly accurate'

Pakistan govt launches crackdown on LeJ; 50 held

Why do India, Pakistan treat their fishermen like fish?

Insurance Broker Fined Rs 1 Crore

An actress we want to see in more films

How Nandita Das convinced Rishi Kapoor to play a sleazy producer

Manto Review: A highly intelligent piece of work

Aamir to star opposite Kate Winslet?

Umrao Jaan to debut in New York

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