As with the last 37 years, this year too the India Day Parade in New York saw thousands of Indian Americans throng Manhattan's Madison Avenue to celebrate India's Independence Day. For the thousands of Indians who turned up, it was a once in a year chance to showcase their country's rich cultural diversity.
Reader Aditi Sardana* narrates her stalking experience as a teenager, when she had just moved into a new neighbourhood with her family.
Born in Raniket, Uttranchal, Anjali Pandey hails from a very educated family who believes academics is more important. Daughter of a Pediatrician father and an MSc in Zoology mother who has taken to home-making and an ambitious IT student from Rurkee, Anjali studied BCA in Delhi before to Mumbai to join the glamourous world of commercials.
Shruti Haasan's Aazma manages to push the album half a notch higher.
Keeping your peers informed, calling up the police and confronting your stalker are just some of the many things you can do to keep that individual away.
A stalking victim recollects the harrowing months when an unknown boy followed her everywhere she went.
Presenting 5 simple tips on how you can take charge of your health and stop agonising about your weight.
A strong demand was made in the Rajya Sabha today to proscribe organisations like the Sri Ram Sene, which have been indulging in moral policing in Karnataka and threatened to disrupt the Valentine's Day celebrations.
We'll be seeing eight new faces on the ramp at Lakme Fashion Week's autumn/winter instalment next month. We introduce you to another hottie hopeful.
To fit in with the theme of his line Tangiers for the final day of the LFW, veteran designer Narendra Kumar ditched models in favour of college girls on the ramp.
Dhruv Munjal gets up close and personal with Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, the inspiration for Saand Ki Aankh.
A young girl in Andhra Pradesh, who suffered serious burn injuries in an acid attack earlier this month, died in Hyderabad on Wednesday.Swapnika and Pranita, both final year BTech students of Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, sustained burn injuries when they were attacked with acid by unidentified persons at Ramaram locality in Warangal. Swapnika, a final year engineering student from Warangal, sustained over 50 per cent burns in the acid attack on December 10.
Coming from a filmi background, it was but natural for Smilie Suri to enter Bollywood.
Coming from a filmi background, it was but natural for Smilie Suri to enter Bollywood.
Malayalam filmmaker Albert talks about his new Japanese film on the legendary freedom fighter Nair San starring Mohanlal in the title role and Chinese martial arts expert Jackie Chan.
New Delhi's Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan hospital is the ground zero of COVID-19 treatment in India. It's an exclusive Covid-dedicated hospital with 2,000 beds. Nowhere in India are so many coronavirus patients being treated under one roof.
Dolly Jain knows 325 ways of draping the sari, a talent that has taken her to the Limca Book Records.
With Hindi Medium and Angrezi Medium, the "English-medium" actor of independent movies shows she can easily fit into mainstream Hindi movies too.
The spread of the Zika virus in Brazil needs to be monitored but is not a threat to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Germany's chief Olympic doctor said.
Gone Kesh is a good-natured coming-of-age tale, applauds Sukanya Verma.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Church spokesperson Father Paul Thelekat says that like nuns are becoming extinct as a social species in European countries, the same situation may be seen in India soon, as young women are being drawn to more 'worldly' professions. Nuns feel women are given 'second class' citizen status in the Church and are considered emotional and lacking objectivity and reasoning. They feel that this needs to change for the situation to improve.
Much as we might like to believe that date rape is a curse of the Western world, we have to open our eyes to the fact that the crime is much closer to home than we realise.
The judges described the convict as a 'menace to society' and said rising crime against women should be tackled on all fronts.
From the winking girl to the dancing amputee, these people won over the Internet and our collective hearts.
Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale.
'Shah Rukh Khan is a born entertainer.' 'From five year olds to a 105 year old, Shah Rukh will charm and entertain everyone.' 'With Salman, a lot of people have come back intimidated.' 'But I enjoy my adventures with Salman because you just have to be yourself.'
Aseem Chhabra lists the best non-Hindi language films he watched in 2020, with the hope that they will have a wider reach in the new year.
'Virat Kohli features in 25 campaigns, Ranveer Singh in 24, Akshay Kumar in 22, Deepika Padukone in 20, Ranbir Kapoor in 13, M S Dhoni in 12, Amitabh Bachchan in 12, Alia Bhatt in 11... but not one celebrity campaign is a sizzler,' says ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
On International Women's Day, seven successful women share their wishes and dreams for a perfect India.
Fir Tum Mil Gaye that will go on floors in April this year is a remake of Tamil film June R and is produced under the banner Hari Om Sai and directed by Revathy Verma.
Bangalore-based couple Sneha Sundaram and Bharath Bevinahally tell us how Kutuki, an early learning app, will change the way 200 mn kids in Indian will access education.
From memorising things to managing anger, these icons found the perfect way to overcome dyslexia.
At least 10 people were killed and 15 injured when militants targeted a Pakistan air force bus with a powerful bomb in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday.The PAF bus was heading to a base near Peshawar when it was attacked on a bridge in Kohat Road locality, police said, adding, many of the dead and injured were PAF personnel.The blast was so powerful that it uprooted electricity poles by the side of the road and created a large hole in the bridge.
'And now, linking LGBT to Nazis, communists, the devil? This is not OK. This is in fact sick and it is dangerous. Kids will suffer more because of this continuous bashing and stigmatising of our LGBT community'
The Miss World was in South Africa during the 100th birthday celebrations of late Nelson Mandela.
Singh, 55, is a graduate of Delhi University class of 1976. He is a motivational speaker, chairs a committee at Queens Borough Community College Holocaust Center, and is a member of Community Board 13. He also serves as the third chair of Queen's Hospital Center board, and works as a director for Red Cross's Queens chapter.
Aseem Chhabra lists the films that won his heart at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
Despite its weak points, Payana is a must watch for audience who prefer neat film. Hari Krishna's top music, Ravishankar's good debut and Rumaneethu's screen presence makes it interesting viewing.
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