He was a formidable musician but seemed utterly human, a Peter Pan who wore his genius with deceptive lightness. Sandip Roy remembers Ustad Zakir Hussain. IMAGE: Ustad Zakir Hussain at one of his......
The Federation of Indian Associations in Central Ohio marked its silver jubilee at its 10th annual India Festival, organized September 20 at the Veteran's Memorial facility in downtown Columbus,......
Inspired by the success of a tiny village in Orissa becoming a full-fledged model arts village, the Ministry of Tourism has selected five villages for reviving the gurukul tradition for teaching of......
Comedian Kiku Sharda, best known for his drag act as Palak in popular TV show Comedy Nights with Kapil, was on Wednesday arrested by Haryana police on a complaint alleging he hurt religious......
Kaleidoscopic images of India's rich cultural diversity and its military might unfolded at the majestic Rajpath on Friday as the nation celebrated the 58th Republic Day amidst tight security. An......
Sony Entertainment Television is headed for a faceoff with production house Endemol India, which has produced such games and reality shows like Deal or No Deal, Fame Gurukul, Fear Factor and Big......
Tarun Katial, executive vice-president (programming) and business head, Sony Entertainment Television (SET), is joining the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprise (ADAE). Katial, who was responsible for......
In the last two years, the marketing of television channels in India has changed dramatically -- though the same cannot be said about programming.There is little that differentiates one channel......
At the press conference held for Kaun Banega Crorepati's third season, superstar and KBC's new anchor, Shah Rukh Khan, said, "The maximum growth of the entertainment industry has happened in the......
This year, film entertainment alone should end the fiscal with a turnover of $6 billion. Not only will the industry grow by over 15 per cent but also attract serious money.There were several......
The hit reality television show Fame Gurukul's winners, the Fame Jodi, will be decided on October 20. But the show is far from over. The very next day, Sony Entertainment Television will launch......
As Sony's hit reality show Fame Gurukul chugs to its grand finale, the four remaining contestants wonder when it's their turn to leave. At 8pm tonight, one of them will be dropped, and the......
It's pouring mobile text messages for Qazi Touqueer, a young contestant in the reality television show Fame Gurukul.Though the judges (KK, Shankar Mahadevan and Javed Akhtar)don't seem to think......
After Indian Idol, Sony BMG is launching a new talent competition, Fame Gurukul.The new serial, which goes on air on June 27, will be a nation-wide talenthunt where contestants will display their......
Remember Qazi Tauqeer, the youngster from Kashmir who was one of the favourites in Sony Entertainment Television's reality show Fame Gurukul? After winning the show in 2005, Qazi seemed to have......