Eliza By Any Other Name

December 2015 marked the end of the year long birth centenary celebrations of pioneering theatre personality Begum Qudsia Zaidi. To her goes the credit for translating and ...

A Milestone Year For Media

The foremost was the rollout on 29 April of the Broadcast Audience Research Council India, the country’s homegrown television audience measurement data The year 2015 ...

Mumbai: 'No Gynaecs In Rural Areas To Provide Basic Delivery Services'

Mumbai: An audit carried out by the state government of all maternal deaths, including those during medical termination of pregnancy (MTPs), have found three main causes be...

Retroscope: The Amazing Choir From Shillong

I schooled in the St. Joseph’s Convent on Bandra’s ​Hill Road. Opposite our school was the grand St.​Peter’s School. ​O​urs was strictly a girls&r...

Prime Time, Reality Bites

Prime Time has a plethora of fiction shows which are simply entertainment, entertainment, entertainment; barring the odd show or two. One can’t overlook the non-ficti...

Vietnam Hosts First Indian Film Festival, Will Screen ‘3 Idiots’, ‘Jodha Akbar’

The first ever Indian Film Festival-Vietnam kickstarted on December 18 in Ho Chi Minh City. Organised by the Indian Embassy in Vietnam and Directorate of Fil...

Bollywood Actresses Who Made Impact In 2015: Special

Just like last year, 2015 too witnessed some striking performances from our female actors proving that women too can uphold a film on their shoulders. This has changed the ...

Elon Musk: Not Paying Carbon Taxes Is Like Not Paying for Garbage Collection

Spacex CEO Elon Musk Recently?Trekked To Paris To Give A Talk During The Climate Discussions?That Resulted In A?Global Treaty.?On Tuesday, He Spoke To A Packed Audience In ...

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 ...