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  • ‘Hindustani music is not Brahmanical like Carnatic, which became so after 18th century’: Navayana publisher S Anand

    Anti-caste publisher S Anand on co-founding Navayana, re-printing the memoir of Adivasi leader-Olympic hockey player-Constituent Assembly member Jaipal Singh Munda, rejecting Carnatic music for Kabir songs & seeing Kabir through the prism of BR Ambedkar in his latest book 'The Notbook of Kabir'.

  • How Amitabh Bachchan’s golden voice made stars out of dialogue writers

    How Amitabh Bachchan’s golden voice made stars out of dialogue writers

    Amitabh Bachchan, Salim-Javed’s poster boy for Angry Young Man and Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Mellow Matured Man, who turned 82 on October 11, was a philosopher’s stone for his dialogue writers: Javed Akhtar, Kader Khan, Inder Raj Anand, Gulzar, and more.

  • Cannes Classics: Why Shyam Benegal’s 'Manthan', India’s first crowdfunded film, produced by 5 lakh farmers, was also an Emergency movie

    Cannes Classics: Why Shyam Benegal’s 'Manthan', India’s first crowdfunded film, produced by 5 lakh farmers, was also an Emergency movie

    Nearly 50 years since its release, parallel cinema pioneer Shyam Benegal's Manthan, restored by Film Heritage Foundation, premiered at 77th Cannes Film Festival and will release in theatres across Indian cities on June 1; bookings begin on Monday.

  • In land of Amul, BJP tastes success after 5 years, party nominee Yogesh Patel set to wrest Anand from Congress

    In land of Amul, BJP tastes success after 5 years, party nominee Yogesh Patel set to wrest Anand from Congress

    Yogesh Patel was leading by over 40,000 votes after 22 rounds over Kanti Sodha Parmar of Congress in Anand, which gave the world the famous 'Amul' dairy brand.

  • Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna's iconic 'Anand' to be remade with a Covid twist

    Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna's iconic 'Anand' to be remade with a Covid twist

    'Anand', released in March 12, 1971, is a film about a terminally ill patient Anand Saigal as the protagonist who is undeterred about his approaching death and wants to live his life to the fullest. The role was played by Rajesh Khanna.

  • Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath accused of cheating against Viswanathan Anand in chess game, banned from platform

    Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath accused of cheating against Viswanathan Anand in chess game, banned from platform

    Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath's Chess.com account was suspended, after he was accused of cheating to win a game against chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand.

  • Webcomic: How Amul grew into the behemoth it is today

    Webcomic: How Amul grew into the behemoth it is today

    Latest in the Moneycontrol Graphic Spot: Tracing the story of Amul.

  • Amul milk to get dearer by Rs 2/lit in Guj, Mah from tomorrow

    Amul milk to get dearer by Rs 2/lit in Guj, Mah from tomorrow

    The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets dairy products under the brand name of Amul, today decided to hike the milk prices by Rs 2 per litre across all six brands being sold in major pockets of Gujarat and Maharashthra from tomorrow.

  • Guj Gas up 5%, PNGRB nod to expand network in 2 more districts

    Guj Gas up 5%, PNGRB nod to expand network in 2 more districts

    "Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, on July 4, has granted authorisation to Gujarat Gas to lay, build, operate, or expand city or local natural gas distribution network (CGD network) in Panchmahal and Anand districts of Gujarat," says the city gas distribution company in its filing.

  • Oil India to enter dairy sector as part of CSR initiative

    Oil India to enter dairy sector as part of CSR initiative

    The state-run OIL has signed an MoU with IRMA in Gujarat around 10 days ago for the study that will cover select villages in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts of the state.

  • We are not looking at any asset sale: Mangalore Chemicals

    We are not looking at any asset sale: Mangalore Chemicals

    In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Deepak Anand, managing director, Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers said that four stakeholder offloaded a little less than 25% stake to Deepak Fertilisers and there is no further talk of any asset sale in the company.

  • India holds right to act on drug patents post Novartis case

    India holds right to act on drug patents post Novartis case

    Commerce and Industry minister Anand Sharma said India would revoke drug patents if outbreaks of serious diseases or pandemics made it necessary, defending a Supreme Court ruling against Swiss drug firm Novartis.

  • Amul milk to be dearer in Gujarat; country to follow suit

    Amul milk to be dearer in Gujarat; country to follow suit

    The prices of milk under brand 'Amul' are set to rise ranging from Rs 1 to Rs 2 per litre from Tuesday in Gujarat and the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation will soon take a call on hiking the same in rest of the country, a senior official said.

  • At 69, Amitabh says 'Buddha hoga tera baap!'

    At 69, Amitabh says 'Buddha hoga tera baap!'

    The wrinkles are visible more than ever, the crowfeet around the expressive eyes are getting worse and a recurring liver problem needs constant medical attention.

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