When an elephant attempts to change course, it takes a while for it to align its massive frame with the new course. While liberalised India has grown past its initial struggle, it still has to travel some distance before it regains its equilibrium on the new path, writes Sunil Mittal.
Eight-times grand slam winner Andre Agassi left the tennis world in a state of shock on Wednesday when he admitted using the recreational drug crystal meth and lying to men's governing body the ATP to escape a ban.
Michael Jackson fans poured out of cinemas around the world on Wednesday applauding a new movie about the singer which they said proved he deserved the title King of Pop.
Eight times grand slam winner Andre Agassi has admitted using the recreational drug crystal meth and lying to men's governing body the ATP to escape a ban.
Michael Jackson's "This Is It" premiered to a star-filled crowd including Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez and four of the singer's brothers on Tuesday, winning early praise from critics and showing fans that the King of Pop could still entertain.
The dialogue is steamy, the actors pout and smoulder, but this isn't a typical day at a Bollywood studio -- the movie icons are part of a fashion trend that's got Indians wearing their favourite movies.
India, Oct. 27 -- Reality show Bigg Boss-Season 3, anchored by Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, is in trouble.
Since becoming a CEO, Elizabeth Miles, a co-founder and chief executive of Iken Business Ltd., a legal software company based in Bristol, U.K., has been "shocked to find that (on average) women employees are grateful for pay increases, whereas men expect and demand more. It's as if women can feel less deserving.
Jokes help. So does audience participation. The trick to making an effective presentation, says Alex Macris, chief of Themis Group, a Durham, N.C., holding company for gaming and media Web sites, is to keep your energy high and engage the crowd.
New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- It is not just roads, flyovers and stadiums that need overhauling before the Games.
We've been going out on a date every Tuesday morning for months now. All thanks to the love and affection you've been showering me with, Tuesdays are the new Sundays for me.
On most days Ketki Shah and her husband Shailesh are immersed in their furniture business. Except for the last Sunday of every month. That?s when they wake up at the crack of dawn to join a group of people known as the Bombay Hash House Harriers.
No item songs, no outdoor locations, no star cast, no pomp and panache, just a sweet, slice of life film about a boy waking up to his responsibilities in life. This couldn?t possibly be a Dharma Productions film, could it?
India, Oct. 4 -- 'When Adam left heaven and came to earth, he came to India.' I heard this grand declaration six years ago, just one of many made by delighted members of parliament in Khartoum, capital of the war-wracked central African State of Sudan. India's former President, the charismatic A.P.J.
Whether you have a fear of public speaking and clam up in crowds, or are the loudest, most affable personality in the room, few experiences can match the nervousness and trepidation that hits you like a tidal wave the first time you walk onto your film set as a freshman director.
I?m sick. I?m tired. I?m stressed. And I?m scared. I hope you?re better than I am! God, it?s been a rough couple of weeks. I keep waiting for this run of luck to break, but apparently things are coming to a head in my life. Sometimes, I feel life has to get really hard, in order for one to take stock, to look at what?s wrong, and what needs to change. I think I?m in one of those phases.
I have said this many times before?no matter who we are or what we do? there is an inherent need in all of us to be recognised and appreciated. For someone like me, from the entertainment business, this is also a critical factor of our success and the connect that we have been able to create with the audience at large.
If a poll is conducted on the most well known Indian singer alive, Lata Mangeshkar would win it hands down. There may be differences among music lovers as to who has been the greatest singer but there is bound to be unanimity on her name when it comes to naming the most successful singer the country has produced.
The man?s cheeks are sunken pits; his legs bulge against the restraining trouser seam. There is a feral quality to his gait, like a cat on the prowl. Somdev Devvarman has been busy over the last six months since your correspondent last met him.
India, Sept. 26 -- Two bar dancer girls walked up to the Ramlila stage in the eastern Uttar Pradesh city of Mirzapur this autumn, performing to a titillating Bollywood number - to celebrate the 'swayamvar' (wedding) of Rama and Sita.
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