Maharashtra names international music college in Mumbai after Lata Mangeshkar

The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday decided to name the proposed international music college in Mumbai after legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who died recently, a state minister said. The......

Attacking Congress in RS, Modi invokes 1984 riots, Kashmiri Pandits

Declaring that even Mahatma Gandhi wanted the party dismantled, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said there would have no Emergency, no massacre of Sikhs, no caste politics and no exodus of......

Lata Mangeshkar and her connection to Savarkar

From being the youngest member of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's inter-caste dinner squads to giving voice to his poems, singing icon Lata Mangeshkar was closely associated with the controversial Hindu......

Hindu terror is a misnomer, says RSS chief

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has taken a strong exception to the use of the term 'Saffron or Hindu terror' and said that terrorism and Hindus cannot be related to each other. Addressing the......

Holi Songs You Haven't Heard

Do yourself a favour and let's NOT play Holi to the same handful of Holi songs each year. There's so much more than Holi Ke Din Dil Khil Jaate Hain (Sholay) or Rang Barse (Silsila)! There are over......

7 Songs For Maha Shiv Ratri

Subhash K Jha lists seven memorable songs for Maha Shiv Ratri.   Darshan Do Baba Bhole from Har Har Mahadev IMAGE: Darshan Do Baba Bhole in the Har Har Mahadev. Haath jod kar baar baar yeh......

Vidya's Indira Gandhi Dream Shelved

Photograph: Kind courtesy Vidya Balan/Instagram Vidya Balan’s ambition to playIndira Gandhi on screen has been shelved. The actor was to play the late prime minister in a Web series to be......

'Didi's birthday this year is a reminder of our loss'

IMAGE: Lata and Usha Mangeshkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lata Mangeshkar's Official Fan Club/Instagram Prabhu Kunj on Peddar Road, south Mumbai, wore a deserted look on Wednesday, September 28.......

'Latadidi was crazy about cricket'

'She was not just a fan; she knew the game and could differentiate between a good cricketer and a great cricketer.'Hemant Kenkre remembers his 'Didi Maushi'.   IMAGE: Lata Mangeshkar and her......

When Lata Mangeshkar rescued BCCI post 1983 WC win

IMAGE: Lata Mangeshkar was very close to all Mumbai cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Sachin Tendulkar, who spoke about her with unmatchable humility and mother like respect.......