How do you define the journey? I feel God has sent me to earth to sing. I started singing when I was five, but I don’t think I’ve worked as hard as many other people.Why do you say you that? After 1947 when I started playback singing, the work never stopped. Before that it wasn’t easy. I used to travel by train from Grant Road to Malad and then save money by walking instead of taking a tonga to the recording studios. I thereby saved 50 paise to Re 1 which I used to buy vegetables for my famil... Read Full Story

Q: Like yourself, there seems to be no limit to Tendulkar's genius too. The entire country is celebrating his 20th year in international cricket. How do you look at this monumental achievement?LATA: My heartiest congratulations to him. I have seen Sachin right from the time he made his debut as a sixteen-year-old. Since then, he has gone on to climb dizzy heights, he's got married, raised a family, and somehow remained the same humble man throughout. It's really amazing to know he has been ar... Read Full Story

Full text of Anil's statement to settle a family dispute that has resulted in litigation between the two business groups.In June 2005, with the blessings and approval of my respected mother Kokilaben Ambani, and in line with the vision and value creation philosophy of our beloved founder Chairman, Dhirubhai Ambani, we announced the restructuring of the Reliance Group.I had sincerely believed then, that we had resolved all issues, and come to an amicable settlement that would create two of Ind... Read Full Story

Kata Rute Kunala is a special song for me. Here's something I did not know about it. Perhaps you might enjoy the background.The song is sung by Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki. The composition is his own and the lyrics are by Shanta Shelke - gifted Marathi poetess. Pandit Abhsheki had his music compostion ready but there were no words. He presented a Hindi song with similar meaning to Shanta Shelke. Shanta Shelke created this song in Marathi almost spontaneously. Shanta Shelke was as good a poetess... Read Full Story

Mumbai city's longest wall runs from Mahim to Dadar down the length of Tulsi Pipe Road. It is 2.7km long. It was splashed with color and humor on the independence day. From the early hours of the morning, Mumbaikars with their spray can, chalk sticks, color roller brushes painted witty slogans along the length of the wall.The Wall Project - a group of graffiti artists and BMC had organized the project. The Mumbaikars were mobilized through Facebook and Orkut. This was a wonderful initiative t... Read Full Story

Take a look at the newly opened Bandra-Worli Sealink's Worli side exit. Many believe that this will create a traffic standstill at the exit. hard not to believe it once you look at its layout. Read Full Story

The Peddar Road flyover is back in the news - after being hit by obstacles over the past nine years. Residents of Peddar road have opposed this project since the flyover would be too close to their homes. Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle being some of those residents who would be affected.After successful implementation of Worli-Bandra sealink, residents of Mumbai have warmed up to infrastructure projects to help them reduce the traffic delays. Although, work on the later parts of the sealink ... Read Full Story

Mumbai will have 5000 closed circuit TV cameras to watch 480 traffic junctions in addition to the government establishments, railway stations, and transportation depots.The network will help the city law enforcement to keep track of the traffic offenders and suspected terrorism activities. The proposed project will include motion detection, bio-matrix, optical character detection and recognition, night vision, thermal imaging along with pan, tilt, and zoom capabilities.The project is supposed... Read Full Story

The Mumbai version of WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) was a rage in the 50s and 60s. Who does not remember Dara Singh? For Dara, the wrestler-turned-entertainer, wrestling was a hobby right from his childhood. He used to watch the muscled wrestlers in his village and aspired to be like them. The opportunity came when he went on a trip to Singapore, where freestyle wrestling was very popular. He there for three years and trained. Wrestling brought Dara in contact with the best in the world... Read Full Story

India's Supreme Court has denied Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's appeal to contest in upcoming elections sighting his prior convictions under serious anti-terrorism laws. It's a good deal for the Indian politics. Sanjay Dutt possessed no skills or temperament to represent people in the Government. If he wants to serve the people, then he should stick to his craft as an entertainer.I am sure, this decision has also rendered his new Neta wardrobe useless. Perhaps he can donate it to t... Read Full Story