Kaleidoscope - A Li'l Bit Of Kindness

Intolerance is the word of the season-- all over the world, people are losing their patience, compassion and that sense of community that makes life worthwhile. What does a...

Kaleidoscope - Book Lovers’ Books

For bibliophiles, books about book lovers offer an additional thrill…of belonging to a special community that lives its own universe of words.

The idea o...

Santa Barbara Film Festival TO Host U.S. Premiere OF ‘The Little Prince’

The 31st annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) will kick off with the U.S. premiere of Paramount Pictures’ “The Little Prince.” Based o...

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...

Curtain Raiser

“Everything is a celebration in the garden of childhood”
- Pablo Neruda

A question which frequently haunted me raises its head as I write...

True Review - Television This Week: A Talking Car And Friendly Ghosts

I don?t think Maruti Suzuki could have come up with a better marketing strategy than having a sitcom driven round Alto, their No. 1 small car. Chalti Ka Naam Gadi ? Let?s G...

A Personal Tribute To Smita

That was sometime way back in the seventies. I still remember the two young women in our Tashkent film delegation who were fashionably late for meals, meetings; who giggled...

6th Jagran Film Festival Extends Lifetime Achievement Award To Shashi Kapoor, Best Actor To Dulal Sarkar And Best Actress To Bhumi Pednekar At The Starry Festival Closing Night

~ Veteran make-up artiste Pandhari Juker honoured with Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema title ~

~ Dulal Sarkar and the film ‘Chotoder Ch...