150-year-old tapestry | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When people think of Kalamkari, the first words that come to their minds are Srikalahasti or Machilipattanam and not Karuppur or Thanjavur, though the art form has its roots in the latter towns too. “Kalamkari first found royal patronage in Tamil Nadu in 1540, when Sevappa Nayak, the […]
Filmmaker Prakash Jha’s multi-starrer Raajneeti completed 15 years yesterday. Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Ajay Devgn, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal, Nana Patekar, among others, the film was a political drama inspired from the epic Mahabharata. On the film’s 15th anniversary, Bajpayee looks back at it in an interview with us. Manoj Bajpayee on 15 years […]
‘Vikram’ stars Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil. Just a few days the highly-anticipated Thug Life hit the screens, Kamal Haasan’s 2022 blockbuster Vikram made its theatrical debut in Japan. The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directorial has been drawing large crowds and positive responses upon its release. Released on May 30, 2025, across 54 screens in Japan, […]
Trump felt Ukraine’s drone attack on Russia was ‘pretty strong’. President Donald Trump admired Ukraine’s surprise drone attack over the weekend on Russia and called it ‘pretty strong’ and ‘badass’, Axios reported citing the president’s aides. But the president is worried as to what comes next as Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” […]
Actress Krystle D’Souza brought a personal and thoughtful perspective to the conversation around fashion during her panel appearance at the Bollywood Hungama Style Icons Summit and Awards 2025, highlighting the emotional and expressive role that jewellery plays in style. Bollywood Hungama Style Icons Summit and Awards 2025: Krystle D’Souza on the sentimental and stylistic power […]
In the chaotic bureaucracy of the American immigration system, few things remain constant—except Donald Trump’s knack for turning humanitarian policy into culture war spectacle. Refugees, once a bipartisan issue, are now cast as characters in the President’s favourite morality play: a grand narrative where white grievance wears the hero’s cape, and the rest of the […]
Demis Hassabis, Nobel Prize winner and cofounder and CEO, Google DeepMind Google DeepMind CEO and Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis says he would still prioritize STEM subjects if he were a student today, despite artificial intelligence’s rapid transformation of the job market. Speaking at SXSW London on Monday, Hassabis emphasized that understanding mathematical and scientific fundamentals […]
President Donald Trump speaks during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Nearly five months into his second term, US President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping new travel ban, targeting 12 countries with full entry suspensions and placing visa restrictions on […]
In the years following the COVID-19 lockdown, new records are being set in India’s live music space. The demand for live concerts has increased so much that it led Coldplay to perform the biggest show of their storied career in Ahmedabad in late January this year, packing the Narendra Modi Stadium with over 2,22,000 attendees […]
NEW DELHI: The Bengaluru Police have filed a First Information Report (FIR) against multiple parties, including the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise, event management firm DNA Entertainment Networks, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) Administrative Committee after the Wednesday stampede that claimed 11 lives.The FIR, lodged at the Cubbon Park Police Station stated criminal […]
