With the year 2017 ending, Apple recently brought out its tenth anniversary edition iPhone. It is the revolutionary iPhone X (pronounced iPhone ten). It is said to be the most edgy and the best iPhone ever built. The iPhone X is built for perfection. Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that the iPhone X is a leap in the world, since the launch of their original iPhone. With amazing features and […]
The bridge stretches across 488 meters between two cliffs in the Hongyagu Scenic Area. The bridge hangs 218 meters above the ground – that’s approximately how tall a 66 story building is. Can you imagine walking across this bridge? How about looking down from this bridge. Scary right? According to the video, the bridge has been designed to support up to 2,000 people. However, only 500 people will be on […]
Mohammed Rafi (December 24, 1924) the most popular and successful singer of the Hindi film industry. His songs ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans. He was known for his ability to mould his voice to the persona of the actor, lip-syncing the song on screen in the movie. He received six Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. […]
A special CBI court in Ranchi convicted former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in one of the six fodder scam cases on Saturday. Lalu, alongwith 15 others, has been found guilty while former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra and five others were acquitted in the case. The sentencing will be on January 3, 2018. The fodder scam is a collective term for a set of 64 cases, of which […]
It will be interesting to see how this documentary performs in today’s political climate where everyone knows the game is rigged and just shrugs and accepts it because I guess it’s better to be destitute and savvy than secure and outraged. At a time when the government is touting deregulation as an inherent good, I’m sure The China Hustle will infuriate its audience, but I assume it will change the […]
Gumaro Pérez Aguilando was gunned down on Tuesday while attending a Christmas event at his son’s school in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Miroslava Breach was shot to death in March while she drove her child to school in Chihuahua state. In May, Javier Valdez was pulled from his car in broad daylight and murdered outside his office in Sinaloa. All three victims had something in common: They were journalists. […]
The Gujarat election results is all about anti-climax. BJP has won majority and the question is about how many seats it has lost. Congress has lost the elections but the chat is about how many seats they have gained. Yes indeed this is the changed dynamics that BJP needs to take into consideration going forward. There are some in the political circles who use terms like anti-incumbency and pro-cumbency to […]
Srinivasa Ramanujan’s birth anniversary on December 22 is celebrated as National Mathematics Day every year. Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematical prodigy, hastily scribbled formulas after formulas on loose sheets of papers. He told his wife, Janaki Ammal, his work would bring laurels and perhaps bring them out of poverty and want on day. The illness did not permit him to write, yet he wrote first on a slate and then copied final […]
Nawazuddin Siddiqui can be a chameleon when it comes to his films. If he was Saadat Hasan Manto a few months back when the Nandita Das film’s first look landed, last night he transformed into Balasaheb Thackeray. The actor is playing the role of Shiv Sena leader in a biopic and his transformation is shocking. The signature style of Thackeray has also been shown in the teaser. Starring Nawazuddin in […]
Filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar returns to the silver screen after Sultan and it only gets bigger and better with ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’. The film is a sequel to 2012 blockbuster hit Ek Tha Tiger which was helmed by Kabir Khan. Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif reprise their roles of Tiger and Zoya respectively in the film and this time their family has a new member—a cute looking son, called Junior. […]
