'Allah is there above and, with him as witness, I am giving you this money. If my Mariam's letter arrives, you must deliver it.' The clerk stood still in astonishment. 'Where must it be delivered?' 'Upon my grave!'
Mira's films are alive, rocking and so true to the reality I know. They are gifts that I keep revisiting, and I cannot wait for what more she will share with us, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Dad had sneaked into East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh) well before the war had started for reconnaissance of the terrain on the other side. He had disguised himself as a driver of a truck laden with goods and traveled into East Pakistan to be received by the underground fighters of the Mukti Bahini.
Sukanya Verma looks at the various baap-beti equations depicted on the screen.
Sanjay Mishra's beautiful home is where he holds his script-reading sessions, costume trials and look tests. He throws the doors open for us.
If the PM gives the historic opportunity of laying the foundation stone of the Ram temple to a Dalit girl, it will send a transformational message to the Dalits in India and will give them a sense of belongingness, says Dr Sudhir Bisht.
Images from Day 3 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
'Astad had the courage to plough a lonely furrow. He made a life of his own, on his own, and created a path-breaking dance style.' 'Only a few in the performing arts could do what he did.' 'A classical dancer can fall back on tradition, but Astad created something absolutely new.'
Television reporting is more about TRPs and less about news reporting. It drives on the assumption that a lynch mob is in all our living rooms and we want corrupt politicians to emerge out of the screen so that we deal with them and mete out the punishment, said Shekar Gupta, editor-in-chief of the Indian Express Group, speaking at the Lalit Doshi Memorial Award 2010-11 in Mumbai on Thursday.
These captivating photos snapped by photographers across the globe amid the coronavirus pandemic showcase how different nations have experienced a life under lockdown. In total, 15,697 photos have been submitted to the contest. The power is now in the global community's hands to cast their votes and decide which photo should win #StayHome. The most-voted photo will be revealed through the Agora app on May 27 and will win the top prize of $1,000. Octavi Royo, CEO and co-founder of the app Agora, which is running the competiton, said the photos gave 'a point of view on the confinement and to share a message of hope to humanity through their photograph'. Take a look at some of the best entries here.
Welcome to Govind Namdeo's beautiful home.
A recent study on internet speed in India put Hyderabad on top with 6.5 Mbps download and 4.5 Mbps upload speed
The Saat Khoon Maaf actress spills the beans on how she deals with failure, the men that turn her on and more!
At a party, Mitali Saran -- with wild exuberance -- decided to jump through an open doorway, from the living room to the terrace, and found herself in the doctor's office the next morning!
A sense of practicality and idealism mingle in the works of veteran director Shyam Benegal, says Abhilasha Ojha.
The actress talks about her upcoming film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.
Rather than pacing his living room nervously waiting to see if he was going to knock Tiger Woods off the top of the world rankings, Lee Westwood opted for a shopping trip to buy rubber gloves and mashed potato.
'One good thing that has come out of all this is that it shown people that online ordering is the way forward.'
Cities, neighbourhoods and living rooms across the Netherlands fell silent on Sunday night after the national team lost to Spain in the World Cup final, shattering their dream of winning soccer's biggest tournament.
Reader Vipin Pareek shares with us a blooper that he spotted in the movie Trishul.
Middle age is the boot stamping on our face, says Shougat Dasgupta.
'The awareness of how big my father's sacrifice came to me when we went for the Republic Day parade and my mother received the Ashok Chakra,' Rukmini Vasanth, whose father Colonel Vasanth Venugopal was killed in action fighting terrorists, tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih.
Hockey India President Narinder Batra has launched a scathing attack at India's Chef de Mission Rajeev Mehta and the other members of Indian Olympics Association, who are in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games. In response to the letter sent by hockey coach Roelant Oltmans to IOA complaining about the lack of basic facilities in the Games Village, Batra shared a picture in which players are made to live in 'unfurnished' apartments. Batra shared this image on social media targeting Mehta and the IOA.
For those who don't wish to watch their favourite game on a television in their living room, the perfect place was to head to a nearby hotel or a pub where the whole action was simulated to give a stadium-like feel with a giant screen and hordes of football fans cheering and jeering the teams.
Internet search engine giant Google has teamed with Intel and Sony to develop Google TV, a platform for bringing the web into the living room via televisions and set-top boxes
'I'll say that I was worried in those two or three days but credit to the boys that they responded really well to that as well.'
Here's a sneak peek at the very popular soap titled Passage to India (Caminho das Indias in the original Portuguese).
Mandira Bedi's Instagram page is definitely one of the favourite celebrity accounts to follow.
Declaring that the plans will come at less than one-tenth of global rates, Ambani said Jio Fiber plans will be priced between Rs 700 to Rs 10,000 per month "to suit every budget".
Watch out -- your child's closest friends might be abusing him online.
Sukanya Verma celebrates chandeliers on celluloid and their most memorable moments in Hindi films.
At 19, aspiring model and make up artist Mira Patel is a huge Instagram sensation.
For Jaswant Singh, the Jinnah controversy and his subsequent expulsion from the BJP is a validation of his beliefs.
'We all live very intense lives. S*** goes down all the time.' 'This 'eureka moment' doesn't really happen.' 'The discipline of writing and polishing a song is way harder,' Prateek Kuhad, the singing sensation, tells Veer Arjun Singh.
Rohit Shekhar's successful legal fight established the right of a child -- at any age -- to know his paternity.
When word got around in the ministry of external affairs that Siddhartha and Malavika were going to New York and would be with SM Krishna, protocol officers went to Delhi airport to see off the couple. Siddhartha chided them for doing so and when the officials said a government vehicle would be picking them up at John F Kennedy airport on arrival, he told them that he would take a taxi to reach the New York Palace hotel where his father-in-law was staying. K P Nayar reports.
When an astute brain meets a superlative performer, there is bound to be lot of mutual admiration and the Kohli-Dhoni relationship is no different.
Benjamin called 911 on Thursday night and told the police he had just shot his brother, Nicholas, at their home, an arrest report said.
When it comes to Bollywood influences, Indians seem to have shed rigid regional biases and duly accepted the heavy doses of Punjabi that make their way into their living rooms with every hit film. Irrespective of regional origin, desis all over the place are claiming to know and learn Punjabi through their television screens.
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