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When Security Wouldn't Let The Ustad In

'The security guards at the stadium did not recognise him. He kept saying he was Zakir Hussain but they did not permit him to enter.''Zakir bhai was calm and told me it is not their fault. They......

10 things you need to know about Mahashweta Devi

Writer and activist Mahashweta Devi, who passed away after a prolonged illness on Thursday, authored more than a 100 novels and 20 collections of short stories. She was not only a celebrated writer......

AP activists to protest death sentence for Jiten Marandi

Activists from Andhra Pradesh are gearing up to take the cudgels on behalf of Jiten Marandi, the tribal activist and cultural artist of Jharkhand, who along with three others was awarded the death......

Tamil movie industry divided over temporary ban on Dhanush

The calling out of actor Dhanush by the Tamil Film Producers' Council, for accepting advance but not giving dates, has not gone down well for the Tamil film industry, creating quite an uproar.......

Separatist ideology 'dead' in J-K, people reaise it as futile: Sajad Lone

The ideology of separatism is "dead" in Jammu and Kashmir as people realised it is futile, separatist-turned-mainstream politician Sajad Lone said. IMAGE: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference......

HDFC-HDFC Bank: Great Marriage, But...

But there are challenges, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Photograph: PTI Photo In Samuel Beckett's classic, Waiting for Godot, two tramps, Vladimir (nicknamed Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), are engaged......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

'Shyambabu Was Like A University'

'Being in his company was learning at every moment.' IMAGE: Pallavi Joshi in Bharat Ek Khoj. Theatre director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker Sunil Shanbag was associated with Shyam......

'Habibsaab was a father figure to Indian theatre'

Legendary theatre personality Habib Tanvir passed into the ages on Monday. Stage director Nadira Babbar salutes his memory. I have known Habibsaab since I was a child. He was associated with the......

The Swades State Of Mind

As Swades turns 20, Aseem Chhabra looks back at the film that spoke to him. IMAGE: Gayatri Joshi and Shah Rukh Khan in Swades. Several years ago, I had lunch with the then finance minister of......

'Sitar meant Ravi Shankar and Ravi Shankar meant the Sitar'

Photograph: Herwig Prammer/Reuters Not too many know this, but the music for India's favourite patriotic song Saare Jahan Se Achcha was composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar, whose birth centenary we......

Veteran actor Shaukat Azmi passes away at 93

Veteran actor and Shabana Azmi's mother Shaukat Kaifi passed away in Mumbai on Friday evening due to age-related illness at the age of 93. IMAGE: Shabana Azmi with her mother Shaukat and brother......

NBA is coming to India! Sacramento vs Indiana in Mumbai

The first-ever live National Basketball Association match between the Sacramento Giants and Indiana Pacers on October 5 at the NSCI Dome arena in Mumbai. Image: Toronto Raptors players kiss the......

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