The year 2020 wasn’t all negative as many would think. It has also been a year of courage, grit and determination to rise up to the challenges life threw at us. As we get ready to bid goodbye to the year, we bring to you the stories that lift our soul Despite sleep […]Read More
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Her grandfather designed and constructed some of Bombay’s (now Mumbai) most iconic structures like Tata Memorial Hospital, Breach Candy Apartments, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan and was instrumental in putting Cuffe Parade on the map of India’s Financial Capital. Little wonder then that art has been a part of her life since childhood days. As she says, […]Read More
National award-winning actor-writer-filmmaker-author ANANTH MAHADEVAN talks to SAURABH TANKHA about his book on Indian television, of content not being king anymore in the entertainment industry, on why Bollywood should be renamed Follywood, his life and more… Your book, Once Upon A Prime Time, you say is “part memoir, part history and a lot of […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha The owner of MDH Spices, Mahashay Dharampal, passed away due to a cardiac arrest. The 97-year-old was undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital for close to a month. It was last year that he was bestowed with the country’s third highest civilian award, Padma Bhushan. It must have been in the late 90s […]Read More
Films run in his blood – his paternal grandfather was a director while his maternal grandfather a Punjabi film hero. While his maternal uncle was a well-known child artiste, his father has been a famous name of the Hindi film industry as well as the small screen. Third-generation actor SIDDHANT ISSAR tells SAURABH TANKHA on […]Read More
Having made his acting debut with Malgudi Days, he went onto direct one of the most iconic serials in international television history – Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. Today, actor-director DEVEN BHOJANI is busy writing a script for a feature film and unwinding after his latest TV serial, Bhakharwadi, ended recently. Born to Balwant Rai and Daksha […]Read More
Inspired by a male friend who felt under-represented as a diaper changing daddy and the diaper-changing woes of women, Mumbai mom Almas Virani started a petition urging Pampers to include fathers in their brand packaging. With Covid-19 adding to the pressures of household chores, new moms have been doing the heavy lifting with cooking, cleaning, […]Read More
Life has not been a bed of roses for Assamese filmmaker RATAN SIL SARMA. Hailing from Rangapara town in Sonit district of Assam, Sarma has had his share of struggles, before he became a filmmaker and even after choosing to become one. The 38-year-old recently directed Pepper Chicken which has been getting rave review by […]Read More
World-renowned Odissi dancer Padma Shri RANJANA GAUHAR started dancing at the age of five. Due to extensive training in Kathak, Manipuri and Chhau apart from Odissi, her performances have a very unique style. In an interview with Saurabh Tankha, one of the foremost exponents in the world of Indian classical dance talks about the motivation […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha If one were to give you a free pass for a play to be staged by a veteran theatreperson at one of the most iconic venues in the National Capital, would you be game for it? Under normal circumstances, you would jump at the offer but given the Covid-19 scare the world is […]Read More