Akshay Kumar is back, so is Prabhudheva. Bollywood’s most bankable twosome is back in the game with their next, Singh Is Bliing. The first trailer of the film has packed in enough drama to catapult Akshay Kumar as North India’s biggest action star. Singh is Bliing presents Kumar as Raftaar Singh, who is (in)famous in Punjab for his wisecracks and bravado. The trailer shows him holding a lion by a […]
Onions bring tears to ours eyes when we cut it. But this vegetable is very nutritious and good for health and can relieve a number of diseases. So, one should always include onion in their diet for healthy lifestyle. Here are some health benefits of the vegetable: Boost immune system: Onion boosts your immune system because of the phytochemicals in the vegetable which improves the working of Vitamin C in […]
To all the mothers who wish to wear their scars with pride, this one’s for you. Most women opt for natural childbirth over cesarean deliveries to escape the stigma attached to the latter. They are openly criticised for choosing the “not natural” option. A universal dogma, this happens everywhere. To highlight the naturalness of C-sections, photographer Helen Aller, from Guernsey (UK), clicked an intimate photo of a three-day-old baby sleeping […]
WASHINGTON: The White House said on Tuesday it had hired its first openly transgender official, a move which supporters said underscored the administration’s drive against inequality. Officials said former activist Raffi Freedman-Gurspan began work on Tuesday in a team that recruits personnel to serve the president. “Raffi Freedman-Gurspan demonstrates the kind of leadership this administration champions,” said Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor to President Barack Obama. “Her commitment to bettering […]
The headlines today are all about the midnight arrest of many students of the prestigious Film & Television Institute of India. While I don’t want this to be another commentary on whether it was right for the police to swoop in at midnight for the arrest or whether the students were within their rights protest against ‘irrational’ assessment or gheraoing the institute’s director, Prashat Pathrabe, this incident seems to reiterate […]
“You toy with wrathful forces,” says Andrew Scott’s Inspector Turpin in the first trailer for Victor Frankenstein starring James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe. The warning is addressed of course, to the titular Dr Frankenstein, guilty as charged. This new Frankenstein is like nothing we’ve seen before: All razzle-dazzle and flash-bang, injected with a heavy dose of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes. And since that series is on a hiatus apparently, this […]
While most have already had their yearly vacation during the summer holidays, many are still raring to pack their bags to leave town from the hustle and bustle of their lives. Still clueless about where to go? Fear not. Many a places in India boast of a beautiful monsoon. Sure the rain looks nice pouring down your window, while you sip a cup of tea – but add to that […]
Islamabad: Why was Pakistan created, asked a leading Pakistani daily on Friday, ruling that the country has strayed from the “unique vision” of protecting the rights of its minorities. An editorial in The News International, “A New Roadmap”, said this Independence Day “we need to talk about why this country was created and how far we have strayed from that aim”. Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah had declared in 1947 […]
Human life today has been made extremely complex where difficulties and problems challenge us from all walks of life. There are people who are struggling to sort out their inner world for a meaningful life, others who are trying to hold together a damaged relationship, individuals who are trying to raise consciousness in society, citizens who are desperate to bring a change in their corrupt political system, those who are […]
Twenty-seven people, including four foreigners, were killed and over 80 others injured in a powerful bomb blast inside a hugely popular Lord Brahma temple in a crowded area in Bangkok on Monday in the first such attack in the Thai capital. The blast, which the government believed was aimed at damaging economy and tourism, occurred inside the Erawan Shrine dedicated to Lord Brahma in the downtown Chidlom district, creating panic […]
