Women wearing mini-skirts to be arrested in Swaziland
byLondon: Women in Swaziland, a landlocked kingdom bordering South Africa, have been warned that they risk arrest if they wear mini-skirts or tops which expose…
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Barfi! One more failure at the Oscars
byThe Anurag Basu film was as India’s official entry to the Academy Awards 2013, despite the fact that Pan Singh Tomar and GOW released…
Top 10 Bollywood actresses in 2012
byNew Delhi:Be it Sridevi’s comeback, Huma Qureshi’s debut or Priyanka Chopra’s portrayal of an autistic girl – the leading ladies of Bollywood continued to…
‘Don’t blame Bollywood for rapes’
byMumbai: Do explicit movie scenes and double-meaning songs and dialogues incite sexual violence? Many think so. But most directors in the Hindi film industry don’t…
Sachin Tendulkar: Man who became god
byNew Delhi: It did not take much for the cricket pundits to spot a genius in Sachin Tendulkar after he made his international debut in…
Time stands frozen in front of Tendulkar: Time magazine
byMumbai: Leading news magazine Time eulogised Sachin Tendulkar as one in front of whom time appeared to have stood frozen. The champion batsman announced his…
Bollywood entertainers who bid ‘alvida’ (2012 in Retrospect)
byNew Delhi: A maverick filmmaker like Yash Chopra, a superstar like Rajesh Khanna, character artists like Achala Sachdev and A.K. Hangal, famous cinematographer Ashok Mehta…
Indian-Americans emerge from the shadows (2012 in Retrospect)
byWashington: Prominent in administration, well educated and well-heeled, with their population touching three million, Indian-Americans emerged from the shadows to join politics in large numbers…
Why spirit can never be conquered (Book Review)
byThis is an inspirational book written with honesty and humility. Now an angle therapist, author Lipa Rath did not believe in God until she…
Paresh Rawal to turn writer in future
byMumbai: Paresh Rawal, who has proved his mettle as an versatile actor, now wants to try his hand at writing. Film direction, however, is not…