Obama appoints Hindu, Muslim, Sikh to Asian panel

Three Indian Americans -- Farooq Kathwari, a Muslim, Sunil Puri, a Hindu, and Amardeep Singh, a Sikh -- were among 18 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders appointed by United States President......

'We can completely identify with Obama'

Mumbai-born real estate developer Sunil Puri, like the other Obama delegates from Illinois, Ann Lata Kalayil and Selma D'Souza, has also known Barack Obama long before his run for the United States......

The world's busiest airports

Airports handle passengers and yes, freight. Gobs and bobs of freight. Everything from frozen partridges (and fresh pear trees) to multi-ton steam generators, an Orca or 700,000 bottles of wine by......

'India needs to raise its profile in the US'

Sharad M Marathe is President and CEO, Universal Technical Systems, Inc, USA. The Rockford, Illinois-based company is engaged in the development of engineering / scientific software products and......

Super 30 Teachers of Bollywood

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle's words acquire a larger-than-life embodiment in Bollywood's brand of educationists. In Super 30, starring Hrithik Roshan, Bihar-based......

'When all doors were open, I didn't walk through them'

'But it is a choice I have made, not something forced upon me.' IMAGE: Nagesh Kukunoor, left, on the sets of City Of Dreams. Photograph: Kind courtesy Applause Entertainment/Twitter "It's mental......

Comedian Jack Carter dies at 93

Funnyman Jack Carter, who was a familiar presence on 1950s and '60s variety shows like The Ed Sullivan Show and Laugh-In, has died of respiratory failure. He was 93. The......

'I haven't lost the madness for telling a story'

'I still shoot films at a maniacal, crazy pace.' 'I don't come to the film with an agenda. I come to a film with a story. When the story excites me, I go bonkers.' Nagesh Kukunoor chats with Aseem......