All stories by Monali Sarkar
Being an Indian DREAMer in America
Rediff.com15 Sep 2017The futures of thousands of undocumented Indians who were taken to the US as children are in danger after Donald Trump's repeal of the DACA program.
A 9/11 in Trump's America
Rediff.com12 Sep 2017Indian Americans speak up about the daunting challenges on the 16th anniversary of the tragedy.
Modi-Trump Summit: 'The buzzword is going to be continuity'
Rediff.com25 Jun 2017Aziz Haniffa, who has covered every Indian Prime Minister's visit to the US since Rajiv Gandhi in 1985, gives us a peek into what's happening in Washington, DC on the eve of the Modi-Trump summit.
Modi-Trump Summit: There is plenty of scope, but...
Rediff.com24 Jun 2017'... For the India-US relationship to continue its positive trajectory, it will require India to adapt to a different approach.' Nisha Desai Biswal -- who as the Obama administration's point person for South Asia was in the inner circle of all the Obama-Modi Summits -- tells Rediff.com's Monali Sarkar why she is hopeful that India and the US are on an irreversible forward course.
10 reasons why we still love Top Gun
Rediff.com7 Jun 2017Can Top Gun 2 -- now officially in the works -- even hope to live up to the original?
10 reasons why we still love Top Gun
Rediff.com7 Jun 2017Can Top Gun 2 -- now officially in the works -- even hope to live up to the original?
Spelling Bee: Indian Americans sweep Top 10!
Rediff.com2 Jun 2017For the 13th consecutive year, a desi child has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But what's domination without some swag, right?
Victoria & Abdul trailer: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal and a rare friendship
Rediff.com1 Jun 2017Victoria & Abdul tells the true story of the unexpected friendship between Queen Victoria and her young Indian servant.
How Monsoon Wedding became a musical
Rediff.com30 May 2017Going behind the scenes with director Mira Nair.
The Oscar winner who picked Irrfan Khan
Rediff.com25 May 201716 years after The Warrior, Asif Kapadia and Irrfan Khan will team up once again for the cinematic adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's Moth Smoke.
Roger Moore: On Her Majesty's Service
Rediff.com24 May 2017In photos: Remembering the longest-serving James Bond.
16 years & everything Ash wore at Cannes
Rediff.com24 May 2017Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Cannes fashion choices have come a long way from her debut in 2002.
Beyond Octopussy: Roger Moore's India connections
Rediff.com24 May 2017The James Bond actor spent months in India shooting for another film, but his connection to India goes much deeper than that.
The Cannes Film Festival like you have never seen before
Rediff.com23 May 2017A young Arnold Schwarzenegger in swimwear, Cary Grant setting airport chic standards, a socialite even the Kardashians can't keep with and other vintage moments from the film festival on La Croisette!
The first lady in a sari at Cannes
Rediff.com22 May 2017.. And other memorable couple outings at Cannes Film Festival.
Even your phone's fingerprint sensor isn't safe!
Rediff.com3 May 2017Three Indian-American researchers have shown that the fingerprint-based security systems used in smartphones and other gadgets are way more vulnerable to hacking than we imagined.
In photos: Canada's first Sikh defence minister returns to India
Rediff.com21 Apr 2017Harjit Singh Sajjan is the first Sikh to hold the top defence job in a foreign land. And this is his first official trip to the country of his birth.
Then & now: The Dalai Lama in Arunachal Pradesh
Rediff.com12 Apr 2017China may reacted angrily about his visit to Arunachal Pradesh, but the Tibetan spiritual leader has never been one to stand down. Despite Beijing's loud protests, backed by New Delhi, His Holiness has traveled to the border state seven times since he sought refuge from Chinese aggression in India in 1959.
Exclusive! What the head of US Congress' India caucus wants
Rediff.com27 Mar 2017US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, newly elected co-chair of the influential Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, discusses her vision for US-India ties with Rediff.com's Monali Sarkar.
This is no apocalypse film. It is life in Mosul.
Rediff.com17 Mar 2017As the Iraqi and American forces enter the final stages of the fight to take back Mosul from the Islamic State, 1 million people are expected to become refugees. This is what a modern-day mass exodus looks like.