If you’re an urban adult in India, it’s hard not to have an Old Monk memory. After all, the rum brand marketed by Mohan Meakins, whose former managing director Kapil Mohan died on January 6, has acquired legendary status. To wash down individual memories of Old Monk, here is a short film from 2015, valorising the brand, titled Monk (above). Starring Sanjay Mishra and Jeetu Shastri, the film is a […]
Indira Gandhi was born Indira Nehru on 19 November, 1917, in Allahabad to Kamala and Jawaharlal Nehru. Indira’s father, Jawaharlal was a well-educated lawyer and an active member of the Indian Independence Movement. She passed her Metric from Pune University and went to Shantiniketan in West Bengal. She later went on to study in Switzerland and Oxford University in London. Indira Gandhi was an Indian politician and the only female […]
American filmmaker George A Romero (February 4, 1940-July 16, 2017) has died at the age of 77, after fighting a “brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer”, according to his manager Chris Roe. Romero, a stalwart of modern horror filmmaking, directed 16 films in a career spanning four decades. His feather in the cap was the Living Dead series, which created the tropes for and defined the modern zombie film […]
A nation doesn’t become great just by the progress it makes. There are hundreds of men who sacrifice their family lives to protect their country on the borders, and thousands of police officers who miss special occasions for their duty of protecting the people. Somehow we forget to remember these sacrifices they make for our nation. But their passion for their country is so pure and deep-rooted that if given […]
We often make snappy judgments based on people’s appearances — their colour, race, disability and other factors — and these judgements often have great affect on our behaviour towards them. While there are times when these judgments may be formed on the basis of implicit bias, it is our responsibility to rethink our prejudices. A new public service advertisement made by Ad Council reminds us just that. Released last month […]
Lata Mangeshkar, the nightingale of India gave a musical tribute to the legendary actress Madhubala on her Birth anniversary. Madhubala is known to be one of the most beautiful women of Bollywood. The actress who has worked in many a hit films including ‘Mahal’, ‘Amar’, ‘Mr. & Mrs. 55’, ‘Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi’ , ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ and ‘Barsaat Ki Raat’. She was named the The Biggest Star in the World in […]
The Oscar-winning actor and director died on Sunday at the age of 90. Steven Spielberg said he was “in an endless line of those who completely adored him”. David Puttnam called him “completely irreplaceable”. Prime Minister David Cameron said he was “one of the greats of cinema”, while Ed Miliband called it “a sad day” for film “and the Labour movement”. Lord Attenborough was a member of the Labour party […]
