“I am a very lazy writer,” declares Ruskin Bond, with a Duchenne smile that extends to his eyes, twinkling behind thick, black-framed spectacles. A couple of pages a day is all that he is committed to writing because “I think if I worked too hard, I wouldn’t write well. I’ve got to enjoy it”. Author […]
Ruturaj Gaikwad. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Indian batter Ruturaj Gaikwad will join Yorkshire for five matches of the County Championship’s Division One as well as the One-Day Cup. Gaikwad will link up with the Yorkshire squad ahead of their County match against Surrey at Scarborough in July and will remain with the team until […]
Mrinmoy Kumar, the founder of Baahi (Baahi.xomoy.com), the first Assamese music streaming platform, says the idea of the app came from a longing to listen to Assamese songs while away from home. As a student from Tezpur in Assam, Mrinmoy was pursuing his BTech in Odisha. Some new, some old searches on various streaming platforms […]
Diljit Dosanjh in ‘Detective Sherdil’. | Photo Credit: ZEE5/YouTube ZEE5 unveiled the trailer for Detective Sherdil, starring Diljit Dosanjh. Created by AAZ Films and Offside Entertainment and presented by Maurya Entertainment Production, the movie is helmed by Ravi Chhabriya. The movie seems to be an amalgamation of an eccentric billionaire’s mysterious murder, a dysfunctional family […]
Malayalam star Roshan Mathew has been receiving rave reviews for his performance in Sony LIV’s recently-released Hindi web show Kankhajura, which also stars Mohit Raina, Trinetra Haldar, Sarah Jane Dias, Heeba Shah and Usha Nadkarni. He got talking about his experience of doing the show and other things in an interview with us. Roshan Mathew […]
Bloodywood (L-R) Vishesh Singh, Roshan Roy, Jayant Bhadula, Raoul Kerr, Karan Katiyar and Sarthak Pahwa | Photo Credit: Special arrangement There is a method to all the madness about metal music, and folk-metal band Bloodywood has cracked it. With two albums under its belt, the recent one being Nu Delhi, this is the first Indian […]
The World Wars, the moon landing, the invention of the internet, the fall of empires, and civil rights revolutions — history has no shortage of epic, world-altering events. This article is not about any of them.So buckle up (preferably with a cup of coffee — before someone bans it again), and prepare for a crash […]
Miss World Manushi Chhillar is set to take on a unique role in her upcoming film Maalik, releasing on July 11. The makers have recently unveiled her look from the movie. Wearing simple, traditional Indian attire, Manushi appears natural and elegant alongside her co-star Rajkummar Rao. Her shift from a glamorous image to a more […]
The comic caper Housefull 5 performed well at the box office over the weekend as it collected more than Rs. 80 crores. It wasn’t just another laugh riot; it is a murder mystery and moreover, two versions of the film were released. Named Housefull 5A and Housefull 5B, it had two different endings, that is, […]
Representative image Israel’s army issued evacuation warnings on Tuesday for several areas in northern Gaza amid escalating tensions in the region.The orders came after Israel following the interception of a projectile by Israel from the area, reported AFP. Israeli forces are “operating with great force in the areas where you are located to destroy the […]
