Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world’s richest billionaires, while US President Donald Trump slipped more than 200 spots, the magazine said on Monday. Gates, whose wealth is estimated at $86 billion, led the list for the fourth straight year. He was followed by Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett among the top 10 billionaires, a group heavily dominated by Americans, many of whom […]
Neerja director Ram Madhvani screened his short film This Bloody Line, based on the India-Pakistan partition, at India Today Conclave 2017 on Saturday. Ram Madhvani was one of three directors – the other two being Nandita Das and Sudhir Mishra – who presented their short films as part of the ‘India Tomorrow’ series, brought to you by India Today. This Bloody Line showed how Cyril John Radcliffe (Martin Bishop), the […]
Riding on the huge success in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now gearing up for one of its most prestigious electoral battle — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat — due at the end of this year. The BJP has ruled the state since 1998, a feat that has helped Modi’s rise to power as the Prime Minister of India. The duo of […]
Do you miss the chirruping of sparrows outside your window when you wake up in the morning? We’re sure you must have noticed how sparrows have slowly vanished from view since the past few years. Once found in huge numbers across the world, the small bird is slowly making its way to the endangered list and looks like humans are to blame. March 20th is a day designated to celebrate […]
No matter how annoying or troublesome your friends get, the quality ones are always for the keeps. They say friendship is greater than love, for love can fade away with time but this bond is something that gets better with age, just like wine Aparna Sen’s upcoming film Sonata is a take on friendship and female bonding. It stars Sen along with veteran actress Shabana Azmi and renowned theatre artist […]
The world of trees is often under-considered as a way of finding a mirror to the way life functions on the earth. The natural food chain implies a kind of superiority that drives narratives we are most familiar with. Plant or tree life is then restricted to the domains of science or find mention mostly in fantasised, even fetishised versions of traditional literature. There are exceptions, like Peter Wohlleben’s recent […]
It is a sad yet common scene that children forget about their parents while being busy with estate planning and trying how to avoid probate. Last year, Laxmi, a 68-year-old elderly woman was abandoned by her daughter and son-in-law, as they considered her a burden in the house. Since then, Laxmi has been begging on the streets of Hyderabad. After meeting with an accident a few weeks ago, she was […]
The makers of the upcoming action drama Katamarayudu have finally released the theatrical trailer of the film, which has powerstar Pawan Kalyan in the lead. A remake of the Tamil blockbuster Veeram, Pawan Kalyan will be seen reprising the role played by Ajith Kumar in Tamil. Going by the trailer, it looks like the makers have tweaked certain elements to work well for the Telugu audience. Apart from Kalyan’s electrifying […]
I was pondering the other day about all the types of people we meet during the week. I’ve noticed that there are a few that drag us right down and sabotage our success. These criminals hide amongst people like you and me who are seeking to be inspired and change the world. These bloodsuckers of life want to do one thing and one thing only: take away your positivity and […]
The last-minute choice of Yogi Adityanath, after hectic parleys for a week in Delhi and Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, where the RSS national conclave is set to begin on Sunday, is seen in UP political circles as the resurfacing of differences between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). Frustration and dissatisfaction loomed large on the faces of party MLAs when they came out of Lok Bhawan, the […]
