Those familiar with Hindi poetry are aware of Rahim's elevated status in the medieval history of literature -- he is one of the triumvirate of doha writers, the other two being Kabir and Tulsidas,......
Indian-born Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie was on Friday named the winner of this year’s prestigious Pen Pinter prize for his outstanding literary output and support for freedom......
Violet Smith, who reminds you of novelist Barbara Cartland, is the daughter of Armenian refugees who escaped genocide during the First World War and sought refuge in India. At 92-going-on-93, she......
Even as tensions continue to simmer between India and Pakistan with the Mumbai terror attacks still fresh in the minds of those who don't want to talk to Islamabad until the perpetrators of the......
Bollywood actors revisit their childhood on Children's Day. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kriti Sanon/Instagram 'That's where Anika's look came from.. My Bachpan! Always keep the 'chhoti bachchi'......
Steven Spielberg's Lincoln dominates the 2013 nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA). The American historical drama film earned 10 nominations including Best Film, Best Actor for......
So what if Aamir Khan's Mangal Pandey didn't work? Expectations for his next film, Rang De Basanti, are just as high. Rakeysh Mehra's directorial venture releases on January 26, making the most of......
When the rumours were agog that the lead players in the Broadway production of Bombay Dreams would have white actors in the lead -- and perhaps Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon) in a significant role --......