Dr Siras was a man determined to be a freak in the show called Life, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Aseem Chhabra picks his favourite movies from the Telluride Film Festival.
From Boyhood to The Grand Budapest Hotel, we've seen some brilliant cinema this year.
'The Modi-Xi and Modi-Obama meetings, with an interval of just 12 days, are juxtaposed superbly at a crucial point in the prime minister's life. Can Modi carve out a win-win situation with the superpower and the emerging superpower at the same time?'
'Smita Patil was the reason I got into films. She kept telling me to get into films but I said I was happy doing theatre, I don't like films. Today, when I look back, I don't think I disliked films. Maybe I thought who would take me in films? I think it was a complex.' Nana Patekar looks back at his life.