Champions Trophy: Sending Team To Pakistan Would Be Dangerous

Even a whiff of an incident like the violent 1989 shirt-ripping attack on Krishnamachari Srikkanth by a Karachi spectator would be ruinous. It would set back the ties further, derail an ongoing......

The man who wants Pakistani actors to leave India

Ameya Khopkar, MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s close friend, defending his stance, says, “When our soldiers are being killed on the borders by Pakistan, why should we host their actors......

Crossing The World's Most Dramatic Border

Today, the two countries, ruthlessly divided by the Radcliffe Line that pierced their very heart, grapple with the political challenges of the present.Yet, when friendships develop there are no......

Will Modi go the Indira way?

'Sounds familiar? Barring inflation, much else looks, sounds, and feels more than a bit like 1974.''A phenomenally popular leader, with a party of unquestioning followers, a broken Opposition, a......

What Made Geeta Dutt's Life So Tragic

The song that best encapsulates Geeta Dutt's unfairly abbreviated life would probably be: Yaad Karoge, Yaad Karoge, Ek Din Humko Yaad Karoge.On her 95th birth anniversary on November 23, Dinesh......

Sulakshana Pandit's Top 10 Songs

Singer-actress Sulakshana Pandir passed into the ages on November 6 after a prolonged illness. Besides her acting roles, she leaves behind some beautiful songs to remember her by. Dinesh Raheja......

What Magic S D Burman Created With Bimal Roy!

Can anyone forget S D Burman's classic songs in Devdas, Sujata and Bandini? Legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman created numerous popular songs over three decades from the 1950s to the 1970s.......

Why Was Sulakshana Pandit So Famous?

In 1973, Mumtaz, Raakhee, Jaya Bhaduri, Dimple Kapadia, Tanuja, married and retired from films.Producers wanted a new heroine as a replacement.Many thought Sulakshana was a Mumtaz lookalike and was......