Olga Tellis, a true legend of our times

Olga Tellis, a legend in Indian journalism, completes 50 years as a reporter this year. A no-nonsense journalist whom politicians and officialdom took on at their peril, Ms Tellis has always been......

'I'm merely a wordsmith, trying to do my job'

She's done it all. She's been a magazine editor, writer, columnist and, at 60, an age she shares with Free India, Shobhaa De continues to push the envelope. In her latest book, Superstar India,......

Cleavage, stalkers, item gals: Has Bollywood got it WRONG?

They say that cinema is a reflection of society. If that is true, what kind of society are we living in, asks Paloma Sharma. It is late Monday night. I flip through the channels on my television,......

Raveena Tandon plays Shobhaa De in next?

Even as Raveena Tandon gets ready to take her new film Shobhna's 7 Nights -- about a rich, bored columnist-author, who gets into a relationship with a struggling actor moonlighting as a gigolo --......

Bindra, Jwala slam Shobhaa De for mocking India's athletes in Rio

IMAGE: Beijing Olympics gold medalist Abhinav Bindra leads the Indian contingent at the Parade of Nations during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio Olympics at Maracana Stadium. Photograph: Clive......