Shriya Pilgaonkar has opened up about the ongoing discussion surrounding Swara Bhasker‘s comments on the Jauhar sequence in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmaavat’.The actor spoke about the importance of understanding historical practices within the social and cultural circumstances of their time. She also cautioned against applying present-day standards to people who lived in a very different […]

More than 10 buried as landslide hits China’s Jiangxi province A landslide in Gaoping town in China’s Jiangxi province left one person dead and 11 others missing. The incident comes as China grapples with severe weather, with Typhoon Saudel bringing torrential rain, mudslides and flooding to coastal areas.The mudslide struck around 4 am local time […]

Before the sunrise, the quiet Neeruguttu Palle colony in Madanapalle begins to stir with the rhythmic sounds of a handloom. Inside a cramped room beneath a low roof, 58-year-old Subramanyam steps into the pit of his loom. His feet find the worn wooden treadles, and his hands take hold of the shuttle. The familiar khata-khat […]

There are some teachers you forget almost as soon as you leave school.And then there are the ones you remember years later.Maybe it was the teacher who made you enjoy a subject you once hated. Maybe it was someone who stayed behind after class because you just couldn’t understand the lesson. Or perhaps it was […]