I have not been able to sleep all night. I apologise for what has happened. I request all of you to start work from tomorrow morning. Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal after reinstating the 1,900 sacked employees. Source: DNA
Here’s Bollywood starlet Dia Mirza explaining her failure to make it big: I started my career on a good note with big banners, good producers and good actors, but the films didn’t do too well. We live in an industry (Bollywood) that runs on a herd mentality. It functions only on the number of successful […]
So, you think U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is a smart fellow because he’s in the news all the time lately following the collapse of the U.S. financial system. As the heavens was falling over America, here’s what this dodo had to say over the last few months: It’s a safe banking system, a sound […]
One of the greatest fictions of all time is the existence of God. In our view, this God phenomenon, whether Ram, Jesus, Allah or any of the other lesser known mutants, is an enduring nonsense the likes of which has never been seen on Planet Earth. Despite the lack of any compelling evidence to prove […]
Over 150,000 Bollywood workers including spotboys, junior artistes, lighting handlers, sound technicians, camera men and daily wage workers are on strike demanding higher wages, regular pay and hiring of union workers. The strike is in response to a call by the Federation of Western India Cine Employees, an umbrella union for 22 Bollywood associations. Unlike the superstars like […]
We have read reports in Indian newspapers that the Tamil Nadu government is providing a subsidy to Tamil movies. According to a report in the Hindu newspaper (dt July 8, 2008), the Tamil Nadu government has earmarked Rs 4.9 crore as subsidy for quality Tamil movies with Tamil names. Venkat Prabhu’s recent movie Saroja is […]