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Director who made Bollywood’s most iconic film, left his studies to save career of his ‘B-grade’ film-maker fatherRamesh Sippy's iconic film Sholay was born from his father GP Sippy's struggle to rebuild his life and career after Partition. Forced to ab...
Upset by the B-grade tag on his film investments, he called his son back from London and ended up creating the biggest blockbuster of the 1970sGP Sippy, a wealthy businessman displaced by the Partition, faced initial failures before finding success in real estate in Bombay. This ve...
She was a Bollywood hit machine and national trendsetter, but fought allegations and lawsuits in final yearsSadhana Shivdasani, once one of Bollywood's most celebrated actresses, rose to fame in the 1960s with hit films and a style that defined an...
Asif Ali Zardari emerges from Benazir's shadow to be Pakistan's president for 2nd timeAsif Ali Zardari, known for his skill in striking political alliances, became president of Pakistan for the second time. He faced challenge...
Independence Day: Karachi Bakery, India's small-business legend birthed by PartitionThe story of Ramnani’s Karachi Bakery is as old as India’s independence. By leaving behind a small business back in Karachi, which is now i...
Family and neighbours of Pakistani woman who came to India for her lover don't want her to returnA Pakistani mother of four, who sneaked into India to live with a Hindu man whom she befriended through an online game platform, has been o...
How Pakistan’s most feared power broker controlled a violent megacity from LondonThis story of how Karachi’s most important power broker came to pull its strings from some 4,000 miles away is based on government document...
Sindhi community holds protest in US against enforced disappearances in PakistanThe protesters on Friday chanted slogans for the freedom of victims of enforced disappearances in Sindh.
'Matka King' Ratan Khatri passes awayRatan Khatri, considered by many as among the pioneers of betting in India, has died, family sources said on Sunday.
This Karachi Police woman officer saved many lives in Chinese embassy attack in PakistanShe ensured the terrorists, armed with nine hand-grenades, assault rifles, magazines and explosives, did not reach the diplomatic staff ins...
One of India’s greatest criminal lawyers, Ram Jethmalani is only fair in love and lawJethmalani strategised the famed Nanavati case and was counsel to dacoits, murderers, preventive detainees and politicians without discrimi...
Sindh not in India makes me sad: Lal Krishna AdvaniThe BJP leader said, "Sindh was a part of India when the country was undivided, not independent and under British control. I was born in th...
India 'incomplete' without Pakistan's Sindh: BJP patriarch LK Advani89-year-old leader made the remarks at an event here today while lamenting that Karachi,where he was born in a Sindhi family was not a part...
Name change admits a reality: There's no rewind to one BengalThe decision of the Mamata Banerjee government is significant. Apart from rising in the alphabetical hierarchy of the states, the name chan...
LK Advani backs out of Kejriwal government's award ceremonyHe had agreed to share stage with the Delhi Chief Minister himself for giving away awards to film artists from the Sindhi community.
Sadhana Shivdasani, whose 'Jhumka gira re' made millions sway and swoon, passes awayThe actress will be remembered for many songs, sequences, films and her iconic fringe haircut.
Imran Khan attacks PPP in strongholdAttended by thousands of people, the Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf (PTI) Chairman told the rally in rural Sindh that it was time they start dem...
'Cavemen' should not decide India, Pak foreign policy: Bilawal Bhutto ZardariPakistan People's Party leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said "cavemen living in hills" should not be allowed to decide the fate of Pakist...
- Mumtaz Bhutto's arrest sparks protests in Pakistan
Mumtaz Bhutto, cousin of late PPP founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, was arrested sparking protests in several cities of Pak.
- Partition pains and tandoori gains
A friend’s grandmother once told him a story about Partition. She had been a young bride then, living in a Hindu family in Haryana.