Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s appointment as the goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent for the Rio Olympics did not go down too well with everyone. While many Olympians, including Milkha Singh, opposed the decision, Bollywood fraternity stood firmly with the Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor. Actors Kirron Kher and Sooraj Pancholi, who attended theRead More →

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan launched L’Oreal Paris’ Infallible Cannes 2016 Collection as both celebrated significant milestones – the cosmetic brand completing 19 years of being a make-up partner to the most prestigious event in global cinema, while; the actress marked 15 years of representing India at the Festival De Cannes. “ItRead More →

feature: left image – apparently released by Kangna team. Right image – apparently released by Hrithik team Actor Hrithik Roshan’s legal team slammed the leak of his “intimate” photo with actress Kangana Ranaut, with whom he is locked in a bitter legal battle, saying it did not tell the fullRead More →

A rare and evocative narration on abandonment! India’s Shekhawati area of Rajasthan today hosts abandoned mansions and desert towns; whilst descendants have been drawn to urban and economic centres. Melbourne’s architectural photographer Kip Scott visited Rajasthan, India in 2015 and fell in love with this Shekhawati region. His recently publishedRead More →

By Nury Vittachi It’s 2055. Phones are painted ono our palms. Being transgender is compulsory, except for Popes, who have to be female. All countries have combined into one big nation, North Zuckerberg. No, wait. May be life won’t be that weird in 2055. It will be that strange muchRead More →

My stories will have intimacy, but not vulgarity Actress Sunny Leone, who has turned writer with her first book titled “Sweet Dreams”, says she took writing as a challenge and has tried to keep her stories subtle without vulgarity. “Even though there are intimate moments in the stories, I don’tRead More →

It is a romantic story – well romantic story in the history of MATHEMATICS! It goes back to 1913 when an Iyengar man, Srinivasa Ramanujan and English mathematician and Cambridge professor G. H. Hardy, first marvelled at each other’s arithmetical forte. Srinivasa Ramanujan, born as Iyengar in 1887 in SouthRead More →

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has made India proud once again. Her name has been featured in Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World list alongside Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and singer Nicki Minaj, among others. Priyanka, who came into the limelight in theRead More →

Actor Emraan Hashmi, who features in another cricket-based film “Azhar” after “Jannat”, says he doesn’t know why he always gets films with the controversial match-fixing angle. “‘Jannat’ released six years ago, and there was a match-fixing sub-plot in that film as well. So I don’t know why I get onlyRead More →