US: Indians, Pakistanis stage Partition-era play

Even as tensions continue to simmer between New Delhi and Islamabad, Indian and Pakistani-Americans have come together to stage a play at the Kennedy Center to show that they can interact without......

In tense times, a play on pangs of 1947 partition

Even as tensions continue to simmer between India and Pakistan with the Mumbai terror attacks still fresh in the minds of those who don't want to talk to Islamabad until the perpetrators of the......

Balance sheet of our musical wealth seems in peril

All of a sudden, in the space of some weeks, the nation seems to be running up a deficit on its cultural capital. In rapid succession we have lost theatre personalities like Habib Tanvir and......

Eminent playwright Habib Tanvir is no more

Noted playwright and theatre director Habib Tanvir died at a Bhopal hospital today after a brief illness. He was 85. The theatre legend was admitted to the National Hospital three weeks back after......

What ails higher education in India

Speech by Sudeep Banerjee, Chairman, Board of Governors, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. He was the chief guest at the 4th Annual Convocation of MANIT, Bhopal. It is a matter......

It's another world in Mumbai

The throbbing beat of drums, adivasi dances and soul-stirring performances by Pakistani rock band Junoon and South African dance troupe Siwela Sonke-- which means to cross over to a new......

The best Bollywood soundtracks of 2010

2010 hasn't been the best year for music in Bollywood. Or musicians, for that matter, with AR Rahman, Vishal-Shekhar, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy all failing to make the grade. But don't lash out at......

The rising of Bollywood's unlikely hero

There's a rather cute story doing the rounds in the media about how Omkar Das Mainkpuri, or Natha as his character in the film Peepli [Live] is called, wanted to meet Katrina Kaif. He was dying to......

'Habib Tanvir was the symbol of energy in theatre'

Legendary theatre personality Habib Tanvir passed into the ages on Monday. Stage director Jabbar Patel, who also directed films like Dr Babsaheb Ambedkar,salutes his memory. Habib Tanvir was the......

'Habibsaab was a father figure to Indian theatre'

Legendary theatre personality Habib Tanvir passed into the ages on Monday. Stage director Nadira Babbar salutes his memory. I have known Habibsaab since I was a child. He was associated with the......