We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
American champion Tyson Gay continued his impressive buildup to next month's World championships on Thursday by winning the 100 metres at Lausanne's Athletissima Diamond League meeting in 9.79 seconds.
Arnab Nandy's post about coming out of the closet and how his parents celebrated the Section 377 verdict has gone viral.
There will be no discrimination against gay people during the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month, a Russian lawmaker said on Monday.
A Democrat senator has reportedly suggested that countries should wave rainbow flags during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia to show support for gay rights, instead of boycotting them.
American sprinter Tyson Gay notched the world's best 100m record of 2011 with a 9.79sec run at an event in Clermont, Florida.
The American was due to face world record holder Usain Bolt and fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell in front of a capacity 50,000 crowd.
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'Nobody accepted me when I was a boy, but now people ask me to bless them.'
Pakistan's first website for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities has been blocked by telecom authorities after receiving complaints from Internet users. However, the website's administrators on Thursday appeared to have outsmarted the authorities by hosting it at a new web address.
Religion and economic barriers continue to define love in modern India, discovers Preshth Bhardwaj.
Tearful former double sprint world champion Tyson Gay said on Sunday he has tested positive for a substance he could not identify and is pulling out of next month's world championships in Moscow.
Chitra Palekar explains how parents and teachers can help accept sexuality.
The Supreme Court, which is hearing arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriage, said on Thursday that the inflow of cases in the apex court is so heavy that it is impossible to list Constitution bench matters unless the time taken to argue is rationed.
Tammy Smith's promotion took place on Friday in a private ceremony at the Women's Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
World sprint champion Tyson Gay plans to run three times in Asia this year but will not compete in Friday's Golden League meeting in Brussels, a spokeswoman for his management company said on Tuesday.
The International Olympic Committee will consider taking action against pole vault world champion Yelena Isinbayeva, a Youth Olympics ambassador, after her comments in favour of Russia's new gay law triggered a major controversy last month.
'If we manage to transform even one homophobic person, that will be a victory for the film.'
'My mother, who was a simple woman, retorted, "Aur main Indira Gandhi bol rahi hoon".' 'We had a good laugh over that one, you and I.' On her second death anniversary, February 6, Subhash K Jha remembers his beloved Lata Didi.
A 57-year-old mother has placed India's first gay matrimonial advertisement seeking a groom for her son.
Tyson Gay overcame Olympic bronze medallist Justin Gatlin's quicker start and sped to the year's fastest 100 metres, clocking 9.75 seconds at the US trials for the World championships on Friday.
Soon after a Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi committed suicide jumping off from a bridge in New York in September 2010, the long time gay activist William Dobbs, who has been featured in several publications including The New York Times wrote a letter to The Chronicle of Higher Learning. Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais talks to him
Only fellow American Michael Johnson's world record of 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is faster than his timing of 19.62 seconds, at the US championships.
'I think because India is a bigger country and Bollywood is such a well-oiled machine, the star thing has become so much bigger than the actor thing.'
The real achievement of the film, which is now available worldwide on Netflix, is that it resists the temptations of the genre.
'On the set, Ranveer and I got along really well. Ten days after the release, Ranveer messaged me and said, you have killed the scene! For someone like him to message me just says how supportive person he is of newcomers.'
Songs from big ticket movies regaled on the strength of spunk and swagger even as pre-existing bangers like Diljit Dosanjh's Lover in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, Kohraa's Beqarar Karke Humein in Jawan and an Iranian wedding favourite Jamal Kudu in Animal grew a brand new fanbase in the course of enhancing the storytelling values.
'The State does not accept our rights, what more can I say about this judgment?'
World champion Tyson Gay failed to qualify for the 100 meters final at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday.
The two major parties offer the United States choices that are basically unacceptable and the bench strength, such as it is, is not entirely capable of winning popular acclaim, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
'Family is the most important thing in a society.' 'That's why I am always thinking about family and society. I want it to be better.'
World record holder Powell clocked 10.01 seconds in the quarter-final heats while Gay won his heat in 10.06.
Just in case anybody's forgotten how gorgeous Sonakshi Sinha can look, the actor sends a timely reminder.
Ireland's Indian-origin Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Wednesday sent shockwaves across the country by announcing his sudden resignation from the post and party leadership citing "personal and political" reasons.
The U.N. General Assembly called on Wednesday for an international truce during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia and urged Moscow "to promote social inclusion without discrimination" amid outrage over the country's ban on gay "propaganda" among minors.
In what was perhaps the most volatile session of the day, the queer panel took questions from audiences on Day Two of the India Non-fiction Festival.
The United States has named former tennis star Billie Jean King, one of the first prominent athletes to publicly acknowledge her homosexuality, to be in the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where Russia's anti-gay policies have stirred controversy.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for comments directed at a referee during a recent game that have been strongly criticised by a leading gay rights group.
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