Every major awards ceremony in the West this year has seen celebrities talk about diversity, inclusion and politics, sometimes even mentioning US President Donald Trump and his policies by name.
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.
'Modi's promise of change during the election campaign was on the domestic front, but his first year in office focused on foreign policy beyond all expectations,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'I felt Meri Pyaari Bindu was my life story.' 'I have songs for everything -- I have songs attached to people, relationships, family, friends or some song that I have sung at a picnic...' 'If you think of your life, there's always a song attached somewhere.'
IMAGES from matches played on Day 7 of the French Open at the Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday
'I still fight with my sister.' 'I still get scolded by my mom.' 'I still travel by autos sometimes.'
'India today has to fight many a battle, all of which cry out for innovation. This is where the experience of the Diaspora could be the most productive well-spring.'
Raja Sen confesses to not being able to stop raving about the spectacular La La Land.
'It's very expensive for a girl to become an actress. I remember I was nominated at all the award shows for Tanu Weds Manu, and conscientiously, like a new actress, I attended all of them and I was bankrupt by the end of it! I had to find a costume stylist, a hair stylist, a makeup stylist...!' Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com gets inside Swara Bhaskar's mind.
'The Pakistan government, we were told, has a plan to renovate several Hindu temples and Buddhist sites, which over the years have fallen into disrepair. The aim is to create a pilgrimage circuit to attract visitors from all over the subcontinent.'
'I don't prepare (for a character), I become it. I don't have to think about a character too much, I become it. I give a lot of attention to detailing. Once I become the character, I go and deliver the scene.' Aishwarya Rai Bachchan gives us an insight into her life.
Indian billionaires do not believe in sitting on their wealth.
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