'Sitara Devi did exactly what she wanted to'

'There she was, standing before me, burning with fever but ready to dance. She was like that. When it came to her dancing it didn't matter to her whether she was well or unwell,' says the legendary......

My mother, Sitara Devi, wasn't adept at playing 'the game'

"She chose a path less trodden and turned it into a road paved with gold as far as her dance was concerned. There will never be another Sitara Devi." Image: Sitara DeviPhotograph: Rediff Archives......

The Red Earth that made Kanhaiya Kumar

'The blood that runs in the veins of our family can never be anti-national.' 'They called Kanhaiya a traitor for questioning the Indian Army. Do they know that our cousin was killed by militants in......

Saluting Ustad Vilayat Khan

My association with Ustad Vilayat Khan saheb is 60 years old. I first met him in 1943 and he was kind enough to accept me as his student.I had actually come to Bombay from Ahmedabad to audition for......

'Sitara Devi was the greatest kathak diva ever'

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Several celebrities took to Twitter to pay tribute to the late Kathak legend Sitara Devi. Lata Mangeshkar: 'Prasiddha......

'You Can Be Ice Cold Evil'

'You don't have to be screaming and making faces to be evil.' IMAGE: Manisha Koirala as Mallikajaan in Heeramandi. "The experiences of life contribute to a performance. I have a bank of emotions......

'A Mother Is The Backbone Of A Family'

Actors share adorable moments with their mums on Mother's Day. Photograph: Kind courtesy Naga Chaitanya Akkineni/Instagram Naga Chaitanyaand his mum Lakshmi Daggubati celebrate Mother's Day with......

PIX: Jacqueline, Malaika perform at Prerna Awards

Women's Prerna Awards 2013, held on April 9 at Hotel Tulip Star in Juhu, a western Mumbai suburb, was attended by a host of women dignitaries from various fields.Dressed in a slinky black number......