When AR Rahman, Gulzar and Resul Pookutty had won the coveted Academy Award for the movie Slumdog Millionaire in 2009, the country had staked a claim upon the British film as one of its own and left no stone unturned to celebrate the historic achievement, believing that the Indian Oscar dream had finally been realised. However, unknown to many, the first Indian to ever receive an Oscar had been Bhanu […]
Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram, is an Indian politician and businessman. For the uninitiated, Karti was arrested in connection with the alleged irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance in the INX Media case. The agency is investigating the junior Chidambaram`s role in facilitating the FIPB clearance for INX Media when his father was the Finance Minister. Karti Chidambaram is alleged […]
Dr Prakash Amte, son of social worker Baba Amte, along with his wife Mandakini, set up an animal rescue shelter in the courtyard of their house in Hemalkasa, Maharashtra. It is called The Amte Animal Ark and it currently houses about 90 wild animals. His effort was recognised as a rescue shelter in 1991 and the animals he houses include jackals, leopards, hyenas, porcupines, Indian python, crocodile, peacocks, sloth bears, […]
Avani Chaturvedi, 24, has become the first Indian woman to fly a fighter jet solo. She flew a Mig-21 Bison for 30 minutes earlier this week, the air force said. “It is the breaking of a glass ceiling,”. A “big day” in the history of the country’s armed forces. Avani Chaturvedi, 24, comes from Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district. She did her schooling from Deoland, a small town in Madhya Pradesh […]
Bollywood’s first female superstar, Sridevi breathed her last late Saturday night when she died of a cardiac arrest in Dubai. Sridevi was one of the most popular female stars in the 1980-90s as Yash Chopra’s favourite heroine. Here are 9 songs that stand testimony to Sridevi’s graceful beauty, adorable charm and the contagious energy she brought to each frame: Please follow and like us:
Aruna Budda Reddy on Saturday created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to win an individual medal at the Gymnastics World Cup as she clinched a bronze in the women’s vault event here. Reddy could not make it to the national team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games as she was underage but then she took part in the 2014 CWG and now she is well on her way achieving […]
Deepika Padukone speaking on ‘Making mental wellness a boardroom priority’ at the World Congress on Information Technology and Nasscom India Leadership Forum on Wednesday. Deepika Padukone said she was not afraid to fail and not afraid to talk about the way she feels. She believes that success and failure are all part of life and everybody fails at one point in their life. “I am at a stage in my […]
Today is the birth anniversary of the greatest Maratha ruler ever-known — Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Born in the hill-fort of Shivneri, near the city of Junnar in Pune district, he carved out an enclave from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Empire. He was crowned as the Chhatrapati (Monarch) of his realm at Raigad in 1674 and subsequently, established a progressive civil rule […]
Make no mistake, this is no airbrushed hagiography dressed up as a biography. During the time when he was playing, there were few better sights than the ball meeting the middle of Sanjay Manjrekar’s bat, whether it was in forward defence or for a drive through the off side. Considered one of the most technically proficient batters of his time, as he recounts his rollercoaster career as cricketer and TV […]
On Sunday, the timelines of social media users got flooded with a viral clip from a forthcoming Malayalam film Oru Adaar Love. The clip featured a girl winking at a classmate. The widely shared video left everybody asking for the name of the actor. Priya, who is a model and singer, went to Vimala College in Thrissur. Intrestingly, this isn’t the only viral video she has featured in. Earlier, a […]
