Bollywood loves shooting in Ladakh, and Odpal George makes it possible. He shares all about the crazy demands directors make, and the life-and-death crisis that befell the shooting of 3 Idiots in this cold desert
31 March 2011Actor Madhavan on his harmless stalker, weight issues and sexy vegetarians
10 February 2011Compact sedans in India tend to yield better profit margins than subcompacts.
31 December 2010Delhi-based artist Archan Nair’s work with a Brooklyn photographer has caught hip hop mega star Kanye West’s eye
23 December 2010Bestselling author Ken Follett on the pressures of writing chartbusters, the effect of JK Rowling on the world, and the five greatest books of all time
16 December 2010“According to the rules, we have to stop them, but many couples get angry when they are caught in the act.”
26 November 2010Sound artist Jason Kahn engages eardrums at the Crafts Musuem with his white noise installation.
20 November 2010The British monarchy banned the game since it thought it was distracting people from archery.
14 October 2010This French artist spent a year with the glass makers of Firozabad to create an installation inspired by the pavements of India.
08 September 2010Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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