Annam lamp, Thanjavur painting: Modi's gifts to Xi

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shore temple, in Mahabalipuram, on Friday. Photograph: ANI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi will gift......

A unique Navratri and Dussehra in a Tamil Nadu temple

Celebrations in Mutharamman Temple in Kulasekharapattinam, a coastal town in Tamil Nadu, have devotees visit the temple in an avatar of their choice. They could be dressed as kings or beggars,......

The forgotten spy

As one enters the house of Saraswathy Rajamani, one is struck by the number of photographs of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. They areeverywhere, on the wall, on the table, inside the cabinet. For......

Kushboo in trouble again!

Actress Kushboo, who was caught in a series of legal tangles for advocating sex education to girls at schools, is in trouble again--this time for "wearing chappals" in front of idols of goddesses......

Yuvan Shankar Raja turns melodious

Vishal, the Tamil actor who shot to stardom with Thimiru and Sivappathikaram, stars opposite debutant Banu in director Hari's forthcoming Thaamirabharani. Thamiraparani is the river running through......

The return of Madhuri Dixit

After a long gap, Madhuri Dixit has decided to act again. She has picked noted Malayalam director Shaji N Karun's film Suryamukhi, on the painter Raja Ravi Varma.It has been a long gap for Shaji N......