It says nothing for our country’s education system, if students in an elite college in Dehradun, have no other dreams than to win dance and kabaddi competitions. Which would lead …

Looking For Roots The Sindhis, known for their entrepreneurial skills, have spread all over the world to expand their businesses; but it was not too long ago that many of …

There was a time, when Aunty was a word that expressed affection and respect towards women. All kids call their friends’ parents Aunty and Uncle, instead of the formal Mrs …

Blank seems to have been made just to give a break to Karan Kapadia, who is the son of Simple and nephew of Dimple Kapadia (which is why son-in-law Akshay Kumar …

The Good Father In his new standalone book, Run Away—already on top of the bestseller lists—Harlan Coben goes straight for the heart. His protagonist, Simon Greene is the fiercely devoted father, who …

A wonderfully heartwarming tweet by New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern from back in 2014, when she was a Labour MP, has resurfaced, since she is facing unprecedented popularity after her compassionate …

Danish Husain is an actor, poet, theatre director, and instrumental in reviving Dastangoi, the lost art of Urdu storytelling. After the unfortunate estrangement with his performing partner, Mahmood Farooqi, he expanded it into an …

If a filmmaker has the ambition to make an epic period drama and gets the production bucks, plus a dream cast, there’s nothing to stop him. But this has to …

A Death Foretold Jane Harper has made the Australian outback the playground for her bestselling books—the large, flat arid land she describes thus in her latest novel The Lost Man: “The horizon …

When Danish Husain introduces his stage production of Akhtari: Dastan Bai Se Begum Tak, he says the storytelling and music format was chosen as a tribute to Begum Akhtar, because the …