Tribute | Tarun Tahiliani fondly remembers British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood

Tribute | Tarun Tahiliani fondly remembers British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood

I met Vivienne Westwood for the first [and last] time at The Elephant Family Animal Ball in London in 2019. The charity was started by Mark Shand, Queen Consort Camilla Parker Bowles’ late brother, to protect Asian elephants from extinction in the wild. I didn’t know she was coming for the sit-down dinner hosted at […]

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Toyota Kirloskar Motor vice chairperson Vikram Kirloskar dies

Toyota Kirloskar Motor vice chairperson Vikram Kirloskar dies

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Vice Chairperson Vikram. S. Kirloskar | File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Toyota Kirloskar Motor Vice Chairperson Vikram. S. Kirloskar has died, the company said Tuesday. He was 64. “We extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends. Last respect can be paid at Hebbal Crematorium, Bengaluru, on 30th November 2022 […]

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Podcast review You, Me, and the Big C — Putting the Can in Cancer started by three women, all diagnosed with cancer

Podcast review You, Me, and the Big C — Putting the Can in Cancer started by three women, all diagnosed with cancer

The hosts of ‘You, Me, and the Big C — Putting the Can in Cancer’ speak with disarming frankness about how the disease has affected their lives The hosts of ‘You, Me, and the Big C — Putting the Can in Cancer’ speak with disarming frankness about how the disease has affected their lives “Hee-ya!” […]

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Over 200 police personnel deployed in Marina beach amid calls for protest

Over 200 police personnel deployed in Marina beach amid calls for protest

The police have tightened the vigil at Marina beach following the circulation of messages on social media platforms calling on people to assemble at the beach demanding justice for the recent death of a girl in a residential school in Kallakurichi. Over 200 policemen were deployed at the beach expecting a protest, and they erected […]

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‘Blonde’ director Andrew Dominik shines spotlight on friend and music collaborator Nick Cave in ‘This Much I Know To Be True’

‘Blonde’ director Andrew Dominik shines spotlight on friend and music collaborator Nick Cave in ‘This Much I Know To Be True’

The companion piece to Dominik’s 2016 documentary on Cave streams on MUBI India today The companion piece to Dominik’s 2016 documentary on Cave streams on MUBI India today Australian director-screenwriter Andrew Dominik has been in the news ever since the teaser release of his highly-anticipated Marilyn Monroe biopic,  Blonde, a few weeks ago. But that’s […]

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Youth found dead in well near Madurai

A rare marriage registration, after the couples’ death

A couple, who had not registered their marriage officially as it was not mandatory when they got married, have now got it officially registered 53 years after their wedding, and years after their passing away, thanks to a request to the Local Self Government department from their mentally challenged son. C. Bhaskaran Nair and T. […]

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