'In Indian politics you have to find a place for Hindus'

Mark Tully on the India he loves.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel listens in.Photographs and videos: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Seven words have always lived in the back of my head, never to be......

'One-and-a-half million Indians served in World War I'

'Over one million people served in various battlefronts during World War I. And yet, even today, we know so very little about them.' 'It is absolutely essential to acknowledge this part of India's......

India-born pianist revives Canadian icon

India-born pianist Karishmeh Felfeli, 26, lives in Ireland. She teaches music and performs across the globe. She's also promoter of an organisation called Sarabande, which promotes the music of......

Fallujah '03-04 replay in Pak Pashtun belt

The situation in the Pashtun belt of the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas and the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan has rapidly deteriorated after the commando raid on the Lal Masjid of......

The 'rights' and 'wrongs' of a controversial Bill

The Supreme Court denies the Copyright Board the power to grant temporary licences.Ever since arts and music left the privileged precincts of temples and palaces, they have become crassly......

Copyright content to pinch pockets of TV channels

Entertainment content (movie and music) will be 10-15 per cent more expensive, following the proposals of the Finance Bill 2010. According to the Bill, service tax will be levied on any "temporary......

BBC Asian Network closure was inevitable: Scribes

Senior Britain-based Indian journalists who worked for the BBC believe that given the multi-choice media environment, diversity of languages within the Asian community and stiff competition from......

'Legal action is the only way to protect revenue'

The 2009 KPMG-Ficci report on the Indian media and entertainment industry points out that the music industry has declined from Rs 830 crore (Rs 8.3 billion) in 2005 to Rs 730 crore (Rs 7.3 billion)......

Here's Where You Can Watch Fighter On OTT

Patriotism, politics, pain, it's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.   FighterWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: Hindi Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone and Anil......

The Indian Film Making Global Waves

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'......

'I want to surprise my audience'

'When people come to watch my work, I want them to take away something -- it could be the story, it could be an emotion they haven't felt in a very long time.' IMAGE: Golu Gupta (Shweta Tripathi......

He enriched the world with his magical voice

His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions.Siva Sankar pays a tribute to S P......