Legendary Tamil actress Manorama died at a private hospital here tonight following a heart attack, family sources said. She was 78. She is survived by her son Boopathi. “She passed away due to heart attack, my world has fallen apart,” Boopathi told PTI. The actress died at around 12.05 AM. A versatile actress, Manorama had acted in over 1,200 Tamil films, rubbing shoulders with top stars like MGR and Sivaji […]
Veteran music director Ravindra Jain passed away in Mumbai. He was 71. He was admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital following a problem in his kidney. Jain was shifted from Wockhardt Hospital in Nagpur to Mumbai by a chartered air ambulance for treatment at Lilavati Hospital in Bandra on Sunday. ANI tweeted the news of his death. The viaually-challenged musician Jain composed music for hit films like Chor Machaye Shor, Geet Gaata […]
Indian musician and composer AR Rahman has responded to criticism against him for composing music for a film on Prophet Muhammad. Rahman’s response which he posted on Facebook said he composed the music in “good faith”. The Raza Academy in Mumbai said it issued a “fatwa” against Rahman and the Iranian director of the film Majid Majidi. The institute also wrote to the Indian government, seeking a ban on the […]
Bollywood singer-composer Aadesh Shrivastava, who was battling a relapsed cancer, passed away post midnight in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital here. He was 51. Shrivastava had been undergoing cancer treatment at the hospital in Andheri for over 40 days. “Mr Aadesh Shrivastava (51) expired at 12.30 am on September 5, 2015 in Kokilaben Hospital due to cancer,” Dr Ram Narain of the hospital told PTI. Shrivastava is survived by his wife, […]
BENGALURU: Malleshappa M Kalburgi, a reputed scholar and academic who served as the Vice-Chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi was shot dead by unidentified men at Dharwad on Sunday morning, police said . Three men who barged into his house shot him after an heated argument, police said. While police strongly suspect that he might be the target of Hindu fundamentalist , they have also ruled out personal enemity over […]
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 […]
Haleem Khan is known for taking the audience’s breath away as he walks on stage, and narrates stories from mythology through dance. However, the uniqueness of his act, is that he is dressed from head to toe as a woman. For the remainder of his act, those clueless, do not realize that the dancer behind the traditional attire, is in fact a man. His body movements do not spill […]
Indian artist Nek Chand who created a famous garden of sculptures in the northern city of Chandigarh has died, aged 90. Mr Chand died in a hospital in Chandigarh after suffering a heart attack on Friday, his son Anuj Saini told AFP news agency. He used rubble from the city’s construction to create sculptures at the 20-acre Chandigarh Rock Garden. Mr Chand had no formal education and worked as a […]
Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861. A renowned scholar, poet, writer, playwright and novelist, Tagore’s contributions to Indian culture are endless. He’s one of those artists who introduced the best of Indian culture to the west. On his 155th birth anniversary, here are 8 reasons why the legend that is Rabindranath Tagore must be remembered always. 1. He was the first non-European to receive a Nobel Prize […]
In an incredibly thoughtless act, Saeed left the confines of his car to take a picture of the lion, and he sat on the ground with the car door left open, only a “jump away from the lion.” However, the camera shutter alerted the lion to his presence and he went from the hunter to the hunted. “The feel of the aggressive, approaching lion from the camera is something that […]
