The eulogies will pour for Ustad Zakir Hussain.There will be those who recount his genius, his enterprise, his achievements, his grace, and his charm.I have no selfies or autographs to remember him......
'It's a humiliating time to be a human being.' It's a pity that the magnificent 17-year-old gorilla is dead. But it's not enough to hang our heads in shame or comfort ourselves with clicktivism,......
Man and opium have a relationship that goes back to the infancy of mankind. Human civilization is inconceivable without it,' Amitav Ghosh said during an interview with an American radio station in......
With the felling of the mango tree at his home, Bijoy Venugopal lost more than just a tree. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh 'The mango trees are in flower,' my father said two weeks ago with an ache in......
We asked our readers to send in their condolence messages for the slain 76 CRPF personnel and police men who were the victims of Naxal slaughter in Dantewada, Chattisgarh on Tuesday. And the......
The happy part about commuting to the tail end of Mumbai to catch an afternoon show is being allowed to watch it undisturbed. So when I turned up hot and sweaty in a cool, dim Malad theatre to......
Imagine watching The Godfather without the soundtrack, or any James Bond flick, or Mission Impossible without the signature tune that launched a thousand ringtones. What would the movies do without......
Ourfriendly neighbouring pop duo andour friendly neighbourhood superhero havejoined handsto spin a musical web. Na jaane kyun, a track from Pakistani pop band Strings' recent album Dhaani, will......
With the August 2001 release of Dil Chahta Hai, first-time director Farhan Akhtar hopped onto the Hindi film industry bus in outsize shoes. His quirky protagonist Akash, played by Aamir Khan,......
This day in 1926, Norma Jean Mortensen was born to Gladys Baker in Los Angeles, California. Since her father's identity was undetermined, she was baptised Norma Jean Baker.August 5, 1962, she was......