Prakash Jha’s Rajneeti has finally hit the theatres. Easy parallels are being drawn between the characters in the movie and the forces dominating the political scenario today. But it was not so easy in the pre-independent times for film makers to pass political comments through their works. Political movies have always been there. But their... Continue Reading →
Its customers extend from the Late Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan to Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and even George Harrison of The Beatles. If you ask for the shop of Rikhi Ram to any auto driver in Delhi’s Connought Place, he will betray ignorance. But once you reach... Continue Reading →
Three years back Bharatnatyam danseuse Geeta Chandran was awarded the Padmasree for her outstanding contribution to classical dance. But she reveals a sense of responsibility that she feels she has been vested with. “Awards do make you feel nice but then it also means that the society expects more from you now. You start working... Continue Reading →
Over the past one month, the UPA has been placed in quite a quandry, having been attacked from all sides on issues ranging from price rise to the IPL and phone tapping to a Cut Motion in the Parliament. The IPL has been quite a sensation this season (not that it has not been in... Continue Reading →
