Satyajit Ray would have been 97 today, May 2. Soumendu Roy, who worked with the legendary director for many years, looks back on the Genius that was Manikda, as the Master was known to family, friends and admirers.
'Not everything in my life is Baahubalian size.'
Padmarajan's Thoovanathumbikal has become a part of Malayali mythology, just as its maker himself now possesses mythological status.
They're bold, beautiful and totally unrecognisable!
Family members of the martyred personnel and survivors of the daring strike recalled the harrowing moments and pledged support to efforts to root out terrorism.
Sreehari Nair could not put up with turgid and self-serious ones like Super Deluxe and Gully Boy. His list of favourite Indian movies of 2019 contains just five names.
Fifty international hundreds might seem staggering for a 29-year-old but India captain Virat Kohli feels that it hasn't been that long a journey as the figures might suggest.
ArthaKranti wants the government to abolish income tax and 56 other taxes and replace it by a banking transaction tax.
'What the price will reveal, since the India specific capabilities haven't changed since 2013, is how much the Modi government padded up the cost,' points out Mohan Guruswamy.
Aseem Chhabra lists his 10 favourite non-Indian shows streaming in India -- classics as well as recent shows.
The lasting influence of Amitabh Bachchan's Supremo, hitchhiking with Salman Khan, a taste of Tom Alter, Padmaavat's best scene and more in Sukanya Verma's Super-filmi Week.
Beset by a Princess Syndrome in the past, Kareena Kapoor reigns over this pandemonium like a stately queen, feels Sreehari Nair.
Dr Kanchan Joshi says it can transform the way you think and help you solve problems.
'It is crucial today to realise where we have reached in this 15 year-period in order to fully and properly assess the profundity of what General Rawat has said,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Yoga instructor and meditation expert Paloma Gangopadhyay shows you how to get started with yoga at home.
The film's genius is not in its ability to provide answers. Rather, it expands our empathy and forces us to locate the sublime within the unbearable, says Vikram Johri.
'I have no problems with the finance ministry or with state governments treating petrol pump prices as the last resort for meeting their ambitious spending targets with very limited revenue resources.' 'But let's do away with this smokescreen of free pricing of petrol and diesel and go back to administered pricing regime,' says Dr Sudhir Bisht.
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'The most difficult part of film-making is dealing with people you are working with and trying to forget the drama that goes behind the scenes.'
The film cannot be taken seriously, says Paresh C Palicha.
Here's the full text of President's address with a word cloud.
No one expects Nigeria to win, but by now everyone knows that shirt...
Describing information technology as a change-agent, Modi said IT has the power to transform the country in several ways.
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Not only do Modi and Trump's personalities overshadow the high offices they hold, the way they attack people and speak are very similar, observes Karan Thapar.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
Bollywood remembers their daddies on Father's Day.
'I am really grateful to God with respect to the films I get because choosing them are not a conscious effort.'
The actor said the 'poison has already spread' and it will be now difficult to contain it.
'If somebody says a certain superstar's film is not good, I would not go to watch it.' 'But if the word-of-mouth is good, I don't miss a film.' 'When Badhaai Ho released, we immediately ran to theatres to watch it.'
Saudis are interested in expanding their relationship with India, given it is becoming the main driver of crude demand growth in Asia
The deadly Ebola virus that has claimed 932 lives so far is now closer to home than imagined. Union Health Minister on Wedensday in a letter to Parliament said that a total of 44,700 Indians are living in different countries affected by Ebola.
It is the two women directors in Shuruaat Ka Twist who end up making the best films, feels Sreehari Nair.
'His portrayal of Income Tax Commissioner Amay Patnaik relies on his firm footing as a man of consequence to pitch itself as a tribute to the IT department's unsung heroes.' 'It's the most I've enjoyed watching Ajay Devgn in a while,' says Sukanya Verma.
'This is not a cricket match where one side lost and the other side won! Kashmiris are our own.'
We present our alphabet of 2020, pulling in everything you'll remember about this year we'd rather forget.
'Politicians have long appropriated the hero turned god as their totem, but never before with the ferocious intensity of the present regime,' notes Arundhuti Dasgupta.
'The general perspective -- certainly on Capitol Hill and Congress -- the love for India, the positive feeling for India still focuses on India as a democracy.' 'The more that Indian democracy and its pluralistic features is called into question by Indians, the more that same debate will replay back here.'
'She dwarfs every known politician of recent times with her imperious aura, iron will, tremendous drive, dauntless pursuit of goals she set before herself, ability to capture the people's imagination and unshakeable grip over her party and government,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Zakir Ali Tyagi was charged under the Indian Penal Code's Section 420 (cheating) and Section 66 of the Information Technology Act (computer related offences).
