PIX: Yoga at New York's Times Square

Thousands of Yoga enthusiasts and practitioners assembled at the iconic Times Square in New York for day-long sessions of the ancient Indian practice on the eve of the commemoration of the......

New York mayor includes Hindus in inter-faith meet

Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg shared a breakfast chat with members of six major faiths, including Hinduism, during the Mayor's annual inter-faith meeting on December 31, 2007. While Hinduism......

Salman Rushdie makes first public appearance since attack

Salman Rushdie has been honoured with the PEN Centenary Courage Award as the Mumbai-born writer made his first in-person public appearance since being stabbed and severely wounded in a knife attack......

Bushes encourage Andhra literacy programmes

US President George W Bush delivers a speech at the White House Conference on Global Literacy at the New York Public Library on September 18 while First Lady Laura Bush looks on. The conference is......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

Authors lose class status in Google digital books case

Google Inc notched a legal victory in its bid to create the world's largest digital books library, winning the reversal of a court order that had allowed authors challenging the project to sue as a......

Why Rani, Abhishek lost out on Namesake

There is no way anyone who has no time for rehearsals can work in my film,"said Mira Nair, as she discussed how her casting plans for The Namesake had changed radically. "The only person who......

No, Friends is Not The Best Sitcom Ever!

'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode......

The Birthday Emraan Hashmi Wants To Forget

'I remember how my grandmother was scared for me when I joined the industry because she was aware of the hurdles and pitfalls.''It's a harsh place.''When the going is good, it's great, but you......

India, Merchant-Ivory and the Oscars

Making her film debut with The Householder, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote more screenplays than novels, winning two Oscars -- for A Room with a View and Howards End.She kept her distance from the film......