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Spreading Love With Irani Chai

'Only a fool would put his life savings into a restaurant at 59... but I did.' IMAGE: Mansoor Showghi Yezdi. Photographs: Rediff Life begins at 59. It may sound unbelievable, but for Mansoor......

History in Minutes: The Meerut Conspiracy Case

The Meerut Conspiracy Case was aimed at curbing communist influence in India. However, it fuelled nationwide sympathy, shaping the course of leftist politics in the country, writes Utkarsh Mishra.......

'Shantaram' returns to Leopold

Had the terrorists come five hours earlier, I wouldn't be here talking to you," says Gregory David Roberts, the Australian author of the novel Shantaram, oft-considered a foreigner's Ode to Mumbai.......

Shinde's Sena knocks out Uddhav's Sena in 36 seats

The Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has trounced rival Shiv Sena-UBT of Uddhav Thackeray in 36 assembly seats in Maharashtra, putting to rest the debate over which is the real party......

Dadra And Nagar Haveli: How The Portuguese Were Defeated

They realised that the Portuguese were better prepared to defend Daman than Dadra and Nagar Haveli. If reinforcements from Daman were to reach Silvassa, there was no chance of defeating the......

No waiver joy in suicide zones

"Sahib has done it for us." That is how the farmers in Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's constituency of Baramati greet the Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver. Shantaram Borade and Nivruti Jarande of......

Is Siddhant Chaturvedi The Right Choice To Play V Shantaram?

Photograph: Kind courtesy Siddhant Chaturvedi/Instagram Siddhant Chaturvedi is all set to play the doyen of Marathi and Hindi cinema, V Shantaram. "The producer and director were not convinced......

Bollywood's OG Dancing Superstar

Dinesh Raheja salutes Sandhya, the acclaimed actress who passed into the ages on October 4. IMAGE: Sandhya. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/ X At the very zenith of the Golden Age......

The 'Bad Girl' Returns To Films

'If I had the chance now, I would have continued acting.''The cultures of Maharashtra and Bengal are different and I felt I had to give my best to be a good daughter-in-law and an ideal wife.''I......

Shantaram Review: Too Verbose

If future episodes are as verbose and unwieldy, it might be difficult to keep from switching channels, points out Deepa Gahlot. When the book Shantaram came out in 2003, it became a bestseller and......

A Beautiful, Cultural Evening With...

Glimpses from the 58th and 59th Maharashtra State Film Awards held simultaneously in Mumbai this week. All Photographs: ANI Photo Asha Parekh, the 'glamorous good girl' was awarded the Raj Kapoor......

V V S Laxman to tie the knot on February 15

Stylish Hyderabadi batsman Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman is all set to marry on February 15."Marriages are made in heaven," his beaming mother said. Bride-to-be Shailaja is an MCA student and a......