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Bollywood Family Values

Kaveree Bamzai

Blended families, co-parenting by exes, single parent surrogacies and households headed by women. Middle-class cosmopolitan social norms and celebrity values have never been more similar

The Future Is Female

Kaveree Bamzai

She is the new storyteller

Ricky Martin: ‘I am thankful to India for what it has done to me spiritually’

Noel de Souza

Noel de Souza in conversation with Ricky Martin

The New Scene Stealers

Divya Unny

An actor’s life in Mumbai is not only about the big screen. The young and enterprising are busier than ever before

The Celestial Status of Our Stars

Anupama Chopra

At the IIFA awards in Toronto, I saw again how crazy we are about our film stars. Is it this madness that keeps Bollywood from being flattened by Hollywood? Perhaps

As the carnival unfolded in a foreign field, the crowds were sober by Indian standards, actresses in luxury boxes tried to look jubilant, food sellers made money, and batting technique made a triumphant return