"There is a story and a vision which makes us gravitate towards cinema. Even as we worked as assistants on ads, we realised that cinema was our true calling," say Gunpreet Kaur Mann and Deepali Singh Raseen.

I struggled to reconcile the two aspects- the formidable talent who literally moulded kathak into its modern form and the man who took advantage of women in his charge.

Madhya Pradesh's Leheri Bai, from the Baiga tribe, has been named India's Millet Ambassador for her work to conserve nearly 150 varieties of millets.

Vyjayantimala, the first Hindi film industry 'superstar' to come from the South has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan.

Poonam Pandey made a mockery of the cause she was apparently trying to support and trivialized the very real pain and grief that several individuals endure.