Aamir Khan’s Paani Foundation is hosting the third edition of the Satyamev Jayate Water Cup. Around one lakh volunteers have already registered for the grand event on May 1. Here are the details. Superstar Aamir Khan, who founded the Paani Foundation with wife Kiran Rao three years back, has urged students and youngsters to volunteer for a massive ‘Mahashramdaan’ on occasion of Maharashtra Day on May 1, 2018. Aamir, along […]
Karnataka Energy Minister and Congress leader, DK Shivakumar filed his affidavit from the Kanakapura constituency in Ramanagara district on Thursday. While the minister declared that he is an educationist and social worker by profession, and that his wife is a housewife and a landlady, the two of them combined have declared assets worth Rs 730 crore. While Shivakumar declared that he had Rs 618 crore worth assets, his wife, Usha, […]
McCarthy (Ghostbusters) and Falcone co-wrote the screenplay for the movie and produced it through their production company, On the Day. Chris Henchy also produced the film, with Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener, Michael Disco, and David Siegel serving as executive producers. The movie will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. Directed by McCarthy’s husband, Ben Falcone. Life of the Party will open on May 11, 2018. Please follow and like […]
If you were to do a PET scan of my brain right now, you’d see a chaos of colours. That’s because I’ve just finished reading Indian Instincts: Essays on Freedom and Equality in India by Miniya Chatterji, and the way the author has analysed the issues that make every generation of Indian sputter and fume, comprehensively and coherently using history, philosophy, current affairs, world affairs and her own observations, has […]
In 200 years, cows could become the largest mammals on land, thanks to the devastating effects of human-caused extinctions. The loss of mammal biodiversity has been a long-term trend continuing for the past 125,000 years at least, and a study by The University of New Mexico in the US shows that this was the fault of human activity. HOW DID HUMANS CAUSE EXTINCTIONS OF LARGE MAMMALS? Since the time humans […]
Over the past few weeks the commentary is turning almost hoarse on the plight of the eight year old girl, Asifa. The heinous crime committed against her is now taking a religious hue. People suddenly seem to forget the kind of torture that was meted out to an innocent eight year old. Instead a whole new angle of religious inconsistencies is being highlighted. Strangely I am reminded of the fateful […]
Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool is certainly the quirkiest superhero who loves to break the fourth wall, even when he’s getting beaten up. The final trailer of the film is out and reveals a fair bit of the story. Deadpool released in 2016 and became the biggest R-rated grosser and with the trailer of Deadpool 2, it looks like this one will be even better. Alongside Ryan Reynolds and Josh Brolin, the […]
A Hindu priest from a temple in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad made headlines for carrying a Dalit (formerly known as untouchable) man on his shoulders into the temple’s inner sanctum. It has been seen as a dramatic move because Dalits have historically been denied entry into temples as they are considered “impure” by many conservative Hindus. Even today, most temples in India do not allow Dalits to enter. […]
While there are separate lawyers for clinical incompetence in the military and other crimes, the crimes among the representatives remain unaddressed. At least 48 MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to crime against women, with BJP having the highest number of such politicans at 12, a report said on Thursday amid a nation-wide outrage over rape incidents, including UP’s Unnao where a ruling party lawmaker is an accused. To […]
Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi’s cinema is spicy curry for the soul. It doesn’t soothe, but it gets you agitated. You want to reach out and touch the lives of his lead characters, offering them succour. Shot at realistic locations like the Mahim chawls, Sewri jetty and Bandra-Worli Sea Link, the movie introduces us to the lives of the downtrodden and the maximum city’s dark underbelly; a place you know exists, […]
