I thought it was a movie shoot: Bizman on Sobhraj's arrest from Goa in 1986

Armando Gonsalves still remembers the evening of April 6, 1986 when the then Mumbai Crime Branch inspector Madhukar Zende brandished a gun to nab serial killer Charles Shobhraj, who was sitting on......

Ganesha Begins Journey To Australia

The United Indians of South Australia, an organisation founded in 2016 in Adelaide, South Australia, has been celebrating Ganesh Utsav since its inception. The Ganesha idol at the Adelaide Ganesh......

The Gandhi march is an astonishing sight

With a staff in one hand and the other on his granddaughter's shoulder, the old man briskly takes the lead as the sun breaks over the horizon. IMAGE: Mahatma Gandhi arrives at Simla to discuss the......

Did Indira Gandhi meet Haji Mastan?

'I don't think such a meeting ever happened... I don't see how it is even possible without people coming to know immediately,' says Julio Ribeiro. IMAGE: Haji Mastan, left, with Sundar Shaekhar,......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

Review: The Attacks of 26/11 gave me a headache

Mr Varma, you were not making a horror film; you were making a film about real lives. Could you not have done it more sensitively, asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, who extensively reported for......