London: Controversial writer Salman Rushdie, who was born in Mumbai and moved to Britain as a child and now lives in the United States, says his experiences led him to explore the issue of migration in his award-winning books. Speaking at the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts, Rushdie said: "We live in the age of migration. There are more people now living in countries in which they were...
03:36 PM, Jun 04, 2012
That '3', Aishwarya Dhanush's debut venture as director, was selected for screening at the New York Indian Film Festival and the Superstar's elder daughter went to the US to take part in it is no more news. The latest is that Aishwarya was honored with the Pride of Tamil Nadu award by the New York Tamil Sangham at a glittering event at Queens Museum of Art in the Big Apple....
03:15 PM, Jun 01, 2012
'Dekh Indian Circus' has gone on to win some key awards at the New York International Film Festival. ...
05:04 PM, May 31, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court has pulled up the state government and the Temple Devasom board over the use of elephants during temple festivals. The court issued a notice and sought an explanation for violating norms. CNN-IBN had earlier reported on numerous instances of violation and cases of elephants going on a rampage. A toddler was killed and 25 others injured in a stampede when a tusker ran amok in...
09:00 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Power metal band Iced Earth has announced that it is cancelling the band's performance at the Bangalore Open Air Festival due to visa related issues. The band was scheduled to perform in Bangalore on June 16, 2012. However, the band will continue its tour to generate enthusiasm about its new release 'Dystopia'. The bad has released a statement that reads: "Dear fans, friends and fellow metalheads in India....
07:11 PM, May 30, 2012
Bhutan is one of those places that just leaves an imprint - but as I write that, I think of other places visited, people met, ...
06:50 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who played an abusive officer in 'Kahaani' and an informer in 'Paan Singh Tomar', says training is must for every actor. "Training is very important - be it a theater actor or a movie actor. Right kind of training brings out various shades of an actor and it is appreciated by the audiences," Nawazuddin told IANS. The actor is on a roll as his two...
12:20 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Literature, the soul of cultural exchange, is giving conventional diplomacy a run for its space in South Asia with the mushrooming literary festivals that are provoking, discussing and building new bridges across cultures. Five major literature festivals - the Jaipur Literature Festival, Mountain Echoes in Bhutan, the Kathmandu Literary Yatra, the Galle Literary Festival in Sri lanka and the Karachi Literature Festival - which have been showcasing literature...
10:45 AM, May 28, 2012
Cannes: Nicole Kidman's red carpet date travelled for 35 hours to join her in Cannes. The actress's husband - musician Keith Urban - made the trip from Sydney, where's he's been filming 'The Voice,' to escort her up the famous Palais stairs at the Cannes Film Festival for the screening of her film, 'The Paperboy.' And Kidman says his effort meant "everything" to her: "As long as he's there, he's...
10:36 AM, May 28, 2012
Cannes: The Cannes Film Festival rewarded one of its favorite directors Sunday, as Michael Haneke won the top prize for a second time with his stark film about love and death, 'Amour.' The Austrian director's powerful and understated film stars two French acting icons - 85-year-old Emmanuelle Riva and 81-year-old Jean-Louis Trintignant - as an elderly couple coping with the wife's worsening health. Cannes jury member Jean Paul Gaultier praised...
10:15 AM, May 28, 2012
This is Aishwarya Rai's 11th year at Cannes Film Festival and the new mother couldn't help but gush about her six-month-old baby girl Aaradhya. ...
07:06 PM, May 26, 2012
New York: National award winner Dhanush starrer "3", which became famous for 'Kolaveri Di' song, will be screened for the first time at the New York Indian Film Festival. Aishwarya Rajnikanth Dhanush, 30, who is the director of the film, is attending the festival with Shyam Benegal, Bedobrata Pain, Raju and only Indian Judge of Emmy Awards Prakash M Swamy. The Tamil romantic drama will be screened at Manhattan on...
03:55 PM, May 25, 2012
Cannes: The Bible of the Beat Generation, 'On the Road' premiered at Cannes on Wednesday, taking more than five decades for the frenetic tale of liberation, masculinity and post-War America to play out its journey from novel to the big screen. Furiously written on a typewriter over a three-week long creative binge in 1951, Jack Kerouac's On the Road is the seminal portrayal of 'Beat' culture and its spiritual quest...
01:33 PM, May 24, 2012
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