Here all in silence, let them sleep their sleep

Right in the midst of bustling Kolkata lies what might be the most prominent population of Britons in India.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com walks through the South Park Street Cemetery. IMAGE:......

So who gets to remember old wounds?

'Muslims and Dalits must erase the way they remember their past, or carry out their performances in private,' says Jyoti Punwani, as Maharashtra's Censor Board denies permission to a play Jai......

What Modi and the BJP can learn from America

'You can fight to win leadership of a party, yet join party rivals to win a general election in the US. The fact that dissent is not rebellion is not really appreciated in India, where we are used......

The uncommon creator of that Common Man

Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has died at a Pune hospital at the age of 94. Back in 1997, we had carried an excerpt from Past Forward, an autobiographical book which carried anecdotes of eminent......

Exclusive! Mira Nair on Vanity Fair

Mira Nair's Vanity Fair, which releases in the US on Wednesday, ends with a Bollywood-like happy climax, and a Shankar Mahadevan song in the background.But William Makepeace Thackeray's 900-plus......

Why I like Farah Khan

When Mira Nair planned a brief harem dance sequence in her film Vanity Fair, she went to Bollywood and contacted Farah Khan -- the industry's top and perhaps the most creative choreographer. Nair......

Vanity Fair: Exuberant Exotica

Mira Nair's ambitiousVanity Fair offers a feast to the eyes, thanks to sharply etched performances by veteran British actors. But the film progressively loses its focus as a social satire. It also......

Reese Witherspoon on how to hide pregnancy!

Did you know that Legally Blonde actress Reese Witherspoon was pregnant when she was shooting for Mira Nair's screen adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair?Apparently, her tummy......