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When Zakir Hussain beat BigB to be voted 'sexiest man'

His fingers flew, fluttered and floated in quicksilver changes of raga and rhythm, drumming up music and magic. IMAGE: Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: ANI Photo Zakir Hussain was......

Oscar-winning author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies

Writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who won an Oscar as well as Booker prize and lived in India for more than two decades, died in the United States on Wednesday. Jhabvala, 85, breathed her last at her......

BJD-BJP Alliance: Wishful Thinking

Although the BJP has never been ballistic about the BJD and Narendra Modi has avoided being critical of Naveen Patnaik, the BJP is optimistic that the party can improve its electoral fortunes in......

Tina Turner too 'sexy' for Goddess Shakti?

A leading Hindu rights activist in the UK says rock star Tina Turner should avoid cigarettes, alcohol and 'illicit' sex to pacify those members of thecommunity who are outraged at the decision to......

Will Odisha Show Faith In Naveen Patnaik Again?

The 78-year-old Naveen is on the cusp of creating history. He must win the forthcoming assembly polls to become India's longest-serving chief minister, a record held by Sikkim's Pawan Kumar......

Average Paytm wallet balance before demonetisation: Rs 22

IMAGE: Many people use mobile wallets only to avail discounts or cashbacks and did not store money in the wallets. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters. Sai Manish & N Sundaresha......

India, Merchant-Ivory and the Oscars

Making her film debut with The Householder, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote more screenplays than novels, winning two Oscars -- for A Room with a View and Howards End.She kept her distance from the film......

Merchant Ivory will capture Tagore on film

Ismail Merchant and James Ivory have their sights set on Rabindranath Tagore.According to Kolkata's The Telegraph, the celebrated filmmaking duo's yet-untitled project is a drama based on the......

A Redgrave special at Merchant-Ivory

You have two daughters working in films," a reporter said to Vanessa Redgrave. "Wouldn't you want to act with them?"The question was raised a decade ago at the New York press conference of The......

The film Ivory made without Merchant

Why would The City of Your Destination, a film directed by a veteran James Ivory and featuring Anthony Hopkins, who has worked with him twice before, take nearly four years to complete? The short......

Why Shashi can't say no to Merchant-Ivory

When Shashi Kapoor was toldhe wouldhave to kiss in a few scenes for the film Bombay Talkie, he agreed readily. "Then I realised those scenes involved my wife [actress Jennifer Kendall]," he......

Inside Manu Bhaker's Beautiful Home

All photographs: Kind courtesy Asian Paints Rooted in humble beginnings in Goria village, Haryana, Manu Bhaker's inspirational story is a testament to determination and gratitude. Growing......