'LET ME GO HOME!'

Do we care about India's Nowhere People, asks Sunil Sethi. IMAGE: Migrants from Rajasthan travel to the Kozhikode railway station before boarding a train to their villages, May 13, 2020.......

Sahir Ludhianvi's priceless notes, poems found in scrap shop!

Mumbai-based Film Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO, found these items recently amid a dump of newspapers and magazines at the scrap shop in Juhu and now plans to preserve and exhibit "the......

How Hindi conquers other Indian languages

It looks like Hindi, which faces political opposition at the front door, is entering Tamil Nadu through the kitchen, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf. On a visit to Pakistan in 1998, a distant relative......

Why Communism will never die

On November 7, which marks 100 years of the Russian Revolution, Syed Firdaus Ashraf recalls a conversation he once had on Communism. November 7, 2017 marks the centenary of the Bolshevik......

Have A Dev Anand Festival At Home

Gems you can enjoy from the time Dev Saab was at his handsome and magnetic best. Had he lived -- and we did believe he would live forever -- he would have turned 100 today, September 26, 2023. They......

90 UNFORGETTABLE Asha Bhosle Songs

Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8. IMAGE: Asha Bhosle in Mumbai, August 9, 2023. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Her voice reminds me of tiramisu.......

Did This Destroy Raakhee's Marriage?

As Independent India turned 76, so did the ethereal Raakhee I know better than most, says Subhash K Jha. IMAGE: Raakhee in Sharmeelee. Contrary to the melancholic aura Raakhee wears, she is is......

'Every boy in love sings this song'

'When I heard the tune for Abhi Na Jao I was bowled over.''Of course, I never knew it would be such a timeless rage.' IMAGE: Dev Anand and Sadhana in the song Abhi Na Jao Chhod Kar from Hum Dono.......

Hindi commentators add spice to NBA in India

'I never imagined that there would come a day when the NBA game would be seen and heard by Indian fans in their own language.' IMAGE: The NBA's Hindi commentator Akshay Manwani analyses games on......