No More Lampooning, Bollywood Embraces Gay Characters

There was a time when films such as Pyar Kiya Toh Darna Kya (1998) lampooned people from the LGBT community through characters who were manily sidekicks, had overtly femini...

Indian Short Film ‘Beti’ At Seattle Film Festival

“Beti”, a non-fiction short film on girl child education, made by young student filmmakers of the city, has been invited for a special screening at the 42nd Sea...

The Jazz Way Of Life

Israeli jazz band the Ehud Ettun Trio on their Indian connect and their curiosity for new music

For most jazz musicians, the genre is a fluid, organic and highly im...

VIDEO: Rare Clip of Raj Kapoor & Dilip Kumar Playing Cricket For Drought Relief in the 1960s

A rare video of Hindi film celebrities playing cricket has been going viral among both cricket and Bollywood fans. The black-and-white video, featuring celebrities like Raj...

Christa Jones, VP Of Celebrities For Charity Foundation Talks Giving Back And Making An Impact

P.K. Subban, Serge Ibaka, and Vernon Davis may be professional athletes, but they all donate a larger portion of their celebrity to charitable causes, according to Christa ...

India Misses Millennium Development Goal 5

Under the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, the target for India was to reduce Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. Based on the UN In...

A First For The Country, Maharashtra Bans Social Boycott Ordered By The Khaps

Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to ban village councils from imposing social boycotts. In the majority of cases, it is women and people from lower cla...

Theatre’s Not A Stepping Stone To Bollywood: Meher Mistry

Meher Mistry walked on to the stage as a 'desi' belle and breathed life into the Broadway version of timeless classic "Beauty and the Beast" in India. The theatre artiste, ...

Sonakshi Sinha In Kathmandu For Charity Event

Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha arrived here on Friday to perform at a concert named ‘Amarpanchhi’ which is set to take place at Tundikhel, in the centre of th...