‘Laapataa Ladies’: Kiran Rao triumphs with delightful, nuanced comedy
By Arnab Banerji Women-centric movies often end up highlighting stereotypes and essentializing people who belong to different gender communities. But if, as protagonists in a
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Classical dancer, MFA student shot dead during evening walk
BY VEENA RAO Cover photo courtesy: Amarnath Ghosh’s Facebook page UPDATE: The Consulate General of India in Chicago said on Saturday that it is extending
India’s Supreme Court issues contempt notice to Patanjali over misleading ads
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a contempt notice to Patanjali Ayurved’s Managing Director Acharya Balakrishna over the continued publication
Deepika, Ranveer announce date of first child’s arrival
Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) Bollywood star couple Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone have confirmed that they are all set to welcome their first bundle of
TOSS: Musician Flemingway drops groundbreaking episodic album
BY VEENA RAO Musician Flemingway has a lot to unravel in his groundbreaking album, “TOSS,” where each song is like an episode of a TV
Arrest made in freezing deaths of Gujarati family at US-Canada border
BY VEENA RAO Atlanta, GA, February 27, 2024: In a significant development more than two years after the tragic incident at the U.S.-Canada border where
Indian American investigative journalist killed in New York fire
New York, Feb 26 (IANS) An Indian investigative journalist has died in a building fire in New York City despite firefighters’ heroic efforts to save
Karisma Kapoor speaks at Harvard India conference, Kareena joins for a chat
Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) Actress Karisma Kapoor recently gave a speech at the India Conference at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. The actress
Pankaj Udhas was beyond a ghazal singer merely ‘intoxicating’ the world
BY VIKAS DATTA New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) His career is a testament to the pervasive appeal of ghazal, for Pankaj Udhas, among the foremost
Indian economist Geeta Batra named as first woman director of World Bank’s GEF
Mumbai, Feb 25 (IANS) Geeta Batra, an Indian economist, has been named as the new Director at the Independent Evaluation Office of the World Bank’s