In a veiled remark against the Congress leaders criticising Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for operating without registration, the Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said his organisation is......
A Hindu marriage is not an event for "song and dance", "wining and dining" or a commercial transaction, the Supreme Court has observed and said it cannot be recognised in the "absence of a valid......
A towering figure in the world of letters, Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, who passed away in Bangalore on Friday, was modern in his sensibilities and intellectual underpinnings in his......
Dr Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy is a leading contemporary writer of Kannada literature and a tireless public intellectual. The 76-year-old author has been the recipient of the prestigious......
Mourners in large numbers on Saturday paid their last respects to Jnanpith award winner and Kannada literary giant U R Ananthamurthy who was cremated with full state honours in Bangalore. Amid......
My exposure to cinema was by watching mainstream Hindi films, with occasional big budget Hollywood products thrown in. It was not until I was in my late teens that I was introduced to world cinema,......
Noted playwright, actor and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad, who left his indelible mark in the world of literature, theatre and cinema, passed away at his residence in Bengaluru on Monday morning......
In a career spanning over five decades, Girish Karnad lived several lives... not only on the stage, but also as a scholar, theatre personality, actor and director. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film......
'With his stature as a playwright and actor, Girish Karnad was one of the voices of modernity for not just Karnataka but the entire country.' IMAGE: Girish Karnad. Photograph: Rajesh......
On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......