IN PICS: Behind the bamboo curtain called Myanmar

Seeking to elevate India's ties with resource-rich Myanmar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Myanmar on Sunday on a historic visit during which the two sides will chart out a roadmap and......

IN PICS: Behind the bamboo curtain called Myanmar

Myanmar, a largely-forgotten country, but with great potential in the world's eye, mostly made headlines in the past because of its sufferings under its military junta, since early 1960s. But now,......

DON'T MISS: Even at Myanmar's punk show, Suu Kyi's a hit!

Punk is alive and well in the once-isolated land of Myanmar. Here's proof of thatYoung men attend a punk show during the water festival at a music bar in Yangon April 11, 2012. Click NEXT to see more...

Readers' pix: The lush after the rain

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Finally! An Indian Coming-Of-Age Movie For Grownups

Dear Friend is for those who idealised Dil Chahta Hai all out of proportion, and then warmed up to the premise that friendship could be a lot more complicated, and transient, observes Sreehari......

Begum Jaan Review: A Vidya Balan Summer Project with a cold, sadistic heart

Begum Jaan makes a lot of noise, cuts a lot of throats, but sucks up to kiddie-ideas of history and revolution, feels Sreehari Nair. In Begum Jaan, Vidya Balan (playing the eponymous......

'He moved like James Brown, played like Hendrix, sang like a soul singer and wrote great lyrics'

‘You could hear Prince’s influence on all of them. I could see him in a pop artist I could see him in an R&B soul artist.’ Former minister Milind Deora who in his spare time more......

Review: Bachelor Party is unbearable

Paresh C Palicha says Bachelor Party is a complete letdown. Enticing visuals and humour laced with innuendoes do not make a good film as Bachelor Party, directed by Amal Neerad, proves. It's high......

Pussy Riot protest members detained by Sochi police

Pussy Riot protest band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova said they were detained on suspicion of theft in the Winter Olympics host city of Sochi on Tuesday, less than two months......