Why ShareChat removed 400,000 pieces of content

The removal of over 54,000 accounts was the largest such removal yet.Neha Alawadhi reports. *IMAGE: ShareChat was built on the simple idea of creating content that can be shared on WhatsApp.......

Borrowed words and pronunciation

I was travelling by train in South India recently, and the others around all happened to be Hindi speakers. One of them sang Hindi film songs quite well. He sang old songs that I recognised and......

Dream job? Knowing English is not enough

What's the big advantage that India has over China? That's easy: It's India's more than 200 million English-speaking workers. But English-language skills in India only go so far. The world's......

Rise Of Pan-Indian Films Is A Good Omen

It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business. S S Rajamouli's RRR, above, has hit over Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10......

The Priyanka Chopra you didn't know

'She is an awesome writer.''She writes poetry. She writes stories. Prose.''She has a flair for language.''You should see the library Priyanka has at home.''She has more books than regular......

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,......

Don't kill Bollywood!

'The Maharashtra government's diktat is another meddling example in an industry where politics or language has no role to play.' 'Cinema has a universal language. Filmmakers are divided across......