'Gandhi's Ram is my Ram'

'Does a secular nation not believe in its ancestry? The Constitution has a photo of Ram also.' IMAGE: Ram Ki Pauri illuminated ahead of the bhoomi puja ceremony for the construction of the Ram......

All metros among 130 districts identified as COVID-19 red zones

Ahead of the end of the extended lockdown, the Union health ministry has listed 130 districts in the country in red zone, 284 in orange zone and 319 in green zone on the basis of incidence of cases......

Have the lives of young Dalits changed?

'It is very hard to get the police to file a report against someone from an upper caste.''Things are so bad that sometimes we have to sit on a dharna with the body of a Dalit victim to get the......

India's controversial godmen

The controversy over Sant Rampal and his army of followers taking the law into their hands has once again thrown the spotlight on the clout that India's godmen possess. Though health, well-being......

Should you buy a house now?

When the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Y V Reddy sat down to announce the mid-term review of the monetary policy last Tuesday, there would have been enough people sitting at the edge of......

Work is fun for this billionaire

Do billionaires have fun? The latest addition to the Forbes list of billionaires from India, Vikas Oberoi, sure does! Whether it is jumping from a plane at 10,000 feet or just working away at his......

The best malls in India

Biren Somaiya, 38, senior advisor, JP Morgan Chase, regularly hops into High Street Phoenix in Mumbai's Lower Parel from his nearby home at King's Circle to pick up "goodies". Somaiya never has......

25 Years Ago in Bollywood...

1996, recapped. 25 years ago, Madras became Chennai, Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned, Doordarshan combatted aggressive satellite cable networking, Indian politicians engaged in a crazy game......

Bollywood's COOL Daddy moments

Sukanya Verma looks at the baap-beti equations depicted on the screen. He is her hero. She is his baby. The bond between dads and daughters is strong and special. We can see glimpses of its warmth......

Remember Bollywood's TERRACE moments?

Action, romance, drama, comedy, celebration, horror -- the terrace is a setting for a zillion scenarios in Hindi movies. After drawing your attention to the wonders a chandelier, a jhoola or a......

The Wonderful Films of Basu Chatterjee

'Basuda welcomed viewers into a world that was instantly familiar and comfortable,' observes Sukanya Verma. Basu Chatterjee didn't just make movies for us. He made movies about us. I saw life in......