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Doctor with a Difference

'I consider myself to be a 50 year old with a 16-year-young mind, ready to conquer more continents,' Dr Shuvendu Sen tells Payal Singh Mohanka. IMAGE: Dr Shuvendu Sen. All photographs: Kind......

An 'unapologetic' author, who didn't write to 'please an audience'

Celebrated for his extensive commentary on both, colonisers and colonised, in fiction and non-fiction, V S Naipaul walked the controversy tightrope, admired for his prose but scorned by those who......

Tribute: Fundamental loss to Indian art

Nishad Avari pays tribute to M F Husain, who passed into the ages on Thursday morning.\\nImpressively long and poetic, the name Maqbool Fida Husain conjures up many associations for me, dating from......

Stanford University honours A R Rahman

A R Rahman was waiting backstage and appeared sweet, modest and patient as he chatted with the stagehands around him. He was to be honoured shortly and both of us had been told by the organisers to......

The fun and essence of Cannes ad fest

Okay, today the curtains are going to come down on the 2010 Cannes Advertising Festival. It's been a week of stimulating seminars, inspiring award shows, long walks and delectable foi gras. In the......

Al Gore's amazing $100 million makeover!

Al Gore is a funny guy. And, for his $175,000 speaking fee, he tells this story: after leaving the White House and heading back to Tennessee sans motorcade -- "in a rented Ford Taurus," he sniffs......

Why London is celebrating India

When it comes to going ga-ga over India, London just takes the cake. Even as you read this, the city is gearing up to celebrate India in a never-before display of culture, food, art, theater and......

'Indian advertising can be world's best'

At the first sight,tall Sumanto Chattopadhyay with his long hair and beardlooksas if he has just walked out of the sets of Lord of the Rings. The group creative director of Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai......

Indian ads win glory at Cannes

It was curtains down for the 52nd Cannes Advertising Festival in France on June 25, and India's performance at the prestigious awards fell short of expectations.The advertising agencies flew back......

Dev Anand's Important Life Lesson

'How do you stay so energised? So young?''Dev Anand flashed that familiar crooked grin and told me, "The mind never grows old. It urges you to surge ahead".' IMAGE: Dev Anand in Gambler. There was......

'I said no to a lot of big films because...'

'...it didn't make sense to me.''If the character was not adding (to the story), I wasn't interested.''The reason why I chose to act is because of the way it makes me feel when I'm acting, not for......

Seen these FANTASTIC films?

The New York Film Festival served an amazing plate of films.Aseem Chhabra picks the best ones. It has been the strangest year of our lives, but films have been important in keeping us sane. And......

You must watch these AMAZING movies!

The stars were there. For a small festival in its fourth year, the International Film Festivals and Awards Macao brings quite a few global film personalities to promote their films. French actress......

'Priyanka was intense'

'... and committed.''Priyanka had so much happening in her personal life...''Once we started, Priyanka rose to it.' IMAGE: Director Shonali Bose with Priyanka Chopra on the sets of The Sky Is......

Sports Shorts: Mary Kom to hit your TV screens soon

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Anna Sarkissian, left, and Ameesha Joshi with India's boxing queen M C Mary Kom. Photograph Courtesy: Anna......

With This Ring... Mary Kom and women's boxing in India

Why did two Canadians make a documentary on women's boxing in India?Harish Kotian/Rediff.com finds out. IMAGE: Anna Sarkissian, left, and Ameesha Joshi with India's boxing queen M C Mary Kom.......

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