India's women are key drivers of social change through TV'

Women are the key drivers of positive social change in India through television, according to the executive behind one of the most profoundly influential shows in India, Sa...

Channel V: Changed Priority

In the mid-1990s, India’s youth saw the launch of an indigenous music channel – Channel [V]. The slew of programming was urban-centric, with irreverent humour, ...

Celebs walk in aid of cancer

Celebrities of the likes of Divya Khosla Kumar, Neil Nitin Mukesh, veteran actress Sadhana, Poonam Dhillon, Vivek Oberoi, Neetu Chandra, Amrita Raichand, Rohit Roy, Tanuj V...

Sonam Kapoor supports underprivileged children's cause

Actress Sonam Kapoor has lent her support to Rouble Nagi Art Foundation, which runs art camps for underprivileged kids in India. Sonam visited the capital recently to encou...

Climate change's potential impact must figure in food production efforts

Countries need to shift to more sustainable food systems, stepping up action to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, FAO Director-General Jos? Graziano da S...

Curtains For Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (BALH)

“We have an expression that when a show is running out of original stories, the producers will make a “jump the shark” episode, when something completely ...

Preet Kamal pledges to donate her eyes

Actress Preet Kamal, who made her much-appreciated Bollywood debut with ‘Babloo Happy Hai’, has pledged to donate her eyes. Preet strongly believes in the conce...

MISSING, THE IRANI JOINT

As B Merwan opposite Grant Road Station (East) downs it shutters, a flood of memories takes over the locals and regulars at Merwans, as it was commonly referred to. Minoo S...

Is This Our Democracy?

While watching the show Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan, running on Sunday mornings on Star Plus, last week, I began to feel faint.

Our acceptance of a flawed ...