The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – Prince William and Kate Middleton – are on their first visit together as a royal couple to India and Bhutan between 10th April and 16th April 2016. They have first arrived in Mumbai and stay at the Taj Mahal Hotel. They will visit New Delhi, Kaziranga, Thimphu (Bhutan) and Agra during their one week visit. Read more
Starting Friday, March 11th 2015, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's massive cultural festival celebrating 35 years of Art of Living Foundation will kick off in Delhi. The three-day cultural event has seen many Indians express outrage at the cost and environmental damage. Here's what it is all about. Read more
Being crowned Miss Universe is one of the most extraordinarily special moment for the winner but it did not all go well at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant. The host wrongly announced Miss Columbia Ariadna Gutierrez as the Miss Universe 2015 winner. But it was a mistake. Ms Gutierrez was in fact the runner-up and the real winner was Miss Philippines named Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach. Read more
18 years after the Roman Catholic nun and Nobel Prize winner for her charity work, Mother Teresa will be made a 'Saint' next year, according to Pope Francis. Mother Teresa had dedicated her life to work with the poor in the slums in Kolkata and now has two miracles attributed to her paving her way to sainthood. Read more
Rivers in India do not just play a big role in the agriculture and economy of the country. They are also culturally important with many considering some rivers such as the Ganges very holy. All the major rivers of India begin their journeys at one of the three main watersheds – The Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges (Northern India); the Sahyadri or the Western Ghats (Western India); or the Vindhya and Satpura mountain ranges (Central India). Most of the major rivers of India end up joining the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian Sea. Read more
British Film Institute, the non-profit organization in the UK that promotes the access and promotion of the art of film and television programmes, has released a list of the great 10 Bollywood love films of all times between 1990 to 2015. The list celebrates the all-time classic Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge as the top best Bollywood romance film. Read more
Indian PM Narendra Modi visited the rain and flood-affected Chennai to measure up the damage and assess how the central government can help. He immediately pledged additional 1000 crore rupees for relief efforts but it was the photoshopped picture of him released by Press Information Bureau (PIB) that garnered all the attention sparking mockery on Twitter. Read more
Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) kicked off at Netaji Indoor Stadium in the Bengal capital on Saturday, November 14th . The cultural film fest was inaugurated by Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan with mainstream cinema's finest celebs including Jaya Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Maushimi Chaterjee and Vidya Balan as well as Tollywood stars and CM didi Mamata Banerjee adding more glamour and intellect to the fest. Read more
Diwali 2015 is celebrated on Wednesday, November 11th 2015 and Indians in the UK celebrate with Diwali lights switching-on ceremony, community get-togethers, traditional celebrations, fireworks, and traditional sweets across London, other English towns, Wales and beyond! The spirit of Diwali in the UK is evident in the fact that Leicester City Council's Diwali lights switch-on ceremony attracted a record 37,000 people. Read more
One of UK's prominent Maharashtrian community Association – Marathi Mandal Reading – is supporting and participating in a charity event to raise money for the suffering farmers in India, especially the distressed farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region. Called the 'Help for Farmers Charity Walkathon', the event is aimed at contributing and bringing a difference in the Indian farmers' lives. Read more
