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Badhai ho. Women are not only getting more leading roles, movies led by women are making more money. A study of the global box office from 2014 to 2017 has found that in every budget…

The King of Manipur and married the princess of the royal family of Tripura. They had five children. When the youngest prince was born on 1st October 1906. The prince was named Sachin. He was…

On a visit to Agra a few years ago, we spotted Bob Geldof being hurriedly escorted towards the eastern gate of the Taj. Perhaps not wanting to fall back in the growing morning rush, he…

Right this morning I read an article by a sketch-artist, claiming journalists had failed to unearth the pictures from Deepika and Ranveer’s wedding, and that it is far-fetched to assume they would do anything about…

Don’t expect a resurrection of ‘Music for the Jilted Generation’ (1994) or ‘The Fat of the Land’ (1997) in ‘No Tourists’. But then, you aren’t. The other options being nitpicks of the ‘White album’ and ‘Blood on the Tracks’.

Once the bridal pair showcased the regional diversity they came from, now the look is designer rather than regional wear

What happens when a couple discovers that they are expecting a third child when their eldest son is about to get married. Badhai Ho is a brilliant take on that. Ayushmann Khurana is on a roll….

What happens in the case of minister of state for external affairs MJ Akbar and the dozen or so women journalists who have accused him of sexual harassment will shape the kind of society we…

What are the first few thoughts which hit you the moment you wake up in the morning? People have different experiences about these thoughts. Many of us never ever registered the kind of thoughts we…

Forget for a minute about the cover art – with its homage to the cover of The Beastie Boys’ album Licensed to Ill — of Eminem’s tenth album, Kamikaze, depicting not just self-destruction, but a…

The National Behrupiya Festival is going on at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) in New Delhi. This is an initiative to save India’s ancient interactive art form.  The word ‘behrupiya’ means ‘impersonator’. Commonly…

Finally, someone has done it. Named names. Spoken up. Good for you, Tanushree Dutta! Yes. I know. Most of you must be scratching your heads and wondering, “Tanushree… WHO?” Understandable. But let’s hand it to…

The Internet took the world by storm. In 1993, it accounted for 1% of information flowing through two way telecommunication networks. In 2000, 51% of globally telecommunicated information was flowing through the Internet. By 2007,…

The life of anthems can be strange. For example, critics continue to allege that India’s national anthem was composed to welcome George V as emperor of India. And when a young black woman sang the…

Many episodes later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Horacio Carrillo… “Narcos” is armed for easy play on the opening lines of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel García Márquez, a Colombian. The…

India sure is a democracy… till you criticize it. Political comedy, or rather comedy is a constantly evolving subject and art in India. It keeps pushing the envelope, reshapes intellectual boundaries and in more ways…

If you have been reading the newspapers, you would have noticed a spurt of stories on how the streaming platforms, best known as OTT platforms– OTT being the shortened form of over-the-top– are now seizing…

There is something about a circus that leaves you changed for days, weeks, and, if you happen to be a person who still retains a sense of wonderment, months. You change the way you look…

She is something else! Sheela, the woman who is possibly the most discussed person in the pop culture world currently, thanks to the show Wild Wild Country, is in the house. And I am mesmerised….

Every summer I pack large suitcases for my small family, and we head off on a much-anticipated holiday. We usually end up on a beach somewhere, sand in our costumes, salt in our hair from…