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In the early hours of a day in October in a North Goa mansion, the lights are out throughout the property — except for an office at the far end with a long table, where a team of young designers and coders is burning the midnight oil to build a media franchise spanning board games,…
NEW DELHI: Crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for starting the revival of ‘khadi’ from the time he was chief minister of Gujarat, home minister Amit Shah said the sales of khadi and village industry products have jumped five-fold from Rs 33,000 crore to over Rs 1.7 lakh crore in the past 11 years of Modi…
Singer-songwriter Jonita Gandhi. | Photo Credit: joniamusic/Instagram After two editions in Mumbai that broughtover40,000 people together, Nykaaland is landing in Delhi-NCR from November 7-9for its third edition. The event is co-produced by Nykaa and BookMyShow Live. In a release, the organisers said that the three-day festival at NSIC grounds, Okhla, Delhi NCR, will bring the…
Kruti Gandhi Sarda at the contest where the performances were completely improvised | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement With her signature blend of musicality, connection and cultural depth, Kruti Gandhi Sarda is leading a new wave of Indian talent on to the global Tango stage. A prominent figure in India’s Tango community, Kruti’s success stands as…
Jairam Ramesh and PM Modi (R) NEW DELHI: The Congress launched a sharp political attack against PM Narendra Modi-led government on Wednesday, accusing it of running an “undeclared emergency” over the past 11 years. The grand old party alleged that “Indian democracy is facing a systematic and dangerous five-fold assault” under the current regime.The party’s…
Bollywood seldom tells stories of Dalit assertion. It mostly sees the marginalised as victims who need the compassion and cover of an upper caste saviour. Perhaps, that’s why the inspirational story of Jyotirao (Pratik Gandhi) and Savitribai Phule (Patralekhaa) remained off the radar of commercial filmmakers. Known to pick up challenging subjects, this week, writer-director Ananth…
The Congress recently announced the launch of ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’, a campaign to commemorate the 75th year of the Constitution. Hindutva ideologues have denigrated M.K. Gandhi while their antipathy towards Dr. B.R. Ambedkar became evident through the disparaging remarks made by Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament. In this light, this campaign…
Yami Gautam Dhar, Pratik Gandhi in a still from ‘Dhoom Dhaam’ | Photo Credit: Netflix Netflix India on Monday (January 27) unveiled the trailer of the upcoming romantic comedy, Dhoom Dhaam, headlined by Yami Gautam Dhar and Pratik Gandhi. Directed by Rishab Seth, the film is set to premiere on Valentine’s Day, February 14. The…
Early in the Telugu film Gandhi Tatha Chettu, Ramachandraiah (Anand Chakrapani) tells his granddaughter Gandhi (Sukriti Veni Bandreddi), “Prema tho gelavalante time padthadi” (it takes time to win through love). His statement follows her question about something she heard from her friends — that India’s independence took longer because of Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent methods. As…
Nikita Gandhi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangements Nikita Gandhi, who will be part of Seagram’s Royal Stag’s experiential music festival, Seagram’s Royal Stag BoomBox (RSB) Season 3 (January 25), is excited about the lineup of collaborations. In its third edition, RSB continues its tradition of bringing together diverse genres of music—Bollywood and hip-hop—creating new beats…
