[ad_1] Tamil Nadu higher education minister K Ponmudy on Friday issued a clarification after heavy criticism over an earlier statement claiming ‘Hindi-speaking people sell pani puri’ in the southern state. […]
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‘It can take us from darkness to light’: JP Nadda hails Sanskrit language
[ad_1] BJP national president JP Nadda on Saturday described Sanskrit as a ‘means of taking us from darkness to light’, as he addressed an event organised by the Central Sanskrit […]
Bollywood is learning about the perils of vanity, says Anupama Chopra
[ad_1] The current mood in Bollywood is panic. Last week, two high-profile films, Heropanti 2 and Runway 34, with A-list stars (Tiger Shroff and Ajay Devgn), opened to sub-par numbers […]
Ajay Devgn-Kiccha Sudeep Twitter spat: Kannada star finds support in his peers
[ad_1] The ‘national language’ debate that had actors Ajay Devgn and Kiccha Sudeep at loggerheads on Twitter has gained momentum, with many artistes from south Indian film industries coming out […]
‘Idea of India is…’: Omar Abdullah joins national language debate
[ad_1] National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday joined the debate over India’s national language and said it is “too diverse a country to have a national language”. He […]
Kiccha Sudeep responds to Ajay Devgn’s tweet on his Hindi comment: ‘What if my response was typed in Kannada’
[ad_1] Hours after actor Ajay Devgn posted a reactionary tweet against a comment made by Kiccha Sudeep, the Kannada actor responded on Twitter attributing the misunderstanding to bad translation, assuring […]
It enriches us when lives lived in the margins storm the page,says Poonam Saxena
[ad_1] Who is interested in the stories and lives of old people? Almost no one. In our aggressively youth-oriented society, people above a certain age — old parents, grandparents — […]
Manipur Congress opposes move to make Hindi a compulsory subject in Northeast
[ad_1] At the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee in New Delhi on Thursday, Union home minister Amit Shah said that Hindi would be made compulsory up to […]
From Pathaan to Brahmastra, is multilingual release the name of the game?
[ad_1] South films getting a simultaneous release in Hindi isn’t a very new phenomenon. And now, taking a cue from them, Hindi films are being announced and released in south […]
Pia Bajpiee: Whether a series is set in rural or urban areas, people are shown throwing abuses, having sex or drinking
[ad_1] Actor Pia Bajpiee has decided not to do web shows just to be in the spotlight, and she is content to sit at home and wait for the right […]
Vito power: The Godfather at 50
[ad_1] As he pounded away on an early draft of The Godfather on an Olympia Manual typewriter in his New York basement in 1966, the then-cash-strapped Mario Puzo couldn’t have […]
Look before you weep: There’s more to Meena Kumari than teary melodrama
[ad_1] Meena Kumari breathed her last on March 31, 1972, in Room 26 of Bombay’s St Elizabeth’s nursing home. She was 39. Pakeezah, directed by her estranged husband Kamal Amrohi, […]
Stirring the plot: A Wknd interview with author Geetanjali Shree
[ad_1] When Geetanjali Shree turned 19 and was showing every sign of growing into an independent-minded young woman, her father gave her a hundred-rupee note as a birthday present (an […]
Read an exclusive excerpt from Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand
[ad_1] At some point later in time, in Sri Lanka, the ace batsman of the Pakistani cricket team starts hiccupping right before a match, and he just can’t stop. They […]
Sanjay Leela Bhansali a rare auteur still true to his roots, says Anupama Chopra
[ad_1] “Even today I do not go to a shoot without listening to five songs of Lata Mangeshkar on the way,” Sanjay Leela Bhansali told me in a recent interview. […]