India must come out of the cocoon: Dalai Lama

Text: Aseem Chhabra in New York. Photographs: Paresh Gandhi In his tours around the world, the Dalai Lama -- the Tibetan leader in exile and Nobel Peace Prize winner -- often generates awe from......

354 films in 365 days

How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen? IMAGE: Vin Diesel and Deepika Padukone in xXx: Return of Xander Cage. For some people, watching films is a social experience,......

Britney cleared of child abuse allegations

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Singer Britney Spears has been cleared of child abuse allegations.   A former bodyguard of the 28-year-old......

When stars were suspect on foreign shores

When Shah Rukh Khan was detained at Newark airport in the United States early Saturday morning, it raised quite a storm in India. The superstar was released after two hours of grilling. But this......

Soundtracks filmmakers love

Imagine watching The Godfather without the soundtrack, or any James Bond flick, or Mission Impossible without the signature tune that launched a thousand ringtones. What would the movies do without......

Boxer Manoj Kumar storms into last 16

Indian pugilist Manoj Kumar made it to the last 16 in the men's Light-welter (64kg) division at the London Games, beating Serdar Hudayberdiyev (Turkmenistan) late on Tuesday night. The Haryana......

CWG updates: Poonia leads sweep of women's discus

- Images from the Games: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Medals Tally Krishna Poonia led an unprecedented sweep of all the women's discus throw medals at the Commonwealth......

Spotted: Mike Atherton at Lord's

Reader Sandeep Khopkar sent us this photograph from London. 'I am Sandeep, and I got a golden opportunity to meet former England captain Mike Atherton at Lord's during the Twenty20 World Cup,'......

Sunil Kumar wins Commonwealth boxing gold

Champion pugilist Sunil Kumar used his ferocious upper cuts and jabs to deadly effect to win the only gold for India at the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships in Liverpool. The young boxer......