'I want them to stand up against abuse, inequality and create a safe, equal world where men and women respect and value each other beyond caste and gender.'
Do you know Ashaji crooned a seductive night club song, Zooby Zooby Je L'aime Vous for An Evening In Paris?
Pakistani actor Ali Zafar explains why he wants to change his romantic hero image.
A lowdown on all the goings-on in the Malayalam film industry.
'You made me realise that it is great to be brown, even if we are currently living under Donald Trump's false definition of America.' 'In my 36 years in America there have been few instances where I have laughed and cried so much watching a show about brown people.'
Music composer-singer Bappi Lahiri offers a sneak peek into what to expect in his US concerts this month.
'Captain Haneef-ud-din, pulling his sinewy body forward, crawled, rifle in hand, in the snow on 6 June 1999. He died on this craggy mountainside exactly two years after he had passed out of the IMA...'
The Imitation Game is an unsubtle film that delivers exactly what you expect in the most predictable way, laments Raja Sen.
It was an exciting time for India and the world. Photography had been invented 50 years earlier, and the mass-produced Kodak camera of the 1880s helped democratise photography. Ritika Kochhar reports on an unusual exhibition of postcards that chronicle life in the British Raj.
Dr M Madan Kumar, 45, shares some tips to sail through these troubled times.
Sukanya Verma lists the movies she grabbed at MAMI this year.
'Our country has enough talent, writers and composers to create music.' 'The previous generation did their job and went.' 'I think we need to leave behind some things.'
Pritish Nandy's interview of Kishore Kumar for The Illustrated Weekly Of India was a stunner.
Twenty one years ago, the Indian Army and Indian Air Force fought a bloody and bitter war to evict Pakistani intruders from the icy heights in Kargil. Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) salutes the lesser known heroes of the Kargil War.
Wonder why Bombay is trending on Twitter?
Director Shonali Basu and her actors on the making of what appears to be a memorable movie.
'This is a book written by a man who has seen it all and done it all and can now laugh about it,' says Vir Sanghvi.
Tamil film Biriyani is a fun-filled thriller.
Stars share their throwback pictures and takes us in flashback with them.
'We have gone from baraati dancers to having learnt so many forms of dance.'
'We all live very intense lives. S*** goes down all the time.' 'This 'eureka moment' doesn't really happen.' 'The discipline of writing and polishing a song is way harder,' Prateek Kuhad, the singing sensation, tells Veer Arjun Singh.
'They are out there, singing about their socio-economic status, their family structures, their politics, the way the system treated them, what they would like to change... and the beauty is that they are positive.' 'They are not bitter or cynical.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Himesh Reshammiya, the only valid reason for Teraa Surroor's existence, does not show any expression. Not even one. Not even a quarter, notes Sukanya Verma.
Saluting the late music composers most memorable film songs.
Ellen Pompeo aka Meredith Grey takes on the pay gap problem in entertainment like a badass.
Sreehari Nair attempts to bring you up-close the pleasures of Javed Akhtar's poetry.
Jaanisaar will test your patience, cautions Paloma Sharma.
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With a perfect mix of folk and fusion songs, Ram Leela's music stands out from the rest and is a sure shot winner.
'After being a housewife for 13 years and a mother of three, I was put on stage with Shah Rukh Khan! I was trembling on stage and did not know what to do. From singing bhajans with Anup Jalota, I was doing hip-hop and item songs!' Baby Doll singer Kanika Kapoor tells us her inspirational story.
Sukanya Verma looks back at the decade gone by, in the movies.
Abhishek has been posting fond memories and interesting anecdotes on Instagram, recapping his #RoadTo20.
'I want to use my music to reach out to the youth, to inspire them to create history.' 'To share knowledge, to tell them the importance of voting, girl child education, menstrual hygiene.'
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
Can't remember the first Rock On!! magic? We take you through the memory lane.
The band's trip to Rishikesh delayed their split till 1970! This & other unheard stories...
20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history. Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
