February 24, 2010 03:48 IST
The Romanov Red Rock in India concert that featured Prime Circle,Richard Marx and the Backstreet Boys saw many a Delhi teenager and parent hovering around waiting for the show to start.
Wed, Feb 24, 2010February 22, 2010 03:53 IST
Britain's largest outdoor swimming pool in New Brighton was a holiday destination for workers and their families in the Eighties.
Mon, Feb 22, 2010February 16, 2010 05:52 IST
Within every Surender Mohan Pathak novel rests the embryo of a major Bollywood blockbuster. But the grandmaster of Hindi crime fiction shakes his head staunchly,no,it cannot be done.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010February 15, 2010 06:47 IST
In the late 1990s,a young girl in Kolkata had been accused of murdering her entire family.
Mon, Feb 15, 2010
February 14, 2010 16:33 IST
In the 1990s,Backstreet Boys was everything to some young girls. One such fan,now all grown up,looks back on her 14-year-old self...
Sun, Feb 14, 2010February 01, 2010 06:14 IST
When the very good looking and very pale vampire Edward Cullen,played with sexy sullenness by Robert Pattinson,makes his first appearance in New Moon,the second film in the Twilight saga,distorted riffs mark his entry.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010January 27, 2010 23:21 IST
Geoff Dyer cocks his head up and listens intently to a snatch of a song that soars over the Amber Fort in Jaipur.
Wed, Jan 27, 2010
January 25, 2010 04:35 IST
Alexander McCall Smith takes pride in the fact that pirated versions of his books were floating around even before he was officially published.
Mon, Jan 25, 2010January 25, 2010 03:47 IST
It was a surprise session,kept a well guarded secret by the Jaipur Literature Festival for the writer it featured Ayaan Hirsi Ali....
Mon, Jan 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 02:10 IST
Hanif Kureishis children dont read his books. They dont read any books. Theyve got their Playstations.
Mon, Jan 25, 2010January 25, 2010 00:04 IST
As a school student,Nigerian author Wole Soyinka loathed mathematics.
Mon, Jan 25, 2010January 22, 2010 00:17 IST
Has the government thrown the rule book at the fifth Jaipur literary festival? The annual lit fest that started today saw some prominent invitees absent thanks to visa complications....
Fri, Jan 22, 2010January 11, 2010 03:45 IST
When Shrabani Basu visited Queen Victorias summer retreat Osborne House in 2001,she was busy researching for Curry...
Mon, Jan 11, 2010December 19, 2009 05:23 IST
If you like reading while sipping on wine,munching on tidbits and surrounded by other bibliophiles,then a book club is an answer to your prayers.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009December 07, 2009 03:08 IST
Last year,Madhav Mathur had an appointment with a Bollywood film director under a flyover in Mumbais Bandra Kurla complex.
Mon, Dec 07, 2009November 30, 2009 05:55 IST
Shonali Mathur was very surprised when her six-year-old came up with the idea of a Michael Jackson theme for his birthday party.
Mon, Nov 30, 2009November 22, 2009 03:39 IST
Shelina Zahra Janmohammed is easy to spot. Looking pretty in her mauve headscarf,the 34-year-old British author of Love in a Headscarf is happy to take a short break on her vacation for a chat about her book.
Sun, Nov 22, 2009November 22, 2009 03:37 IST
Even as the Capital counts down to the 2010 Commonwealth Games,filmmaker Yasmin Kidwai wants us to look further.
Sun, Nov 22, 2009November 17, 2009 03:30 IST
When Aaron George was sent on assignment to Kuala Lumpur,he wasnt very excited. The 23-year-old lifestyle journalist is a jaded frequent flyer.
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
November 08, 2009 23:09 IST
Amongst the scores of people who ran last weeks Half-Marathon,there possibly couldnt have been anyone more excited than Shaloo Sharma.
Sun, Nov 08, 2009October 31, 2009 05:25 IST
X Suie is an odd sort of name for an album. Stranger still for the world of Indian pop music,singer-actor-agriculturist Lucky Ali is in no hurry and is eager to try out a novel approach to reach out to his listeners.
Sat, Oct 31, 2009October 25, 2009 04:07 IST
On the cover of In Search Of Sita: Revisiting Mythologies ,Raja Ravi Vermas Sita sits on a rock,abducted and alone but not without spirit. It is that undying spirit of love,loyalty,duty and strength that writers Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal wanted to pay homage to in their latest collaboration together. The idea of the book […]
Sun, Oct 25, 2009
October 06, 2009 02:41 IST
X Suie is an odd sort of name for an album. Stranger still for the world of Indian pop music...
Tue, Oct 06, 2009
October 04, 2009 14:56 IST
As she twists and turns,the Zambezi river can get you up,close and personal with the wild
Sun, Oct 04, 2009September 25, 2009 23:47 IST
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