'Dancing breathes new life into me every day'

'My age? It keeps changing every year. I can't remember it. I don't like ageing at all,' the legendary dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai, who passed into the ages on Thursday, told Jasmine Shah Verma in......

Jeffrey Archer on his Indian love story

English author Lord Jeffrey Archer loves India with all of his heart, but knows he'll never write a broad sweeping novel set in the subcontinent. "To write about India like that, I think you have......

NRI author in British poetry prize shortlist

Popular Non Resident India poetess Sujata Bhatt and five others were short-listed on Friday for Britain's most valuable poetry prize. The 52-year-old Ahmedabad born writer has been chosen for the......

No one wanted my book: Kiran Desai

Man Booker prize winner, India-born author Kiran Desai, has said that initially no one wanted her book, on which she worked for eight years."No one wanted it. No one cared," says the 35-year-old......

How Ajit became a suave villain

'My father became a very popular villain and in some films, was paid more than the hero.' 'He was a very simple person. All he needed was six pairs of white shirts and trousers for the whole year,......

Going back in time with Sadhana

'I want my fans to remember me as the Sadhana of Love In Simla, Mere Mehboob, Woh Kaun Thi and Arzoo,' the Bollywood legend, who passed into the ages on Christmas Day, told Dinesh Raheja. IMAGE:......

The hidden lessons of Dil Dhadakne Do

Dil Dhadakne Do joins the debate over the role of women in India, says Mohammad Asim Siddiqui. There is an abundance -- and redundancy -- of speech, characters and theories in Dil Dhadakne Do. The......

The Dil Tittli girl who stole Saif's heart

She was the one Saif Ali Khan was looking for before he got sidetracked by Kareena Kapoor. Meet Sarah-Jane Dias, the former Miss India World (2007) who recently appeared in an Airtel......

Indian origin golfer Megha in surprise lead at US Open

IMAGE: High school student Megha Ganne, 17, is the first amateur in 15 years to take the lead in the first round of the US Women's Open since Jane Park achieved the feat in Newport Country Club in......

Sports Shorts: Boxers Shiva, Panghal lead home domination at India Open

IMAGE: Shiva Thapa in action. Photograph: BFI/Twitter It was a spectacular homecoming for World championship bronze medallist Shiva Thapa, while Asian Games gold medallist Amit Panghal also lived......

Flintoff wins Australian version of 'Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao'

Andrew Freddie Flintoff gets set to devour a scorpion during an episode on the show I Am A Celebrity. Photograph: Andrew Flintoff/Twitter Former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff won the......

To Sir Don, with love

Haresh Pandya pays tribute to the legendary Sir Don Bradman on the occasion of his104thbirth anniversary Cricketers of different hues come and go but the legend of Donald George Bradman lives on.......

Jane McGrath's funeral on Wednesday

Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath's deceased wife Jane's funeral will take placeonWednesdaymorning at a Sydney church. English-born Jane lost her long battle with cancer at the age of 42. She......