As the Indian Premier League (IPL) returns with its fifth edition in Chennai, India this month, the threat of matches getting fixed looms large.

A review of Our Lady Of Alice Bhatti in India concurs with it’s author that there is nothing anthropological about Alice.

“Pakistan is a rich, rich country,” says Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s, Imran Khan, in an interview to the Indian publication, Hardnews.

In mediocre box-office Bollywood, Agneepath is like a luminescent shooting star. It retains some of the flavour of the cult Amitabh Bachchan starrer but transgresses from the original script only slightly to create maximum impact.

Kangaroos trounce India in Sydney to win a 2-0 lead in the four-test series for the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia this January.

In this freezing cold, it’s time to dump Anna Hazare​ and his Sancho Panzas into the garbage can of history.

The financial crisis in Europe can reorder relationships among its countries and undermine democracy. The signs are uncanny: the spectre of fascism could be haunting this continent yet again.

What will Vidya Balan bring to her role as Silk Smitha? Will this film examine the oppressive pressures that corrode the self-worth of women; or will it be yet another Dirty Picture, recreating yet another voyeuristic journey?

Dev Anand was fortunate to have Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh, Shailendra and Sachin Dev Burman to bail him out. Without them, the idea of Dev Anand and the middle classes he wooed would be jostling with real life.

A brilliant new generation of short-film makers, including women, thrives in Afghanistan.