Marriage-Go-Round

The North Indian pre-wedding ritual of the Ladies Sangeet, at which women gathered together to sing (some raunchy songs) an dance, minus the men. The cus...

Bollywood Then And Now

Vijay Tendulkar had some sharp observations about life in Mumbai, which included the underbelly of the film industry, that is the murky world of strugglers and unpaid...

Solo Power

Alyque Padamsee’s Broken Images, starring Shabana Azmi, the English version of Girish Karnad’s Kannada original Odakalu Bimba completed 101 shows recently.
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The First 19 Hour '8 Prahar' Marathon Concert Held In Mumbai

Mumbai witnessed the first 19-hour '8 Prahar' marathon concert, where 19 leading musicians performed. ShashiVyas, son of Pandit CR Vyas, doyen of North Indian classical mus...

Indian Women Seeking Jobs Confront Taboos and Threats

On a humid, sweaty, honking afternoon last summer, two women were making their way through the court complex in the north Indian city of Meerut, searching for the office of...

Meena Kumari - A Legend

Meena Kumari’s rags to riches saga has a poignant edge to it. Dubbedthe greatest tragedienne of the Indian screen, her doomed personal life flashing with deep tragedy...

Government to take up zero tolerance policy towards violence against women

Amid public outrage over gang rape and murder of two girls in north Indian state Uttar Pradesh, the Narendra Modi government Monday vowed “zero tolerance” polic...

True Review : Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi

Critics rating: 2.Stars*

Cast: Siddharth Gupta, Ashish Juneja, Simran Kaur Mundi, Amit Sial, Alok Chaturvedi

Direc...