Cross Connections

Gulzar to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke award seems like a redundancy. The accolade will not change a thing, but it does draw attention to th...

What do you think about Pope Francis being chosen Best Dressed Man of 2013 by Esquire? When the magazine says , "Pope Francis's s...

Ang Lee receives his award with a namaste As is the tradition, I did not sit through the Academy Awards or even catch glimpses of it...

“Did you watch the TV?” asked my newly-exported friend from Ludhiana “Yes, yes. Tanu weds Manu promos all over.” “No, no, stop being so...

Arab royalty looms behind and beside the Queen of England Whoa! We hear about how the Queen of England honours people with the OBE and t...

The nation’s highest civilian honours are announced on Republic Day, and as always there is cause for heartburn for those left out and amuse...

What exactly is bad sex writing? Is it having bad sex while writing? Or is it bad to write about sex…cluck, cluck? Of course, all of you kno...

Why does everyone feel so humble? Is this a sign of true greatness always? If I were Manna Dey, I’d either sit quietly with a glass of honey...

He is obviously doing more than going through his emails. In today’s Times of India he has reacted to the reactions to his reaction about th...

I am so glad our Nobel laureate has said what he has. “All sorts of people from India have been writing to me, clogging up my email box. It ...

Maverick: Some reflections on genuflection to the West By Farzana Versey Covert July 1-15 She was the dark horse. Yet, she made it. She won...

You Muslim? Then you better get the Oscar award or win matches for your country or do something…or else… A sick little report appeared in th...

Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney has received the 3rd annual Mother Teresa Memorial (International) Awards for Social Justice. D...

So Sir Salman has won the 'Best of the Booker' prize for Midnight’s Children to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the world's...

It’s yet another son-rise on the horizon! Aditya Thackeray, scion of the illustrious political family of the Thackerays, who was known to ...

Eklavya is the Indian entry to the Oscars. I don’t care much about the Academy Awards, at least whether we figure in it or not. But I am re...

Dear Irfan: I am sure you are doing great. Your Ammi is doing great, telling the world that Shoaib Malik had no business to talk about ...