To Mumbai, with Love & Hate

For someone who describes Bal Thackeray as "the one man most directly responsible for ruining the city I grew up in," Suketu Mehta sips his white wine with surprising equanimity.It is 11 pm at......

Salman Rushdie, You Are A Fighter

As he struggles in hospital, I wonder why anyone, especially someone who was not even born when The Satanic Verses was published, would want to harm a 75-year-old man and a literary treasure,......

Restore Aatish Taseer's OCI card: Nobel winners to Modi

Over 260 prominent personalities including authors Nobel prize winners Margaret Atwood, Orhan Pamuk and John Coetzee on Thursday expressed concern over the alleged "targeting" of journalist Aatish......

'I have never wanted to distance myself from India'

'If you go to some of their homes, you won't notice anything Indian -- nowhere a little god, or the smell of spices in the kitchen.''Nothing in their dress, no trace of an accent.''Even the names......

Review: 3 Idiots eyes box office gold

There is a section in Suketu Mehta's much celebrated and Pulitzer Prize finalist book Maximum City:Bombay Lost and Found, where the author goes at length to describe his several meetings with......

Danny Boyle eyes Maximum City

After gathering much appreciation and Oscars following the success of Slumdog Millionaire, director Danny Boyle is set to return to Mumbai for another film, it has emerged. According to reports,......

'8 is inoffensive to Islam'

An educated Muslim woman in New York decides to leave her husband and son to become the second wife of a traditional Muslim man and wear a veil. Eyebrows will surely be raised at the short film......

5 MUST-SEE Amitabh SUSPENSE Movies

Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in Rumy Jafry's thriller Chehre, which releases this week, and while the trailer looks good, this isn't the first time the actor has *thrilled* us! Subhash K Jha picks......