'Have we finally gotten over the holy cow syndrome?' asks Saisuresh Sivaswamy after watching Aisi Taisi Democracy in action.
'Even though Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyon was not a hit, people still remember me. I must have done some really good acting in it. I met Akshay (Kumar, her co-star) recently and he told me 'tu toh director ban gayi hai' (you've become a director). I told him you can never predict where life takes you.' Divya Khosla Kumar prepares us for Sanam Re.
The overall pass percentage was 83.01 per cent as against last year's 82.02 per cent.
'Tagore repeatedly denounced the "My country, right or wrong" attitude.' 'We often use the phrase "unity in diversity" like a cliche and often make diversity secondary, giving precedence to unity.' 'You do not have to shout from the rooftops that we are very tolerant.'
Nearly every player who has lifted a club at the Ryder Cup has described that moment standing on the first tee as one of the most nervous of their professional lives.
A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities!
'Genuine secularism cannot be built on the backs of Hindus alone.' 'In a pluralistic society every religion is duty bound to respect the rights and sentiments of the others.' 'Vande Mataram was a casualty of minorityism. Bharat Mata Ki Jai cannot be allowed to go the same way,' says Vivek Gumaste.
In a patriarchal Uttar Pradesh village, a young girl is making a difference.
'I'd love to do a Marathi film with Genelia.' Riteish Deshmukh gears up to storm Marathi cinema!
The judge asked the actor to appear before the court after a month on May 7 when it will hear his plea for suspension of sentence.
Sujatha Gidla's scathing observations about Mahatma Gandhi and other highlights from Jaipur Literature Festival 2018.
'Don't resort to violence.' 'This is a civilised and democratic country.' 'You should have faith in the judiciary.' 'Otherwise, some person will have an objection for everything and not let you do anything.'
India, with m-cap of about $1.6 trillion, is ahead of Switzerland.
Director Shonali Basu and her actors on the making of what appears to be a memorable movie.
The 89th Annual Academy awards saw some touching speeches. Here's a look at some of the best ones.
Gut feeling and a sense of timing has always marked Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision making process in his illustrious captaincy stint and he once again showed that when he 'stumped' one and all with his decision to step down as skipper of India's limited overs team. No one knows whether Dhoni has read the poem 'Invictus' or watched Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman recite it in his deep baritone: "I am the Master of My fate, I am the Captain of My soul". The context of the poem may have been different but in spirit somewhere, Dhoni may find it eerily similar to his thought process leading up to the decision last night.
Subrata Roy turned up at a New Delhi stadium, best known for hosting the Commonwealth Games, last week as part of his country wide Abhaar Yatra.
'Will you take a Mercedes Benz or Rolex watches or fancy shoes to your grave?'
'I don't miss college because I don't know what's like. What I'm doing is something special; I wouldn't trade it for a normal life.' The Stage winner Yatharth Ratnum gets ready for a new phase in his life.
After 20 plus years of threatening to offer us new sensations, Nagesh Kukunoor has finally let it rip, raves Sreehari Nair.
'At one of the UK's best known museums, one of our greatest sculptures had been placed next to a public toilet.' 'This perception that art antiquities are better looked after in the West is one created by the cultural elite of our country.'
The Bollywood stalwart turns 70 on January 17.
The 2019 election gives the Indian public the same choice: Between growth and oligarchs (or, in our case, dynasts and crony capitalists). If we chose wisely, well and good. If not, well, we have the Nehruvian Rate of Growth and massive corruption to fall back on. In a large sense, it is a choice between the India of the Lutyens elites and the Bharat of the real citizen, says Rajeev Srinivasan.
Here are Aseem Chhabra's picks -- 'films that mattered to me, entertained me and will stay with me through the year.'
'Amit Shah and Modi have a disciple and guru relationship. But Modi and Jaitley's relationship was based on friendship. That's the difference.'
Penpix of players in Australia's Ashes squad.
'Fashion shows, qawwalis and comedy fests can only be included in a much more meaningful menu of dialogue which occurs when the guns are silent, infiltration is a thing of the past and the people's mood permits such extravaganzas, feels Tarun Vijay, MP.
#Not In My Name, said ordinary citizens, as they took to the streets to reclaim the India they believed in.
The Big Chill is an upmarket cafe in New Delhi's tony Khan Market and that's where Deora wanted to meet. He introduces me to his favourite cake: tiramisu with a generous infusion of Bailey's, the Irish creme liquor. I take a spoonful, recall the reading on the bathroom scales earlier that morning, and resolutely push it aside, writes Aditi Phadnis.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
'Working with Prabhu Dheva was extremely taxing. I expected it to be an out-and-out action film but he made me dance so much.' Ajay Devgn talks about his next film Action Jackson.
What Readers thought of Article 15.
Bearing in mind how full India's pitcher is with ethnic and communal complexities, only the greatest circumspection can hold this country together in a willing union.
'I'm a fashion philanthropist, but people are wondering how she can still be doing a song in a bikini.' 'When a woman becomes a philanthropist, it is always expected that she must be like a Mother Teresa kind of a girl.' 'Why would I become like anyone else?'
The semi-final against Australia and if the Indian women are fortunate, Sunday's final will decide her place in history as a captain, though she has long secured her position in the Elysium of women's cricket, says Haresh Pandya.
Jaanisaar will test your patience, cautions Paloma Sharma.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
... The feeling won't last too long, says Paloma Sharma.
Tibet is not this desolate, god-forsaken land that you have imagined it to be, discovers Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Meet the Bhandari brothers, who scored a critical and commercial hit with their debut film while the biggest movie of the year was dominating the box office across the country.
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