A few years back, she hit the headlines for her quirky and contemporary fashion sense when she styled her good friend actor Sonam Kapoor in her films Aisha and Thank You. Then her online pop-up shops made news. Now, fashion stylist and entrepreneur Pernia Qureshi is in the limelight again, not for anything related to fashion, but for redefining the classical dance form Kuchipudi by teaming it up with Sufi music.

Bong beauty Bipasha Basu takes criticism in her stride but fashion policing disturbs her. She believes fashion is something very personal and nobody has a right to comment on what another wears.

For one hour today, people across the world will stand together to save energy. With Earth Hour being celebrated today, many in the city are celebrating their commitment towards a better future. And as the world gets ready to switch off the lights for an hour, we check with city youngsters who have been working towards energy conservation on how even the smallest steps towards the cause makes a big change.

We have finally realised the potential of good content in Bollywood, or so it seems. The list of films that bagged the recently announced National Awards reveal that it’s the sleeper hits that are the big winners this year.

It’s difficult to make a mark in this world of cut-throat competition. And thus, when the final year students of fashion designing from all over India participated in the recently concluded The Debut by Wills Lifestyle, they knew they will have to put in their heart and soul in to the collection that they will put up to showcase.

More than two decades ago, he made his way to Indian kitchens via the television. Sanjeev Kapoor’s cookery show, Khana Khazana was something that people looked forward to in those days. Two decades down the line, the man who made cooking popular, is going to don another hat.

This time, it was the turn of college students to face backlash from college authorities for performing a play at the annual fest of Jamia Millia Islamia which had dialogues in crass and abusive langu

Youngsters now spend more time in the virtual world than perhaps the real world. And that is the best place to tap them. Realising this, some stars are taking to the web not just to connect with them, but actively engage with them.

At the age of 29, he was broke and unemployed. He had lost all his money in the stock market. The only thing he was left with was his ability to play with words. Having worked in a newspaper and a magazine on alcohol, he felt the solution to his problems could be writing a book. He went to a publisher friend for help, only to be told that the publishing house doesn’t publish fiction.

Right after the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma hit the headlines for visiting the attacked Taj Hotel with then chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and his son Ritesh Deshmukh. The filmmaker was panned for his insensitivity from all quarters, as rumours were rife that he had plans to make a movie on the attacks and had used his contacts to visit the site. The film never happened then.