The sound of the dhak is an essential part of Pujo celebrations, says Indrayanee Mukherjee. Pujo (or Durga Puja) is not Pujowithout the resounding echoes of the dhak (the percussion instrument......
"We don't discern a definite trend in child labour just going by the number of children rescued or persons arrested as that has been volatile over the years," says Sadanand Date, deputy......
Six years after running down the low-cost model, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines are betting on it to keep running. On August 25, 2003, Gorur Ramaswamy Gopinath, an ex-Army officer who ran......
The Incomparable Lata Mangeshkar passed into the ages on February 6, 2022. She was 92.Some of her best songs, in celebration of an incredible life. Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer......
For more than half a century, the beautiful quality of Lata Mangeshkar's singing has regaled generations of listeners. The fact that it's not merely tough but impossible for anybody to name just......
'I don't miss having a child because Saab is like a child.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Dilip Kumar/Twitter When I heard of Dilip Kumar passing away, my first thought was, what was his wife Saira......
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies. Did you know Madhuri Dixit was the original choice to play Rajjo in 1942: A Love Story? She even did a photo session......
Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer ever. Goddess Saraswati incarnate. Hyperbole becomes Lata Mangeshkar. No amount of praise is lavish enough to describe the supremacy of her voice as it......