Uproar over US governor participating in 'bhumi-pujan'

The Republican challenger David Williams in the 'Bible Belt' US state of Kentucky, has accused Democratic Governor Steve Beshear, who participated in a Hindu-style groundbreaking ceremony for the......

Jhumpa Lahiri achieves rare feat

Pulitzer-prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, has gone to number 1 in The New York Times bestseller list less than two weeks after its......

Fellowship for Indian-American scribe

Sumathi Reddy, 30, a general assignment reporter with The Baltimore Sun, is among eight American journalists who have been awarded International Reporting Project fellowships at the Paul H Nitze......

11 BEAUTIFUL STORIES From Around The World

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films from the recent Toronto International Film Festival. As the pandemic situation began to improve and movie theatres opened up in North America, the Toronto......

Will Hrithik ace Sunny Deol's act in Gadar? VOTE!

What if Gadar was remade today? Sukanya Verma picks actors best suited for the key roles. Twenty years after the historical success of Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India and Gadar Ek Prem......

Why Rani, Abhishek lost out on Namesake

There is no way anyone who has no time for rehearsals can work in my film,"said Mira Nair, as she discussed how her casting plans for The Namesake had changed radically. "The only person who......

The ultimate producer

Ismail Merchant died yesterday in London. I learnt about his death in the early afternoon. For a while in between, phone calls, friends and journalists speculated that he was simply ill. And then......