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Shawarma and biryani steal the show at Lahore Book Fair: Over 1,200 sold amid disappointing book salesAt the recent Lahore book fair, only 35 books were sold, while over 1,200 shawarmas and 800 plates of biryani were purchased. The event hig...- J&K Assembly Polls: Land of poets and storytellers gets ready to turn over a new leafJ&K Assembly Polls: Dooru, a town in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, is drawing political attention as J&K prepares for its first assemb...
- Toba Tek Singh: Saadat Hasan MantoFollowing the partition of India and Pakistan, the governments of both countries decided to exchange inmates of lunatic asylums similar to ...
- Twitter's candid 'Zwigato' review: Amul's quirky creative; RPG Group boss calls it a 'powerful mirror' to today's IndiaNawazuddin Siddiqui said the movie was a "treat to watch."
- Kapil Sharma's 'Zwigato' tanks on Day 1 of release, earns below Rs 50 lakh at box-officeMeanwhile, the film has helped Sharma realise how tough life is for delivery boys.
- Vinay Pathak and Vivaan Shah to narrate evergreen author Munshi Premchand's short stories for Zee TheatreTwo stories 'Idgah' and 'Gulli Danda' will be narrated.
- Relate to everyoneWhen we take the time to ask questions and listen, we find that every individual could be a raconteur. Prod and probe him. Bearing this in ...
- When you wish upon a star, makes a lot of difference if it's Ashok KumarAnd it followed that the first stars were singularly good-looking, or played interesting characters like Charlie Chaplin's Tramp, or had st...
- Franco-Belgian border war: Why Tintin & Poirot are having a chuckleHopefully, as folks who know how border tangles can be taken very, very seriously, this won’t grow into a full-scale border war. But this u...
- View: PM Modi's presence at AMU centenary event can mark a new chapterA hundred years is a long time in the life of a university. AMU started as Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College by 19th century Muslim moderni...
- Nandita Das's directorial 'Manto' is the most-authentic recreation of the author, playwrightAny work on Manto, like his life, is an expensive exercise in nostalgia.
- No first day first show: Nandita Das disappointed at morning screenings of 'Manto' being cancelledThe movie chronicles the life and times of Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto.
- Dissent: The warmest colour at Cannes this yearAt Cannes, the filmmakers who have been barred from attending it speak more of the troubled world than the movies themselves.
- 'The Mahabharata made me more curious about life'"The various renditions of the Mahabharata have amazed and intrigued me," said Arundhati Ghosh, ED of India Foundation For Arts.
- Saadat Hasan Manto, now a screen hero in PakistanA biopic on the controversial author is creating buzz on social media, and attracting youngsters to his work.
- Aatish Taseer clears air on Manto commentPeople who thought he was bragging about being more accomplished than Manto, take note: He was referring to his own translation of Manto’s ...
- Nandita Das in Bengaluru to pen her next filmWhile vacationing with her five-year-old son Vihaan, she is also writing the script for her next film on the life of Urdu short story write...
- Nandita Das on Cannes recce to find producers for film on Saadat Hasan MantoNandita Das visited the just-concluded Cannes Film Festival to look for producers and financiers for her upcoming film on famous Urdu short...
- Gains of partition: Many Pakistani-origin artists have contributed to India’s cultural heritagePost-partition Saadat Hasan Manto & Sahir Ludhianvi crossed borders; while Manto’s literary career nosedived in Lahore and he took refuge i...
- Why is it necessary to remember Saadat Hasan MantoManto would, in all likelihood, have actually turned his scathing, slashing pen towards many of those very Indians and Pakistanis celebrati...
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