Mother Teresa will be canonized on Sept. 4 — the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Already a saint in the eyes of most people, regardless of religion, she is clearly deserving of this honor. I’m even more certain of her sanctity now that I’ve written a book about her critics.Continue Reading

The Hidden Business of Democracy in India Josy Joseph, Harper Collins, Non-fiction, Rs 599.00 Josy Joseph draws upon two decades as an investigative journalist to expose a problem so pervasive that we do not have the words to speak of it. The story is big: that of treacherous business rivalries,Continue Reading

Italy/Vatican, 2016, 95 minutes, Colour.Directed by Luca Viotto. For those who have never visited them, an opportunity to see close-ups of Rome’s basilicas. For those who have visited, an opportunity to experience delight again, to reminisce and appreciate. With the advances in the technology of filming, digital mobility, processes ofContinue Reading

The music is composed by AR Rahman, while the lyrics are written by Javed Akhtar Ashutosh Gowariker and AR Rahman has given some really great chartbusters whenever they have worked together, be it Lagaan, Swades or Jodhaa Akbar. When Ashutosh moved away from Rahman and worked with Sohail Sen forContinue Reading

Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma starrer Sultan has been released for this Eid. The film’s music has been composed by Vishal-Shekhar. Sultan’s album consists of nine songs and we are expecting it to pack a punch. The first song to be released from the much-awaited album of Sultan was Baby KoContinue Reading

Notes on Blindness is an extraordinary film that wears its original genius lightly. The debut full-length documentary from directors Peter Middleton and James Spinney, it may seem complicated in its assembly, but has a final impact that is luminously simple. And to speak of a film whose immediate subject isContinue Reading

In the book “Unposted Letters” the author says Sales managers make the mistake of working with the under-producers and non-performers, trying to get them to be more productive, while the top performers go unattended and are taken for granted. Focus on the strong and make them stronger. This striking thought flashed beforeContinue Reading

Sealed with that swag (read move, style, behavior) EKK ALBELA rekindles our love for the pioneer in Bollywood’s free style dance form – Bhagwan Dada who also got tagged as the ‘Indian Douglas Fairbanks’ (the legendary Hollywood action star). Director Shekhar Sartandel first (credited for assisting Mahesh Manjrekar in VAASTAVContinue Reading