A modern example of India’s shared heritage with Iran, her career was itself nothing short of a film story. Enamored of the silver screen when young, she began with child roles. But on coming of age, ...

From Sydney to Paris to New York City and Toronto, crowds rang in the new year with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or light shows, while others took a more subdued approach.

It was Bismil Azimabadi of Patna who wrote “Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai,” in 1921 and it was Ram Prasad Bismil who immortalized the lines. The poem became a war cry in India’s freedom ...