Tyagaraja Aradhana: Pilgrimage for Carnatic music lovers

Thiruvaiyuru, where composer-saint Tyagaraja lived, is an annual pilgrimage for Carnatic musicians, eminent and unknown, young and old, points out V Ramnarayan. IMAGE: The Aiyarappar temple in......

Remembering Girija Devi, the voice of Benares

'There is no one who can fill the vacuum created by the passing of Girija Devi,' mourns Sunita Budhiraja. Photograph: Kind courtesy Suyash Dwivedi/Wikimedia Commons It was the year 2008. I learnt......

History will view Sonia Gandhi positively

'Sonia's term as Congress president -- which was 20 years -- was the longest in the party's history.''It will also go down as the period in which the Congress transformed in the way Indians viewed......

Sheena Bora Murder Case: Game of Cat & Mouse

Will there be answers?Will we ever know the truth about who murdered Sheena Bora? Savera R Someshwar reports from the Sheena Border murder trial.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It's the......

Shehnaaz Sets The Dance Floor On Fire

Taapsee gets poetic... Neha takes a selfie... Raashii's sari love... Photograph: Kind courtesy Shehnaaz Gill/Instagram Shehnaaz Gill reminds us of her sensational Sajna Ve Sajna song from Vicky......

Raj Kapoor@100: The Woman's Director

Dinesh Raheja views Raj Kapoor's cinema through his women, while celebrating his birth centenary on December 14. IMAGE: Raj Kapoor and Nargis in Barsaat. In Raj Kapoor's swan song, Ram Teri Ganga......

8 Times You Couldn't Look Away From Zeenat Aman

Zeenat Aman had scored more hit songs than any of her contemporaries.This can be attributed partly to happenstance and partly to the fact that her forte for high glamour could be showcased most......

Watch Raj Kapoor's Films On OTT

The world is celebrating Raj Kapoor's birth centenary, but when was the last time you watched an RK film? The younger generation perhaps may have never. They may not know his tremendous......