Koena Mitra was in the USA, scouting for work and also prepping herself for her Hollywood project titled 'Story of Naomi' where she plays the central character, who romances both sexes. Ask her what took her so long to get a break and she replies, "I spent a lot of time on my accent classes and other training. Unlike India, the West lays a lot of stress on dubbing and...
10:53 AM, Apr 13, 2011
New York: Joseph Lelyveld whose new book on Mahatma Gandhi had created a controversy in India recently has spoken of efforts made by the freedom fighter to keep peace between Hindus and Muslims during the riots leading up to the partition. "It's almost Shakespearean in its nobility the example it set and its ultimate failure," Lelyveld, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, told an audience at the Asia Society in New York. "He...
07:01 PM, Apr 08, 2011
Boston: Joseph Lelyveld's controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi will be available in India later this month and the author is hopeful that the storm over his work will subside. The book will be published in India "within less than three weeks" and will be widely available in the country, he said. The Pulitzer prize-winning author said while he currently has no plans to visit India, he "will be interested" in...
04:21 PM, Apr 06, 2011
New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi, honoured as the father of the nation, may have been involved in a relationship with a German-Jewish architect and amateur bodybuilder Hermann Kallenbach, back in 1907. A new biography of Gandhi, called Great Soul - Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India, by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, and former Executive Editor of the New York Times Joseph Lelyveld, that also discusses Gandhi's alleged racial attitude...
08:20 PM, Mar 29, 2011
London: A controversial new biography on Mahatma Gandhi has claimed that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the man who led India into independence, was bisexual and racist. These startling claims in the book titled "Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his struggles with India", which has been penned by Joseph Lelyveld, former executive editor of the New York Times. According to reports, the book also claims that Gandhi had an affair with German-Jewish...
10:01 AM, Mar 29, 2011
New York: Half of men would forgive their female partner's infidelity, as long as it was with another woman, according to a new study on cheating. Women, however, were less likely to forgive and forget if their boyfriend had been with another man, the University of Texas at Austin study showed. Researchers asked 718 college students to imagine being in a long-term relationship and what their reactions would be to...
10:55 AM, Jan 28, 2011
Washington: Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents are about 40 percent more likely than other teens to be punished by school authorities, police and the courts. The study by Yale University researchers is the first to document excessive punishment of LGB youth nationwide. "We found that virtually all types of punishment - school expulsions, arrests, juvenile convictions, adult convictions and especially police stops - were more frequently meted out to...
03:59 PM, Dec 06, 2010
New York: The number of gay and bisexual characters on scripted broadcast network TV has risen slightly this season to 23 out of a total of nearly 600 roles, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The 15th annual "Where We Are on TV" report released Wednesday found that 3.9 percent of actors appearing regularly on prime-time network drama and comedy series in the 2010-11 season will portray...
02:46 PM, Sep 29, 2010
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual community hopes Rahul will take up their cause. ...
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual community hopes Rahul will take up their cause. ...
09:54 AM, May 25, 2009
Straight... revolves around a man who is confused about his sexuality. ...
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