“‘Dowry Calculator’ Is A New Way Of Looking At An Old Problem”: Aditya Save, Chief Marketing Officer, Shaadi.Com

Dowry, the deeply ingrained social evil, is often associated with arranged marriages. The regressive tradition has been spoken of in abundance, but occurrences of crime aga...

Between Life Support And Death

In the recent Bollywood release Piku, 70-year-old Bhaskar Banerjee played by Amitabh Bachchan expresses shock that Rana (Irrfan Khan) allowed his cancer-stricken father to ...

Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Critics rating: 2 Stars

Cast: Kangana Ranaut, R Madhavan, Jimmy Sheirgill

Direction: Aanand L Rai Read More

The Brave New Bollywood Heroine

Last month, I conducted a round-table interview with Anushka Sharma, Varun Dhawan, Navdeep Singh, who directed NH 10, and Sriram Raghavan, who directed Badlapur. The idea w...

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s ‘Cemetary of Splendour’ At Cannes Film Festival

Magic, healing, romance and dreams are all part of a woman’s tender path to a deeper awareness of herself and the world around her when she volunteers to help soldier...

Hollywood actress Yeoh raises money for Nepal

She was in Nepal as a tourist when the quake unleashed death and destruction in the Himalayan nation. Now actress Michelle Yeoh, famous for her roles in Oscar-winning &ldqu...

VICTIMS, WOMEN & THE LANDED VOICELESS

So here?? the thing!

As I entered home this evening, my housekeeper Leela Lhama opened the door, as usual.

She normally takes my laptop bag from my hand and...

10 Bollywood celebrities with social causes

Ours is a country that lives on movies. Bollywood actors today have the entire country following their every move closely. With that kind of fan following and power, comes ...

Sustainable travel: Asia's catching up

The tide of sustainable travel is sweeping across Asia Pacific, thanks to a growing awareness of sustainable development, eco-conscious travellers and smart hoteliers who u...