Astad is gone, but is more alive than ever

'Astad had the courage to plough a lonely furrow. He made a life of his own, on his own, and created a path-breaking dance style.''Only a few in the performing arts could do what he did.''A......

Canada to return Annapoorna statue stolen 100 yrs ago from Varanasi

A Canadian university will soon return to India a unique statue of Hindu goddess Annapoorna that was stolen from a shrine in Varanasi over a century ago and found its way to the varsity's art......

Rashtrapati Bhavan's Mughal Garden is in full bloom

The Mughal Garden will be in full bloom with over 10,000 Tulip bulbs, 138 types of roses and 70 different kinds of about 5,000 seasonal flowers. IMAGE: Children run near tulips in full bloom at......

CANDYTOPIA: Inside the weird and wonderful candy land

Imagine a world where too much sugar isn't a bad thing. It exists thanks to a new, immersive exhibit called Candytopia. Candytopia is a sprawling sanctuary of confectionary bliss, tastefully......

Remembering Amar Bose: The label 'Great Man' fits him to a T

Sree Sreenivasan recalls his encounters with the pioneer of sound who passed away on Friday and gives a sense of how many lives he touched -- in big and small ways. There are two......

42 years on, Star of India returns home

More than 40 years after it left the palace in Rajkot, the heritage Rolls-Royce, The Star of India, will soon return home. Haresh Pandya tracks down the road it travelled.It is not without reason......

Top-earning dead celebrities

The 13 legends in our seventh annual list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities grossed a combined $232 million in the past 12 months. Many are instantly recognizable one-name wonders (Elvis,......

Met Gala 2018: Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna scorch the red carpet

This is as dramatic as it gets! The fashion industry's top-billed event, the annual Met Gala, is an invitation-only fundraiser held for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.......

302 films in 365 days!

Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 302 films in 365 days on airplanes, on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Google, Hulu, DVDs and even on YouTube. As a journalist I often write about films. I see many,......

Sunny Leone, Arvind Kejriwal, Konkona: Stars in Toronto

Of all the Indian films screened in Toronto, three stood out for Aseem Chhabra -- A Death in the Gunj, Mostly Sunny and An Insignificant Man. "There are so many films from India this year," my......

The 330 films I saw in 2015

'In 2015 I watched films in so many places. I attended several film festivals around the world -- Berlin, Tribeca (New York), Telluride, Toronto, Zurich, Mumbai, Dharamsala and Goa,' says Aseem......

Tennis Roundup: Bopanna-Shapovalov in quarters

IMAGE: Rohan Bopanna, right, with his partner Denis Shapovalov. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Patrice Lapointe/Tennis Canada India's Rohan Bopanna teamed up with Canada's Denis Shapovalov to......

Henry, Keane in FIFA's top 100

FIFA have kicked off their centenary celebrations by unveiling the first five from the list of the game's 100 greatest living players chosen by Pele, the undoubted number one.The five players are......