What Dharamsala is to north India, Bylakuppe is to the south of the country. A heady mass of green, the four-decade-old Tibetan settlement of Bylakuppe is a little place, fortunately quite removed from the touristy frills of commercial enterprises, motels and eateries. Instead, what you get to savour are fresh, ...
Its not every day that you come across a person who has a deep-rooted passion for a language such as Sanskrit. Its not a language which one uses in everyday life. And if you are a doctor you are more likely to be familiar with Latin and Greek word forms. ...
MANJUNATH RAO, country manager, NCR India, admits that he cannot imagine life without technology any more be it his laptop or his BlackBerry. This corporate honcho is hooked to his gadgets.
Swapan Seth, managing partner of Henry S Clark, an art house, is ready and midway through cooking when we meet. He is making actor Raj Kapoors own recipe for dal makhani.
In the last few weeks, several of the greats in the creative arts have passed away, leaving not just a strange vacuum but also the question of whether the next generation has people of similar stature to replace those that have gone. Habib Tanvir, the doyen of Indian theatre, Gangubai ...
Ranjit Kapoor has worn many hats over the course of a distinguished theatre and screen career. National School of Drama (NSD) alumni still speak with awe about his staging of plays like Woyzeck and Bichhu. He has written the dialogue for such movies as Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Bandit Queen ...
Everyone knows that Indians love movies. Most of what they watch may be crowd-pleasers from Bollywood or Hollywood, but there is also a tiny yet determined audience for quality cinema from other parts of the world and in other languages, including documentaries, art and non-commercial films. This market too must ...
Fans were left rubbing their eyes in disbelief as Giancarlo Fisichella of the unheralded Force India pulled off the shock of the season to grab the pole position for tomorrows Belgian Grand Prix here today.