Spanish-born Canadian author Yann Martel allegedly received a handwritten letter of thanks and praise from the US president, who wrote that he and his daughter had just finished reading the novel, Life of Pi.
The DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film, featuring an excellent cast led by Brad Pitt, has started climbing to the top of the sales and rental charts.
A look at 5 weekend watch movies.
A new study has confirmed what many women already knew: paying too much attention on performance during sex could inhibit sexual desire.
A promising young actor suffering from depression has had his life laid bare for the grubby public to paw through. An ordinary family has been pitched into the middle of a nightmare of an investigation and arrested for no reason discernible at present. And a young actress has had her reputation, and probably career, destroyed so that TRP ratings can soar, notes Sherna Gandhy.
This is the most fun Sukanya Verma has had since Wonder Woman.
Watching the complete 1994 animated TV series Iron Man provide many insights that will enhance the pleasure of seeing Iron Man on the big screen.
Delhi was just one riot. Add Bengal, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and you can count a few scores dead. It could, regrettably, be just the beginning of a very long, dark phase for India, notes Shekhar Gupta.
Maria Islam completed a slogan for Pepsi and won a whopping Rs 50 lakh.
Redefining the portrayal of lesbian relationships in India.
'Nag Sir is so chilled out. I did not see him get angry,' Lavanya Tripathi tells Radhika Rajamani.
The Shekhar Kapur-directed ad featuring Nicole Kidman, Arjun Rampal and Slumdog Millionaire's Rubina Ali, doesn't make any sense.
Luka Chuppi is as much about live-in as Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was about pigeons.
'2.0 ends up looking like a downgraded version of a promising idea,' notes Sukanya Verma.
Tavish, author of the fantasy book Cren and the War of Seven Days, and Hemant, founder of the climate change awareness Web site CarbonNeutralVolunteers.org, were among the 12 national winners of the scholars program selected from 100 regional winners.
Obama said he refused to accept terrorism as the 'new normal' even after the recent attacks in Paris and the subsequent hostage situation at a hotel in Mali.
A number of companies are coming out with learning modules and solutions, either as complete game-based educational courses or part of a larger learning module. This connects learners into environments that closely represent the actual environment within which they need to apply their learning, including related real-life problems or complexities.
Warm or warring, back home too Bollywood has depicted many, MANY faces of sisterly love.
'Everybody has freedom, but you cannot start a fire in a crowded theatre.'
It looks like Yuvan Shankar Raja, after a couple of not-so-memorable efforts, is on his way to finding his groove again. Sarvam manages to snag your attention, in a good way.
Everyone is resigned to inefficient and corrupt governance. The contempt of authorities for the public at large is almost palpable. Everyone jokes how the municipal corporation is easily the world's biggest wastrel. But no one seems prepared or capable to do anything about it. How did these guys get so autocratic? Isn't India a representative republic? Can nothing be done at the ballot box?
Aladin's charm lies in its genie. It is not an album you would want to listen to repeatedly, save for Bachchan's rap, which makes all the right noises. Literally.
Did I cry? Yes. Did I smile? Yes. Did I get goosebumps? YES! Do I want to watch it again? Of course! Do I believe this is the end? Not quite. Sukanya Verma gets emotional watching Avengers Endgame.
Designer Krishna Mehta pulled out all the stops on Day Three of Lakme Fashion Week, with a conch-blowing sadhu opening her show and a live band providing music all through. Here's how it all went down.
The magazine's latest cover features Storm Reid, Mindy Kaling, Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon.
From bikinis to superhero spandex, it's all in a day's work for these film folk!
Rajamouli has effectively directed this Telugu reincarnation story starring Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan Teja.
The Kannada film is painfully long and unbearably tedious.
The Transformers' star was voted as the best sci-fi actress at the Spike TV Scream 2009 festival.
Or would you prefer the lovely turquoise blue chiffon sari that Sridevi wore in Mr India?
'Why not simply make some more ventilators and find some more beds? How much would it cost?' asks Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
A team of UK researchers has taken the first step on what could be a stairway to heaven.
Aged 11, Adora Svitak is not just another primary school kid; she teaches in one.
'Pratchett's work mocked the very idea of literary limitations, going from police procedural in one book to Christmas adventure in the next, from vampires to football, from the birth of motion pictures to the examining of religion itself.'
Make no mistake, there's never a dull moment in God of War III, but you can help feel the momentum drop a bit during certain parts of the game.
Well, Sara Watson of University of Central Lancashire has managed to make her vehicle invisible by spray painting it to match the car park and entrance to her art studio, a unique concept which many say is "amazing".
Twenty years ago, Aziz Mirza had the foresight to predict the great discord India would witness and revolt against, notes Sukanya Verma.
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