Why Akshay Kumar Is Proud Of This 19-Year-Old Girl From Andheri

Soon after the Nirbhaya incident in Delhi, Akshay Kumar along with Aditya Thackeray had set up the Women's Self Defence Centre (WSDC) to impart free martial training to wom...

Kishore Fights Poverty And Polio To Become A Leading Gym Instructor

A dynamic and highly energetic gym trainer, V. M. Kishore Kumar personifies the example of victory over nature’s predicament. Read the story of how this young man wor...

All Hail The Japanese Film Festival

There are a lot reasons to celebrate the Japanese Film Festival. Co-presented with access cinema, the JFF is among the few that takes place throughout the country. They are...

Poems That Make Grown Women Cry

Following the success of their anthology Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, father-and-son team Anthony and Ben Holden, working with Amnesty International, have asked the same ...

Retroscope - No Ordinary Mother

The doorbell rang this afternoon- an odd time for it to ring. I was not expecting guests. I opened to find Nazma standing outside.

"You never call me these days!" S...

Panama Film Festival Revs Up Primera Mirada

One of the core goals of IFF Panama when it was founded in 2012 was to provide a new window and international launch-pad for films from Panama and the rest of Cen...

Kaleidoscope : Steaming Fresh

The fourth edition of Writers Bloc, a wonderful initiative to encourage new writing, commenced last week and the city’s theatre scene perked up.
 
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Freida Pinto: I Want To Give Back To My Country

Freida Pinto has certainly made a mark in the west. Her very first film, Slumdog Millionaire (2008), took her straight to the Academy Awards.
While the actor has previ...

How He Became Foster Father To 200 Children Of Farmers

In 2008, a farmer in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra committed suicide. He was survived by his wife, four children, and his very old father. Three of the four children w...