IANS- Action came to a halt for cricketers Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif and Suresh Raina, who were in the midst of shooting an ad here, as they joined artists and technicians representing 24 film associations in a two-hour protest against the Pulwama terror attack at Filmcity in Goregaon here on Sunday. Spearheaded […]
Subhash K. Jha(IANS) – Actress Tanushree Dutta, the harbinger of the #MeToo movement in the Indian entertainment industry, has been invited to the Harvard Business School in Boston, US, as a guest-speaker. She says she is quite excited, but also a bit nervous. Excerpts from the interview: Q: How does it feel being invited […]
IANS- Former US First Lady Michelle Obama joined artistes Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith and Jennifer Lopez on the Grammy stage here to talk about the impact of music on her life. After singer Alicia Keys, the host of the ceremony on February 10, welcomed the guests and spoke about the “shared global language” […]
Milinda Ghosh Roy(IANS)- Yann Martel, the Canadian author of the Man Booker Prize-winning “Life of Pi”, finds India diverse, dazzling and a place with a great tradition of storytelling and says the country may very well be the backdrop of one of his future novels. In a freewheeling interview with IANS, Martel, who first […]
Ritu Jha – More than 400 people – elected officials, entrepreneurs, academics, community leaders and law enforcement personnel – took part in the 70th Republic Day Celebration hosted by the Indian Consulate in San Francisco January 26 at the India Community Center in Milpitas, California. The police officers were a precautionary measure, standing in […]
IANS – Three films — “Green Book”, “First Man” and “Ready Player One” — backed by Anil D. Ambani-owned Reliance Entertainment’s Amblin Entertainment have scored a total of 10 nominations for the 91st Academy Awards. The nominations were announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday. “Green Book” finds a spot in five categories: Best Picture, […]
IANS- “Period. End of Sentence”, an India set film on the taboos around menstruation and featuring the real ‘Pad Man’, has made it to the Oscar nomination, it was announced here on Tuesday. The film has made it to the top five nominees of the Documentary Short Subject category. Other nominees include “Black Sheep”, […]
Sugandha Rawal, IANS – M. Night Shyamalan, the US-based Indian-origin filmmaker, feels the wave of tribalism is taking over the world with people getting scared about losing their distinct identity. But the filmmaker says it is time to join the “larger group” and embrace the power of diversity. The filmmaker is looking forward to the […]
indica News Bureau – The Hindu American Foundation has started a campaign called ‘I Am Hindu American’ to build awareness about the Hindu religion and the community around it among other Americans. The Washington DC-based non-profit advocacy organization said that Hindus, who make up about 1 percent of the US population, have successfully made inroads […]
Ritu Jha – Whether considering gun violence or a rise in hate-crimes, it’s the roots that matter, said R K Janmeja (Meji) Singh, the retiring founding president of The Hume Center who is also a clinical psychologist. Singh was speaking at the center’s 25 anniversary held earlier this month in San Ramon, California. The […]
