Kaleidoscope - All That Glitters

China is considered an Asian Tiger and an economic superpower to be feared by the First World countries. In India, Shanghai is seen as a model of urban development, and all...

Thursday Nights At Delhi's Nizamuddin Dargah Is About Qawwali

Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi is the dargah of one of the world’s most famous Sufi saints, Nizamuddin Auliya. Although any day is a good time to visit the ...

Bollywood Expresses Patriotism On Republic Day

On the occasion of 67th Republic Day today, Bollywood stars including Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar, Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Akshay Kumar among other expressed the...

5 Times Farhan Akhtar Taught Men That Feminism Is A ‘MARD’ Thing

Farhan Akhtar is a man whose talents know no boundaries. He aces everything he does. He has produced brilliant movies, directed impeccable films, sung soulful songs, writte...

Her Name Was Gauhar

There is little documentation about India’s great performing artistes and even less about the women.

The tawaifs, despite their talent and refinement had the ...

Retroscope - Unsung Talents

It was the day they got married, remembers Mrs Salil Chowdhury, chuckling to herself, when the letter arrived inviting Chowdhury to Bombay. The particular letter that was t...

Why India Needs Its Writers, Historians, Entertainers, Scientists

Since Pandit Nehru every prime minister has talked about films and music being India’s soft power. We all know of Raj Kapoor’s following in the Russia, east Eur...

Queen Latifah Donates Star Spangled Banner To Charity

In an effort to support America’s military, Veterans and their families, Queen Latifah has gifted her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, sung during the 2015 NBA ...

Viacom 18 Motion Pictures’ Dharam Sankat Mein Releases its first song

Mumbai, March 11th 2015: Viacom18Motion Pictures’ Dharam Sankat Mein has released the first song of the Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah starrer. The mu...