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Fun ways of dealing with telesales calls

Fun ways of dealing with telesales calls

Rediff.com20 Jul 2007

Are you fed up of answering phone calls asking whether you're interested in a new credit card or personal loan? Here's a few ways of dealing with them.

Obama criticised for insensitive attack

Obama criticised for insensitive attack

Rediff.com20 Jun 2007

Singh called it unacceptable to label Clinton negatively due to a good humored comment she made in reference to her connection with Punjab.

Review: Gunde Jhallumandi

Review: Gunde Jhallumandi

Rediff.com12 Sep 2008

Directed by Madan Gunde Jhallumandi is a love story against a college backdrop. The entertaining film has some good performances by Uday Kiran and Aditi Sharma.

English bloopers: 'He said me to go'

English bloopers: 'He said me to go'

Rediff.com7 May 2007

Many of the mistakes we make in written and spoken English stem from the fact that we tend to directly translate what we are saying from our mother tongue.

'Profit is ours, loss is mine'

'Profit is ours, loss is mine'

Rediff.com4 May 2007

Often, what we reserve for use during an emergency is the better option.

Rupee depreciation: Foolish government, intelligent Indian

Rupee depreciation: Foolish government, intelligent Indian

Rediff.com14 Jun 2013

A theory that is doing the rounds is that with election nearing, this depreciation of the rupee will allow politicians of all hues to bring back their ill-gotten wealth.

Review: Rockstar is flawed, but fabulous

Review: Rockstar is flawed, but fabulous

Rediff.com11 Nov 2011

The film is a heart-felt, inflexible vision of an insightful filmmaker

Aisha: Love the fashion, the girl not so much

Aisha: Love the fashion, the girl not so much

Rediff.com6 Aug 2010

Beautifully shot and packaged with a fabulous soundtrack and superlative ensemble cast, Aisha, quite often, gets caught up in a self-created tangle of brand-led vanity to ever let one get acquainted to its leading lady.

The martys who made the army proud

The martys who made the army proud

Rediff.com14 Jan 2011

Notionally, the proud Indian Army will be entering its 64th year of existence on January 15, 2011. This is because, in fact, the Indian Army is as old as the idea of India.

Review: Get Smart

Review: Get Smart

Rediff.com20 Jun 2008

This is a movie you watch for the actors and their humorous interplay and if the jokes work for you, this is the type of movie you exit the multiplex murmuring 'great timepass' to whoever watched the film with you.

Video: Media chaos mars Dravid book reading

Video: Media chaos mars Dravid book reading

Rediff.com30 Jul 2009

Newer faces, fresher talents may have displaced Rahul Dravid from his once eminent position in the cricket pantheon but he is still capable of starting a riot in his native city, Bengaluru. It started innocently enough, with Dravid appearing at the Landmark bookstore in the Forum mall on Old Hosur Road, in Koramangala to read from Cricketmatics, a children's book brought out by the Chennai-based Karadi Tales company as part of a series.

Speed Track is enjoyable

Speed Track is enjoyable

Rediff.com5 Mar 2007

The much delayed Dileep-starrer, gives us the competition, games, sports, rivalry and romance associated with a sports college.

Too much action kills Okkadunnadu

Too much action kills Okkadunnadu

Rediff.com5 Mar 2007

Chandrasekhar Yeleti's latest, Okkadunnadu, is marred by too much blood and gore.

Govt seeks clarification from AXN

Govt seeks clarification from AXN

Rediff.com19 Jan 2007

The ministry clarified that AXN is not the only channel, which has been banned.

Mammootty excels in Palunku

Mammootty excels in Palunku

Rediff.com26 Dec 2006

Director Blessy confirms his reputation for brilliance.

One day report writing workshop

One day report writing workshop

Rediff.com27 Feb 2008

One day workshop on report writing by Chris Vermulen.

Beginning of the end of India's mainstream media?

Beginning of the end of India's mainstream media?

Rediff.com18 Jul 2012

From politics to economics, from cinema to sports, to arts to culture, social media has a view on everything.

Beijing aims to stamp out Chinglish

Beijing aims to stamp out "Chinglish"

Rediff.com4 Aug 2006

English speakers in Beijing have in the past been invited to visit "Racist Park" -- more accurately translated as the Park of Ethnic Minorities.

Tell us about your favourite Raksha Bandhan me

Tell us about your favourite Raksha Bandhan me

Rediff.com1 Aug 2006

Send us your favourite Raksha Bandhan anecdote about the festival or the the best gift you received.

Music Review: Delhi 6

Music Review: Delhi 6

Rediff.com20 Jan 2009

A R Rahman (who else, really?) makes waiting for his music such a worthwhile chore what with one fantastic soundtrack after another. Close on the heels of a deserving Golden Globes wins follows the anticipated score of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Dilli 6. Considering its impossible-to-define Chandni Chowk roots, Rahman injects the sounds of this 10-tracked album with an eclectic fusion of various genres. Bottom line: it's a 10 on 10.

When King Kansa summoned Biju Patnaik

When King Kansa summoned Biju Patnaik

Rediff.com4 Jan 2009

It is the time when 'King Kansa' virtually rules the town which transforms itself into a sprawling open air theatre.

Indian-American organisations slam Glenn Beck

Indian-American organisations slam Glenn Beck

Rediff.com17 Dec 2009

Several Indian American organizations, including the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin--arguably the largest and most influential international medical group in the US--and leading Hindu leaders have blasted Fox News' conservative talk show host Glenn Beck for insulting medical care in India and joking that the holy river Ganges sounded like a disease.

Rasathantram: A fine effort

Rasathantram: A fine effort

Rediff.com10 Apr 2006

Tilak, the model turned star

Tilak, the model turned star

Rediff.com30 Aug 2007

An interview with Kannada actor, Tilak.

Neha Kapur is Miss India Universe

Neha Kapur is Miss India Universe

Rediff.com18 Mar 2006

$54m lawsuit over lost trousers!

$54m lawsuit over lost trousers!

Rediff.com26 Jun 2007

All of us have lost a piece of attire to the vagaries of the neighbourhood dhobi and can empathise with an American judge's anguish over losing a pair of dear trousers

Knocked up: Delightfully raunchy

Knocked up: Delightfully raunchy

Rediff.com1 Jun 2007

Knocked Up, directed by Judd Apatow is a delightful comedy of an unplanned pregnancy and its aftermath.

Nine common English bloopers

Nine common English bloopers

Rediff.com1 Jun 2007

Do you study in the midnight or at midnight? How the English language can confuse us.

Bush wanted to bomb al-Jazeera TV station in Qatar

Bush wanted to bomb al-Jazeera TV station in Qatar

Rediff.com22 Nov 2005

The 10 Downing Street memo now raises fresh doubts over US claims that previous attacks against Al-Jazeera staff were military errors.

Meet The Robinsons is a fun fable

Meet The Robinsons is a fun fable

Rediff.com21 Apr 2007

The latest Disney feature isn't consistently funny, but impresses overall.

'Chotta Mumbai is a fun film'

'Chotta Mumbai is a fun film'

Rediff.com28 Mar 2007

Director Anwar Rasheed talks about his new film, starring Mohanlal.

US Vice Prez Biden leads White House Diwali celebrations

US Vice Prez Biden leads White House Diwali celebrations

Rediff.com15 Nov 2012

Just one week after United States President Barack Obama's convincing re-election, his faithful Vice President Joseph Biden led the White House celebration of Diwali, reflecting on the significance of festival of lights, and also acknowledging the presence of Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu American elected to the US Congress, and also Ambassador Nirupama Rao, who like Gabbard, seemed to have that gravitational pull in terms of the guests wanting to pose for pictures with them

'India created more jobs in US than US did here'

'India created more jobs in US than US did here'

Rediff.com13 Jun 2008

In an interactive session with PBS television's talk show host Charlie Rose at the 33rd anniversary summit of the US-India Business Council, Nath said, "Indian investment in the United States in the last two years is more than the US investment in India in the last two years, and India has created more jobs in the US than the US has created in India."

Pathbreaking  Mozhi

Pathbreaking Mozhi

Rediff.com26 Feb 2007

Mozhi offers a fresh and wonderfully modern perspective to relationships between 'normal' human beings for a change, and not glamorous superstars capable of superhuman feats.

Karl, Aaj Aur Kal: The funny side of Bollywood

Karl, Aaj Aur Kal: The funny side of Bollywood

Rediff.com18 Jan 2010

We bring you an excerpt from Karl, Aaj Aur Kal is comedian-actor-veejay Cyrus Broacha's first work of fiction.

Lee is a a brave attempt

Lee is a a brave attempt

Rediff.com19 Feb 2007

Watch Lee if you want to see a piece of decent experimental Tamil cinema.

Ghatothkach, Cannes-bound!

Ghatothkach, Cannes-bound!

Rediff.com12 May 2008

South Indian filmmaker, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao's latest animation titled Ghatotkach-Master of Magic will be screened at the Cannes Film festival on May 17 in the Palais C section.

'SRK is very brainy'

'SRK is very brainy'

Rediff.com24 Jan 2007

Mohit Mahipal, KBC participant, feels Shah Rukh rocks.