The forgotten history behind Mothers' Day
Did you know the woman who created Mother’s Day eventually grew to hate what the celebration had become?
Attending his first India Today Conclave, eminent essayist and novelist Pico Iyer said, "India is data mad".
"Everyone here will take in more data today than Shakespeare did in an entire lifetime."
Talking about the topic of the great disconnect, Iyer said, "the rich irony of asking a writer to talk about silence, even worse a travel writer to talk about sitting still."
He said, "but with the onslaught of information that we face every day, every moment, the world is dizzy. Everybody in this room is dizzy...the world is coming to us in a series of shots."
Did you know the woman who created Mother’s Day eventually grew to hate what the celebration had become?
From sliding into DMs to married life with Gaurav Kapoor, Kritika Kamra gets candid over berry pulao, raspberry soda & keema pav.
Newly sworn in Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay shared a headline-grabbing selfie moment with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shortly after taking oath in Chennai, adding a viral political-pop culture touch to the historic ceremony.
TVK leader C Joseph Vijay on Sunday took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu amid a sea of supporters, his friends and family, and several political leaders. Eight other TVK leaders were sworn in besides him, as ministers in the new government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also attended the ceremony. The TVK managed to secure the Governor's nod to form the government after the Congress, the CPI, the CPI(M), the VCK, and IUML extended their support to the Vijay-led party for a colaition government.