Cartoonist, who is partially paralysed, rebuffs Lahore poster launch; family says 'shoddy treatment' meted out to him

A State Transport (ST) bus headed to Mumbai Central from Pune lost its balance and tumbled over just as it began to ascend the flyover near Dadar TT at 1.45 am last night

Are Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party ganging up to keep Muslims out of Indian politics? That's the feeling among Muslim organisations with regards to the protest over the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament

Bowlers with suspect action make IPL-I winners Rajasthan Royals the least favourite of bookies

Police will be paid Rs 40 lakh for the four matches to be played in Mumbai

Dharavi 48, originally uploaded by Bombaylives.

Took some snaps from the Taxi after meeting up with Ben and his colleague from The Christian Science Monitor & my friend Ranjeet at the Stadium Restaurant in Churchgate. They played Holi before they got to work . Art Deco Buildings on DN Road. The Majestic Victoria Terminus now CST. Somewhere among the Mosque is Suleman Usman Mithaiwala. Work in [...]

This is for Dee, the editor I’d like to have, who quite literally showed me the way. ~O~O~O~O~O~ Where do stories come from? she wondered. Her editor had told her that her writing had a quality of finesse in it. But, he said, the spark was missing. She wanted to protest, it had been such an effort [...]

We concluded the first Mumbai BlogCamp of 2010 on Saturday, 20 Feb 2010. First of all, thank you and congratulations are due to Gaurav, Adil, Arushi and their team at ACM for setting up a great venue for us. My backbencher-at-college days of yore had not prepared me for the spanking new campus, the soft [...]

Like I say every year, The only place in India apart from Goa, where the Carnival is held is  in IC Colony , Borivali (w). This year participation was bit low key but the mood was vibrant as always, and yes the usual suspects Karnataka Bank , ICICI and HDFC floats were also there :) Though I missed the evening [...]

The Kolkata Knight Riders’ arrival in Mumbai for the opening match of the Indian Premier League’s third season turned out to be more exciting than their performance last year. Soon after the team’s luggage reached The Trident hotel in Bandra-Kurla Complex amid heightened security threats, a ...

In her silent way, Sonia Gandhi is changing India. The impact of her social legislation against poverty (NREGS), against corruption (Right to Information Act), and now against inequality (Women’s Bill) is epic. The impact might not be clear to us immediately, but that is because we...

For years, Nariman Point has housed Indias most exclusive office property, with impossible rental rates and a listing on all the major international surveys. But Mumbais central business districts good old buildings are now starting to lose out to newer, swankier constructions in other...

The Mahajans have a way of making it to the headlines. This time it is Rahul, who tied the knot, for the second time, with a 21-year-old Bengali model and item girl in a televised event on Saturday which was attended by his mother, but not his sister....

It’s been more than 15 months since the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, but according to a recent security audit report conducted by the police on one of the city’s most crucial landmarks – the Vidhan Bhavan – the building that houses the state’s legislature is still nowhere near...

It depicts a very tender story about Appa Velankar - a well known Kirtankar and Jeny - his America born Indian disciple.The play highlights the rich culture and music of the Kirtan format vis-a-vis ...

'Ek Mulaqat Manto Se' reflects the life and times of the great storywriter, Saadat Hasan Manto, who was deeply traumatised by the partition of the Indian sub-continent. The performance also tries...

"Mummy Please" is the story of 'Aayush', a school going boy. Aayush is multi-talented kid and is equally interested in studies and co-curricular activities. Like any other kid of present generation,...

BIMB-PRATIBIMB is a story of two women, who are victims of the same plight. There is BUCHCHIDAI, who got married at the age of three and became a widow at age five. Then there is VANDANA JHA, who got ...

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is organising 'Leela': A South Asian Women's Theatre Festival in New Delhi, which will be followed by a Mini Festival in Mumbai, Kolkata and Chandigarh...