'My art is my God and the stage is my temple'

'Art has no religion. An artist is an artist.' IMAGE: Mansiya. All photographs: Kind courtesy Mansiya VP/Facebook It was in the late 1950s that an 11-year-old Hyder Ali joined the Kerala......

White House selects Indian-American teen for 'Champions of Change' award

A 15-year-old Indian-American teen has been selected by the White House for the prestigious Champions of Change award for empowering the community by imparting Internet coding through her......

Success doesn't require any skill, except passion

At 60, Professor Ray Umashankar, who has an artificial hip, climbed the 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, to honour his son Naren, who killed himself following a bout of......

'I learnt Carnatic music as just another subject'

It is remarkable that 22-year-old 'Trichy' V Pradeep Kumar has made a mark for himself in the field of Carnatic music despite no great lineage to talk about. Born to a police inspector father and a......

'You are dance and dance is you'

'Thank you for my dreams that danced then and now.'I realise how lucky I was as a child to have grown up around such greatness, so much humility, and at the core of it all a childlike playfulness.'......

'This was a life not meant to be mine'

'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......

Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan: Actors who debuted with K Balachander

He wasn't just known as one of the finest filmmakers of his time.The late veteran K Balachander was famously credited with launching the careers of many a celluloid stalwarts. Eminent......

'K Balachander was well ahead of his time'

'K Balachander redefined Tamil cinema by breaking traditional moulds, boldly exploring controversial themes and relationships.'A tribute to one of Indian cinema's most prolific filmmakers, who......