The India China border tensions (especially the Doklam issue) had an impact on Bollywood films. While Aamir Khan’s movies are a craze in China, a few Indian filmmakers played it safe by dropping the idea of casting Chinese actors in their films. Director JP Dutta, known for his war movies like Border, who has been […]
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Kerala Flood 2018 Donations: First Ronaldo and now Salman Khan?
Bollywood actor Jaaved Jaaferi recently praised Salman Khan for donating Rs. 12 crore to Kerala flood victims, but later deleted the tweet as he wasn’t sure whether it was true (probably taking a cue from the Cristiano Ronaldo viral news). Sometime back a news went viral on social media which said that soccer star Cristiano […]
Will Aamir Khan visit Pakistan for Imran Khan’s oath-taking ceremony as PM?
Will Aamir Khan keep his promise and visit Pakistan for Imran Khan’s oath-taking ceremony as PM? Imran Khan has invited cricketers Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Navjot Singh Sidhu, and Bollywood star Aamir Khan to Pakistan for his oath-taking ceremony as Pakistan’s Prime Minister. Imran’s party (The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) emerged as the single largest party […]
Krishna Janmashtami (& Dahi Handi) 2019
Krishna Janmashtami is a Hindu festival and an official holiday in many parts of India. Dahi Handi is celebrated the day after Janmashtami. Here’s more about the popular Indian festival. What is Krishna Janmashtami Krishna Janmashtami (also known as Gokulashtami) is a popular Hindu festival and today is celebrated around the world. It is also […]
Diwali Festival In India
Diwali is one of the biggest (in fact the biggest) festival that’s celebrated in India. It usually lasts for about a week and is the time when people go shopping, are paid bonuses, its the most profitable time of the year for businesses, and most big Bollywood releases happen this time of the year (especially […]
Top Celebrities, World Leaders and Thinkers who were inspired by Mahatma Gandhi
Top Celebrities, World Leaders and Thinkers who were inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. The list is very long, and we have picked just a few. Here are the celebrities and creative people who were inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. George Bernard Shaw Nobel-prize-winning Irish playwright and passionate socialist, George Bernard Shaw on Gandhi, “Impressions of Gandhi? You […]
Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin together in one frame (old picture)
A very rare picture of Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin together in one frame. Back then Gandhi had fans all over the world, but Gandhi-ji had no clue who Charlie Chaplin was. During India’s struggle for freedom, Gandhi was revered not just in India, he had fans all over the world,including political leaders, authors, poets, […]
Top Onam Festival Attractions in Kerala
In India, harvest festivals are very popular, Lohri in Punjab and Onam in Kerala are two popular harvest festivals, which also showcases the local culture. Onam is the biggest festival in Kerala (India), and the festivities continue for ten days. It is also celebrated to mark the homecoming and coronation of ancient mythical Emperor Mahabali. […]
These men survived atomic bomb attacks, fought to ban nukes
Sumiteru Taniguchi, survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb attack on his hometown of Nagasaki, and who devoted his life fighting for abolishing nuclear weapons, recently died of cancer, reports a news site. Taniguchi was 16 and was on the job delivering mail, when a US atomic bomb was dropped on the city (on Aug. 9, […]
Watch restored footage (4k) of Charles and Diana’s nuptials, the royal wedding that captivated the world
For the first time, “The Royal Wedding” of Britain’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer can now be seen and enjoyed in high quality (4k) video. This restored version (by Associated Press) has been made from the original British Movietone 35 mm negative. Movietone were the only company to film events of this momentous day […]