The Jolly LLB 2 trailer is out. And from what it offers for our consumption, it seems to have capitalised on all of its leading man Akshay Kumar’s strengths. Jolly LLB 2, the trailer, starts off as a comic caper. We see Akshay’s character, a lawyer named Jolly, on a losing streak in court. He is prone to asking his witnesses filmi questions, like when Salman Khan is likely to […]
At a time when India was grappling with the evils of colonialism, an enlightened ruler placed himself proudly on a cosy cushioned throne under the shelter of morpankh (peacock feather) in a palatial abode in the city of Vadodara (or Baroda as it was called back then). Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III was on good terms with the British and never revolted against them, violently or non-violently. However, the silent guardian […]
If I hear the phrase, “I don’t eat meat, I only eat chicken and fish” once more, I shall scream! I cannot understand the enormous delusion of someone who believes that: a) Both these meats are vegetables Or b) Both of them are ‘white’ meat and, (like everything else white that we Indians aspire to) healthy. It’s like saying that you get less radiation in the house because you have […]
The maid who cooks for us seemed bemused, as if she could not make up her mind whether to be sad or happy. A little coaxing brought out the story. Her young married daughter had come to her distraught. She had been squirrelling away little bits from what her husband gave her every month to run the household. Over the last few years this had become what, to her, was […]
Lt Gen Bipin Rawat was named the next army chief on Saturday, as the government abandoned a three-decade-old tradition of elevating senior-most officers as service chiefs. The vice-chief will succeed Gen Dalbir Singh, who retires on December 31. 1. Lt Gen Bipin Rawat joined the Indian Army in December 1978. 2. Rawat won the Sword of Honour when he graduated from the Indian Military Academy in 1978. 3. He was […]
Ace comedian will soon be tickling your funny bones. No, here we are not taking about his popular television program ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’. This time, he will be spilling his charm on the silver screen with the upcoming Bollywood film ‘Coffee with D’. The trailer of the Vishal Mishra directorial was recently released online and it is receiving a lot of love from the viewers, all thanks to its […]
Mr Owaisi said the revolution that Mr Modi was dreaming to bring would never happen as it had pushed people into distress. AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being a “tyrant”, who caused a havoc in every house through his demonetisation drive. Addressing a public meeting organised on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi at the party headquarters at Darus-salam in the city, Mr Owaisi said […]
Gita Jayanti, celebrated to mark the anniversary of the Bhagvat Gita, the only holy text whose birthday is honoured with a Jayanti The Bhagvad Gita is an infinite ocean of wisdom. But however incomprehensible its vastness, it’s never daunting; it beckons and nudges one gently to take a dip in its sublime waters. And every time one does so, there are exquisite gems in store for the taking. A handful […]
He calls her ‘maa’, she calls him ‘havas ka poojari’. Dharam (Ranveer Singh) and Shyra’s (Vaani Kapoor) romance in Aditya Chopra’s Befikre breaks most stereotypes set by the genre. Opening with a break-up scene, the film quickly brings forth the quirkiness of these characters taking you on a back and forth journey that chronicles the sequence of events leading to the present day where the ex-lovers have now become awkward […]
President-elect Donald Trump, whose election to the post was one of the biggest surprises of the year, was on Wednesday declared the TIME 2016 Person of the Year. Time magazine every year chooses one person “who had the greatest influence, for better or worse, on the events of the year.” “It’s a great honor. It means a lot,” Trump said in a telephone interview on NBC’s “Today” show. The magazine’s […]
