'Not only the poor in India want sons, but even in the Indian community in the US and Canada. The more educated they are, the more access they have to money and use of technology in gender choice.'
'There is nothing more beautiful than celebrating with people who make you what you are.'
'Ek Hasina Thi is the best movie of its kind. Similarly, for Omkara and Hum Tum. But after that, what do you do? You just flatten out and start doing some bad movies because they aren't making any (good movies). I mean, what has Vishal Bhardwaj made after Omkara that is comparable? What has Kunal Kohli made after Hum Tum that is comparable?' Saif Ali Khan hopes that new film Chef impresses.
'When corporates have a stake in the government through contributions to political parties, democracy, which is supposed to work for the common man, doesn't.'
Soha Ali Khan pays rich tribute to National Award-winning director Anjan Das, who succumbed to liver cancer on June 2.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
'When I entered the Indian team's dressing room, I discovered that there was a divide in the team, like a wall in between two groups of players, there were two teams within one.' 'It was all about individual glory and if the team won in the process great!' 'My entire Test career was about me wishing that my Indian team was more like the Pakistan team.'
For the love of films... and larger-than-life food!
Authorities believe that Anwesha Dey, a 30-year-old doctoral student from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who went missing on May 3, may have fallen into the creek.
This is a list of his films that would work wonders for any generation lucky enough to see them on the big screen.
The resemblance is uncanny!
'The way the winners react and the speeches they deliver.' 'That is where the fun happens, when the actors and other winners let down their guard, challenge the system, talk about issues that should matter to us,' says Aseem Chhabra.
Whether to cover a bald head or let your hair down, one can learn (and unlearn) a great deal about the art from Hindi movies. Take a look.
Dinesh Raheja salutes the legend's versatility in her heyday.
'It is ironic that the guy who set the standard of stardom was forgotten. It was his death that made us remember him again.'
'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!'
The stars behind the biggest films of the year like Prabhas, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan may have been absent, but IIFA was quite an extravaganza.
'I hate people who do such things.' 'The person who bullied me should be ashamed because he tortured other people too.'
'India is my country and we will raise our voice against anybody who harms the interests of Adivasis, be it the state government or the Maoists.'
Kangana Ranaut's guts, Amitabh Bachchan's venomous threat and dark TV serials occupied Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week.
Families of victims of extra-judicial killings in Manipur expect a favourable judgment from the apex court.
In the 66th year of the Indian Republic, eight people died of cold every night in the nation's capital.
Soha Ali Khan talks about her engagement to Kunal Khemu.
The writers, artistes, thinkers and academics had gathered for a "resistance" meet (Pratirodh) against what they described as "attack on reason, democracy and composite culture".
Can Sidharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha bring back the magic created by Rajesh Khanna and Nanda in the 1969 original?
5 states that contribute just under a fifth of the Lok Sabha's seats will go to the polls early this year.
There is absolutely nothing in the world a capable PR machinery can't achieve...
'If you look at my career, I am among that rare species that has always worked in non-mainstream films. And people liked it. As for TRPs, popularity, and 100 crore club, I have never thought about it.' Amol Palekar gets ready for his television comeback.
Bengali film Asha Jaoar Majhe is a must watch, a once in the lifetime kind of work that should be supported by film lovers and experienced on the big screen, writes Aseem Chhabra.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Twitter broke down the barrier between movie stars and their fans, says Aseem Chhabra.
The two parties, however, are in a neck-and-neck race in Manipur and Goa.
Full text of Kevin Pieterse's Pataudi Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru
For people like me, all these fast-moving gadgets are not only costly and confusing but emotionally barren as well notes Barun Roy.
'How can the BJP give Muslim candidates tickets if they don't have any good Muslim candidates?'
