For decades Gemini Studios was one of the best-known names in the whole of India. Its owner was the self-made and legendary S.S. Vasan, who once hawked watches on railway platforms but finally went on to win the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to Indian cinema....
What do we make of the Raj's storytellers? Should we simply view them through anti-colonialism's uncompromising prism and unceremoniously dismiss them as standard-bearers of discredited imperialism? Or should we be more judicious in giving them a hearing (or reading) for a historical perspective of the rulers' experiences and c...
His remarks over the “growing intolerance†in the country created a stir in politics and over social media last year and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says that he became “sad†and felt like “crying†when he was asked to prove his patriotism....
Bihar's Nitish Kumar government should have been more pragmatic before announcing prohibition as this cost Nagaland dearly in terms of revenue and only helped "bootleggers of neighbouring Assam", a former minister from the north-eastern state has said....
Researchers including an Indian-origin researcher have revealed that the social circle of men reduces after they get married while women become more socially active from late 30s onwards....
The presence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and peer pressure may have forced pre-historic humans to become monogamists, say researchers....
The viral video of a 32-year-old man, Siddharth Sharma, being mowed down by a Mercedes car driven by a teenager in Delhi has generated a lot of outrage, but Sharma is one of 71 Indians who, on an average, die every day in accidents involving cars, jeeps and taxis, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of government data....
In two countries among the 81 surveyed, more than 40 percent of respondents said they would not want a neighbor of a different race. One was Jordan, the other was India....
Throwing new light on the dating of old Testament texts, researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have found clinching evidence that many of the earliest texts of the Bible were written by at least 600 BC in the ancient Kingdom of Judah....
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has no links with the Gupta family, under fire for allegedly exerting undue influence on the government, and did not at any point introduce the family to his successor, President Jacob Zuma, the Thabo Mbeki Foundation said on Monday....
