India's AIDS problem

More than 150 people attended an interdisciplinary conference, 'What is Indian about HIV/AIDS' in India. Among those present were academics and experts from various institutions and agencies. The......

'William Shakespeare is our heritage too'

Ah, Bollywood. The things it manages to do. Take the recently released Omkara, for instance. A fine piece of filmmaking that should win its director Vishal Bhardwaj more than just a Filmfare Award.......

'Lots of people are unhappy in France'

A few nights ago rioters in Tours, France broke two sightscreens of Professor Narayanaswami Ranganathan's car.An Indian immigrant, who went to Paris as a student in 1976 and is now a French......

The text of President Kalam's speech

The text of President A P J Abdul Kalam's address to the joint sitting of Parliament:Honourable Members,I am delighted to address the first session of both Houses of Parliament after the elections......

Review: The Smurfs is cliched and magicless

Ankur Pathak feels that The Smurfs has a pitifully unimaginative storyline. Post YOUR review here!When Belgian comic artist Pierre Culliford, famously known as Peyo created comic strips comprising......

The Husainsaab I knew

One is reminded of the song So Long Farewell, Are We To Say Goodbye. The time has indeed come to say farewell to one of Indian pre-eminent artists, rather the Czar of Indian Art.It's hard to digest......

Review: I AM is a relevant film

Onir's I AM opens with a quotation from Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali, 'Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high...' underlining the purpose behind his evocative anthology. While......

Shaan: Dubbing for Rio was fun

Singers Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan lent their voice for the Hindi version of Rio, a 3D animation film, that released last week. Apart from dubbing the dialogues in Hindi for the lead......

To sledge or not to sledge?

Rajesh: Nice article about sledging. I have only one complaint against the way sledging has been handled and that is the racist factor in all this. It has always been the case that the whites......