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A young British Asian property entrepreneur who was inspired as a young child by Mahatma Gandhi has donated £100,000 to the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust, which will build a permanent memorial to the Mahatma on London’s Parliament Square. Vivek Chadha, an engineering graduate of University College (whose alumni include Mahatma …

We can all recall the joy (or horror) at finding out that a favourite book is about to be adapted for the big screen. Can a film truly capture the magic of words that a book portrays?  Isn’t it more special, more personal to dream up, to imagine the characters …

As far as documentary movie subjects are concerned, it is akin to examining the lives of toll operators at the Dartford Crossing.   Nonetheless, it is just the kind of topic that gets your curiosity aroused.   ‘The Invisible Subtitler’ is a new documentary by Aliakbar Campwala and sheds some …

The billionaire founder of Indian IT firm Wipro has pledged to give away his wealth after signing up to the ‘Giving Pledge’, the philanthropy campaign begun by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. Azim Premji, 67, made the pledge in a letter to the first international ‘Giving Pledge’ conference, outlining his …