Ideas Without Boundaries.
He was the charmer and the gentleman who won accolades for his elegance on the tennis courts and his warm unassuming persona off it in an era when Jimmy Connors and John Mcenroe were making waves for their tantrums and Bjorn Borg was the silent Read More …
All Politics is Local.” He has worn many hats, among them that of a diplomat, a journalist, a PR expert and has worked with both ex-Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and the late Benazir Bhutto. Today he is Director Center for International Relations and Associate Professor Read More …
“The Common man has Always Respected PPP and my Position” Asif Ali Zardari once told Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s former Press secretary and family friend Khalid Hasan, “I’m the most acquitted man in Pakistan”. Perhaps even Zardari, could not have imagined what a tough job it Read More …
A little girl of six loses her beloved father. She watches as her young mother sits night after night looking out of the window, as if willing for her father to return. Her grief still raw, the young mother rises above her pain, slowly putting Read More …
She is the niece of the famous Mangeshkar sisters, Lata and Asha. Her grandfather was o a theater giant, her father a classical singer and her mother in the airline industry. It’s not very surprising then that Padmini Kolhapure has never had a problem flying Read More …
His multi-talented writer/director father Surendra Kaul wrote the block buster Namak Halal, his uncles were the legendary and charismatic actor Raaj Kumar, Mahesh Kaul who introduced Hema Malini in Sapnon Ka Saudagar, and Hiren Kera who made Jab Jab Phool Khile and Raja Sahib, and Read More …
His mother is a bio chemist, his father a scientist-he represented Maharashtra in swimming for 13 years, was national champ for four and he is an electrical engineer to boot. But what Milind Soman became famous for, were his chiseled looks, athletic physique and melting Read More …
I think one of the most interesting things about Nagesh Kukunoor’s films is the diversity of genres that he dabbles in. He had told me once that he has a morbid fear of being typecast and wanted to make a film in every genre. So Read More …
He wanted to fly the friendly skies and become a pilot, but then his interest turned to architecture. In a family where mom too was a career woman, an older brother who became an engineer and a sister who decided to wield a doc’s scalpel, Read More …
So one thing is for sure-you either love to love Michael Moore or you love to hate the guy and anything he does on and off camera sends blood pressures and ratings sky rocketing. But it also makes you think. Perhaps this is the most non Read More …