The musical genius is finally getting his dues, and all because of Slumdog Millionaire.
John Shetty earns Rs 1000, out of which he pays 500 to train in a cricket club so that he can fulfil his dream.
After school, twelve-year-old Kokila washes dishes, and earns Rs 300 every month.
'Didi gave up her studies and took up a maidservant's job to help me continue with my studies,' says Monica Halder of a Kolkata slum.
Reader Pragati Kapoor sends us a photograph.
Slumdog Millionaire has received tremendous international recognition and highlighted Mumbai's underbelly. While some hail it as a grand endorsement for the city, others think of it as a sorry stereotype.
rediff.com correspondents met children in Mumbai's slums to find out what life really means for them.
Raja Sen's brief take on trying to make sense of the Mumbai girl's unprecedented career beginning.
Chennai erupted into spontaneous celebrations as the music maestro bagged two Grammies.
The names of Oscar winner Resul Pookutty and eminent Ayurvedic physician P K Warrier, selected for Padma Shri award, had not been recommended to the centre by the Kerala government, according to the state information commission.
A R Rahman, whose score for the Donny Boyle directed survival drama 127 Hours had brought him a Golden Globe nomination a month ago, has done better at the Oscars. He has bagged two Oscar nominations, like he did for Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire. Apart from the score, he also received a nomination for If I Rise which he sang with the British artist Dido.
The Slumddog actress rescued a fan from an oncoming car.
The Prince of Wales is planning to build a shantytown for 15,000 poor people in India, inspired by the one he saw in the film Slumdog Millionaire.
AR Rahman has composed the soundtrack for the Hollywood romantic comedy starring Vince Vaughn.
Pictures of the two holding hands during a fashion show have appeared on a web site.
The flick starring Mariah Carey, bagged the People's Choice Award at the annual event
The Mumbai-born actress, who shot to worldwide fame with the Oscar-winning movie, has been offered several "stereotypical" roles in India but is adamant not to star in an all-singing, all-dancing Bollywood movie.
Dev Patel and Frieda Pinto trying their best to remain 'undercover couple'.
Find out what the 25-year-old actress admitted in the November issue of Britain's InStyle magazine.
The Slumdog Millionaire star posed in a series of provocative outfits for the photoshoot, which she had taken part in to promote her new film work.
The Slumdog star is set to star with the hunk in the film titled Black Thirst, which will be directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Resul Pookutty spoke to Aseem Chhabra about his favorite directors and the reasons why he would work with them again.
He may have turned the big 50, but actor Anil Kapoor shows no signs of slowing down as he will walk the ramp for designer Anamika Khanna at the ongoing Delhi Couture Week to promote his upcoming home production Aisha.
Tanushree writes in to say that Freida was her batchmate in the English Literature class of 2004-05, in Mumbai's St Xaviers' College. She shares her memories.
Mahalakshmi Iyer, Vijay Prakash and Tanvi Shah were the other three besides Sukhwinder Singh sang in Rahman's award-winning song Jai Ho. Here are their stories.
Some of you readers may have studied with her in school or college. Share your memories of times spent with Freida, maybe in the college canteen, maybe on the school playground, maybe in the neighbourhood where you and she live.
Indian cinema has gone from winning two Oscars in all its lifetime -- a lifetime achievement Honorary Oscar for Satyajit Ray, one for Bhanu Hathaiya for Costume Design in Gandhi -- to adding three more in the same day. Wow.
The Slumdog Millionaire team at the Oscar red carpet.
Sukhwinder Singh will not perform at the Oscars this year.
The 25-year-old actress, who shot to global fame with her small role as Latika in Danny Boyle's multiple-Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, will play Caroline, a primatologist in the 20th Century Fox movie.
From just another model in a city of so many aspiring to be the next Jesse Randhawa or Ujjwala Raut, in a few short months the Slumdog star has become the toast of Tinsel Town.
The Slumdog Millionaire star has been tagged by high-society, high fashion magazine Vanity Fair for its The Vanities Girls section. Every month, in The Vanities Girls, VF chooses a 'promising' young actress and gives her a full-page portrait. Freida is the chosen one for the March 2009 issue.
Join us in congratulating the musicians on their spectacular feat.
With his first English language film Slumdog Millionaire shining among the top 10 films of the weekend on three continents, Anil Kapoor, who plays a complicated quiz show host in it, has set a record for an Indian actor.
The 25-year-old actress is convinced she would be the wrong choice for a role in the superspy franchise.
The actress' official spokesperson in India, Divya Tejuja, has said that the Slumdog Millionaire star will not be playing Daniel Craig's love interest in his third 007 installment, Bond 23.
The Slumdog Millionaire star will play the suave spy's love interest in the 23rd James Bond movie after being approached by director Sam Mendes.
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Meet Sagar Salunke, who stars in the Oscar-nominated film, Kavi.
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