Pakistan to deport National Geographic's 'Afghan Girl'

A Pakistani court on Friday ordered the deportation of Sharbat Gula, National Geographic’s famed green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ immortalised in a 1985 haunting picture on the......

China has Picasso, Abu Dhabi has art district, India has...

Ministerial reshuffles, elections, Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, a possible Third Front -- since nobody appears to have a mandate for culture, does it really matter to artists who......

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

This week’s digest of stories that are weird, true and funny. 1) Fit for a true fan: Brazil hairdresser etches stars’ faces on heads   Looking for a new way to pay homage to your......

Why we need Gandhi and Mandela today

'Religion is but one trait where intolerance manifests itself.' 'We come across ‘chosen’ races, communities, political ideologies, economic systems, all lending themselves to......

Bollywoods' artists and their lovely muses!

After a long wait, Ketan Mehta’s Rang Rasiya hits theatres this Friday. The artist-muse relationship has long been a cinematic theme, and here -- along with Rang Rasiya -- are a few......

Irrfan: Deepika Padukone wants to flourish as an actor

'For Shoojit Sircar, the story he wants to tell is more important. His choice of a subject in not based on viability of the film.' 'Amitabh Bachchan seems like an enthusiastic student who......

Paris Olympics OC apologises to Christians

Olympic ceremony's Last Supper sketch 'never meant to disrespect' IMAGE: A tableau at the Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony that parodied Leonardo da Vinci's famous The Last Supper painting was......

PIX: Real Madrid, Napoli win; Bayern edge Wolfsburg

IMAGE: Endrick scores Real Madrid's third goal against Real Valladolid during the LaLiga match at Santiago Bernabeu, in Madrid on Sunday. Photograph: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters Second-half......

Vinci sends Italy into Fed Cup final

Roberta Vinci sent Italy into the Fed Cup final for the fifth time in eight years with a 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 victory over CzechRepublic’s Lucie Safarova in Palermo on Monday. The match was held......

French Open: Krejcikova beats Sakkari in dramatic semis to meet Pavlyuchenkova

Images from Day 12 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday IMAGE: Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova plays a forehand in her semi's match against Tamara Zidansek of......

Who will write final act in tale of the unexpected at French Open?

IMAGE: This composite image a comparison has been made between Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic, left, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia. They will meet in the 2021 French Open......