Round-the-clock TV channels had already turned homes into virtual theatres. Children, as young as 2-year old, could be seen mimicking dialogues and singing and dancing to the tunes of Bollywood numbers. Reality TV programmes opened...
We generally overlook the personal and family life of a professional while judging his/her calibre. However, skeletons of even successful people in our midst keep spilling into public domain every now and then due to...
Defying community diktat, Nirmala Meghani continued to sing against all the odds. Banking on access to social media, the upcoming sufi cum classical singer reached out to music lovers within Pakistan and India and earned...
We thought we would be able to resolve the covid crisis once and for all with a vaccine against the dreaded infection at our disposal. The question uppermost in our mind was when the vaccine...
No day passes when Sohail does not carry out his charity activities in and around Hyderabad. What started as a simple act of feeding the destitute in memory of his beloved daughter, Sakina, has now...
The other day, I came across a message on WhatsApp that reflects how dependent we have become on technology and its long term implications. Felt like sharing with the readers of Alt Lipi.
Here it goes…...
For over 70 years, the Central Board of Film Certification has been assiduously reining in the filmmakers in India. Nonetheless, it’s now time it makes way for the ‘Dharma Censor Board’ – a newly constituted...
The first thing that comes to mind when we hear the phrase “Gay Pride” as millennials and Gen-Z is streets filled with people throwing glittering confetti holding aloft flags and banners representing their respective sexual...
‘Paranoia’ is a word in English which means a thought process that causes one to have an irrational suspicion or mistrust of others. People with paranoia may feel like they're being persecuted or that someone...
Those opposed to non-vegetarianism blissfully remain ignorant about the food chain, which is God's (read nature if you are an atheist) scheme to maintain ecological balance. Quite often the issue becomes a hot topic of...
