By Nihal Parashar: Sir, I am one of the millions of Indians for whom you have always fought in your newsroom studio with the profound words together- ‘The nation wants to know!’. I was never able to comprehend how you came to know what does
By Spandan Ghose Chowdhury: Every time when you switch on the TV, browse internet or flip through newspapers, you see some products being pushed onto you with some assurances. This is advertising. Advertisement is an easier, comfortable and creative mechanism of presenting an idea or
By Vinati Bhola: Having been born in a country where a film star is worshipped like a God, where if Amitabh Bachchan faces a severe accident the whole nation steps out of its monotony and prays for him day in and day out and where
By Vasudha Sahgal: The year 2012 was, on the whole, a good year for Bollywood. There were lots of blockbusters, some were expected while others were surprise packages. There were also some movies that swum against the usual norms and safe formula tides. They took
By Nidhi Khurana: “Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda and entertainment without moral passion is Television.” -Rita Mae Brown Television probably is the most loyal invention that has stood by us in all the times, whether it was the
By Kush Kalra: The Screening of many films have been banned in India amid protests by some community members in pursuance to the request of the state police not to release the Film as it could disrupt communal harmony and lead to a law and order
By Harinie Thiagarajan: A few days ago, while returning from work, a particular tit-bit played in a local FM caught my attention and kept me thinking for a long time. The scene in it goes like this. “There is a wealthy king who wanted to
By Daphne Clarance:Just as butter melts on a hot toast so does the heart melt when it’s touched by music. It suffices incandescence and evokes pleasantry feelings to the heart and especially to the mind. There is not a soul who can stand up and say,
By Kritika Pramod Kulshrestha: Kevin Arnold from ‘The Wonder Years’ says, “Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you’re in diapers, the next day you’re gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town,