After the earth shattering success of SS Rajamouli’s war epic Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, Rana Daggubati has once again stepped into the shoes of a hero. While it would be quite a challenge for him to escape the villainous image of King Bhallaladeva from the Baahubali franchise, he has set out to prove his critics otherwise. His first attempt at doing so, as seen in the trailer of his next […]
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES The animals and their offspring were killed in front of one another Bleeding survivors trembled as sword-wielding butchers walked over carcasses to deliver a fatal blow Al-Nasir Exports’ abattoir at Ghaziabad’s Dasna denied the allegations Deserted and quiet during the day, a high-end meat factory near Delhi bursts into activity at night. In the daytime, the sprawling Al-Nasir Exports’ abattoir at Ghaziabad’s Dasna appears to have been […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised commercial banks to provide adequate transaction details in the passbooks of account holders. “In the interest of better customer service, it has been decided that banks shall at a minimum provide the relevant details in respect of entries in the accounts,” the central bank said in a notification. The RBI said that many banks still do not provide adequate details of the […]
Expectations from director-actor jodi of Kabir Khan and Salman Khan were sky high after the massive Box Office success of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’. But ‘Tubelight’ has turned out to be a complete disappointment. Here, bad performances led the audience down in almost every aspect. Based on 1962 Sino-Indian War, the storyline revolves around a grown-up individual – named Laxman Singh Bisht (played by Salman) – who is a slow in grasping […]
At first, the picture you see does not look like a brightly-lit room. Whatever light pours into the room is from the window. Once you take a glance outside, you will find a whole world beckoning you to take part in a culture marked by its diversity. This is the ‘A Room with a View’, welcoming you to none other than God’s Own Country, Kerala. If there is something that […]
In a blatant copy-cat act showing the united Opposition’s desperate move to counter BJP’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind, former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was declared the candidate by the Opposition comprising 17 political parties. In doing so, the Opposition has turned the presidential election into a ‘Dalit versus Dalit’ contest. “Given her wide experience both as a politician and speaker, Meira Kumar is the most suitable candidate for […]
You may have seen plenty of posts, poses and photos on International Yoga Day. But June 21 also happens to be World Music Day. And while our perception of music is the instrument-melody-vocals version, music is everywhere (as cliched as it sounds). This is just what a video published by Blush on YouTube, starring actor Kalki Koechlin, goes on to show. Named ‘Noise’, the video covers a day in urban […]
Ravi Marshetwar had always seen his father working for society and hence his aim in life was very clear, he wanted to become a social reformer. He earned an engineering degree and worked for 10 years as a Civil Engineer in Muscat before becoming a farmer. Today, he is well known for his grafting skills, by which he has grown 51 varieties of mangoes on the same tree. In 2001, […]
Atul Kumar pointed to the pictures on the screen in front of him. “Look,” he said, his excitement rising, “Look at the grill work, look at the brass lamps!” Swiping one image after the next on his ipad, Kumar rummaged through a series of shots of art deco buildings in the western city of Mumbai; buildings he has known and loved for years. Now he is trying to bring them […]
Hundreds of pilot whales and dolphins have been slaughtered as part of an annual ritual on the shores of the Faroe Islands, an archipelago between Iceland and Norway. Locally known as Grindadrap, whale harvesting is a centuries-old practice dating back to 1584. Due to the remote location of the island, the locals have historically relied on the meat and blubber of pilot whales as their major source of food. Graphic […]
