Koni

Parvati and Dhanush pair up in Bharat's 'Mariyaan'

Also, Grammy award winner AR Rahman is composing music for this movie. ...  

Moti Nandi's Bicycle Kick to be made into a film

'Bicycle Kick' will be the third sports film based on Nandi's writings after 'Striker' and 'Koni'. Koni had bagged a national award. ...  

'Dead Reckoning' tells the truth about 1971 War

Sarmila Bose's latest book, Dead Reckoning - Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War, is possibly the most nuanced and non-partisan attempt to gauge the extent and magnitude of atrocities committed during the war. Till now, most works on the subject have been by Bangladeshi authors, who have mostly given in to their emotions than reason. Bose spent years travelling throughout the length and breadth of Bangladesh, went to numerous villages,...  

Canon smiles for the camera

Like many corporate honchos, Kensaku Konishi likes his game of golf. The 58-year-old believes it relaxes him and makes him competitive. In 2007, when he took over as the president and chief executive of Japanese camera-maker Canon's Indian operations, he knew he would need to dip into every bit of his competitive reserve to stay over par. When he arrived, Canon India was a distant third in the camera market...  

Koni: The rise of the underdog

Strangely, all I remember of the cinematic adaptation of Koni, which I saw at least a couple of decades back, is the battle cry of swimming coach Kshitish Sinha egging on a tired protégé – “fight Koni, fight!” And yet, this is the defining peg of the story of an impoverished girl’s singular battle against odds to fulfill a dream. Kanakchampa Pal, a tomboy who jostles with boys of her...