TELEVISION’S CULTURE POTS

When German friends first visited Bombay, they were blown away by the multiple ethnic groups on the streets. They had just visited the Rajabai Clock Tower and seen statues ...

Nagesh Kukunoor’s Next, Dhanak Produced By Manish Mundra Is The Only Indian Film To Be Selected In The 65th Berlin Film Festival

—It is the only Indian feature selected in the festival and will compete in the Generation Kplus category against films selected from across the world—

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Salman Khan sets up week-long medical camp in Mandawa

Salman Khan who is known for his charitable works, recently set up a week long medical camp for the locals of Mandawa, Rajasthan. The actor is currently shooting for his up...

Bold messages from Bollywood in an era of intolerance

Until this year, the line of dialogue that for me best encapsulated India’s mix of chaos and tolerance was not from a contemporary Bollywood film but a four-year-old ...

THE ROMANCE OF KITES

In mid January, the skies over Gujarat and Maharashtra are gaily speckled with kites, diving, soaring and getting at each other. This day marks the solar ingress into Capri...

India’s bride markets grow, while trafficking convictions decline

The shortage of brides in some states with skewed sex ratio has made human trafficking a lucrative trade The Indian predilection for aborting or killing the female child ap...

The truly dictatorial ordinance didn’t come from Modi: it came from Rajasthan

Laying down educational qualifications for panchayat and zila parishad elections endangers democracy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received plenty of flak for resorting...

Lexicon of democratic literacy

The introduction of educational qualifications as eligibility criteria for contesting panchayat elections has shocked and angered rural Rajasthan, including supporters of t...

Non-prevalent' 10 states see rise in HIV patients, record 57% cases

The number of HIV patients has registered an increase in states where it was earlier being considered to be non-prevalent with 10 such states together accounting for 57 % o...