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Hindutva doesn’t mean that people of any faith other than Hinduism should be hated, feels Sanjay Raut Hindutva is a topic that has been much debated in the political and social circles of India. The manner in which Hindutva is held aloft in India’s socialist, secular environment has come in for many deliberations. But then should Hindutva be adopted as a means toward hate for their faiths is a question posed to the perpetrators of a hate-laden ideology. Ask Sanjay Raut on what the Hindutva ideology means to him and what he tells the world comes across as a whiff of fresh breeze that could soothe minds. Voicing his concern at the manner in which the BJP sees Hindutva,  Sanjay Raut , a senior leader of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray group) and Member of Parliament, opens up on what Hindutva isn’t really is, and what it actually stands for. Hindutva doesn’t at all mean that people of any faith other than Hinduism should be hated, Raut tells Reba Ayaz of Digpu News, in a free-wheeling...

Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner, Kishore Desai was born in 1937 and playing the Mandolin & Sarod in Bollywood for the past 50 years. I don’t think that any Indian national can ever forget the song  ‘ Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo Jara Ankh Mein Bharlo Pani, Jo sahid hue hain unki jara yaad karo kurbani’ . Everybody remembers this beautiful track sung by (Late) Shri Lata Mangeshkar Ji, but who played that magical mandolin music in the background? It was Kishore Desai, whose mandolin sound added magic to this forever-hit Hindi song. If you remember any of the greatest melody songs from the Golden Era. Songs like ‘ Acha To Hum Chalte Hain, Phir Kab Miloge ’  from the movie  Aan Milo Sajna  (1970) or Raj Kapoor’s famous song ‘ Awara Hoon Ya Gardish Mein Ho Aasman Ka Tara Hoon’ , or the famous Border movie song ‘ Sandese Aate Hain Sandese Jate Hain’ . Now onwards whenever you listen to any of these tracks just try to focus on the background music and whenever you fin...

Ace photographer Jayesh Sheth has worked with many celebrities, including Richard Gere, Angelina Jolie, Rekha and more Years ago, one fine day, ace fashion photographer Jayesh Sheth got a call, asking him if he would be interested in doing a photoshoot for a Hollywood celebrity. The professional he is, Jayesh Sheth took it up as a new challenge that would help him put to use all his experience and talent. The shoot was for Richard Gere. A huge fan of the top actor himself, Sheth was a bit taken aback, as he knew he was having one of the most photographed and much spoken about celebrity in front of his camera.  To his surprise, Gere never acted like a celebrity who is not accessible. On the contrary, he was very cooperative, says Jayesh Sheth. Recalling an instance at the shooting sets, Seth tells Reba Ayaz of  Digpu News in  an episode that elaborated much on what Richard Gere is as an ultimate professional and great human being.  Richard Gere didn’t want a mirror wh...