'Patriotism is a sentiment, a feeling of belonging to a place.' 'Nationalism is an ideology, and like all ideologies, it is absolute and restrictive in nature,' Ashis Nandy, arguably India's leading social thinker, tells Geetanjali Krishna.

Keeping it short and so sweet at the 90th Annual Academy Awards.

Rustom, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, PadMan... ...Vishal Bhardwaj's next with Deepika Padukone and Irrfan, John Abraham's Parmanu, Anushka Sharma's Pari, Abhishek Kapoor's Kedarnath, Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Fanney Khan, Shahid Kapoor's Batti Gul Meter Chalu... Meet Prernaa Arora, the young lady above the title...

'I see films as films. They were just trying to show what really happened. It's not about what one should do. We should try to distinguish between the two.'

Payal Taori, Mumbai University's MA topper this year, shares her journey.

Here is your ultimate guide to a happy one-night stand.

'Your jokes, your love for Hindi Films, your infectious laughter will always remind me of what a huge responsibility you have taken on at such a tender age...'

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's Bareilly Ki Barfi had the critics reaching for the stars. But that is just the tip of the iceberg discovers Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar.

Bisexuals make better lovers, fathers and partners, a new study has revealed.

Singer, song writer, and a single mother Manasi Scott wears her heart on her sleeves and tells Rediff.com's Anita Aikara why eve-teasing is a universal problem.

'My grandmother taking me to the jamatkhana was like a different world.' 'Like I had a key to a door which no one else seemed to have.' 'She doesn't take me anymore because she says I'm an embarrassment!'

It is time we support Dipa Karmakar and not forget her by the time Tokyo Olympics roll in, the way we've forgotten so many others -- medal winners who have died in penury, who have had to sell their medals to survive, who have taken auto-rickshaws home from the airport. It is time that talent, and not money, decided who gets to be nominated into the International Olympic Committee.

Here is a look at May's background, career and personal life.

Talented, rebellious, obsessive: Ranjita Ganesan and Dhruv Munjal find traces of the actor's different streaks in Mandi, Chandigarh and Mumbai.

'It's very expensive for a girl to become an actress. I remember I was nominated at all the award shows for Tanu Weds Manu, and conscientiously, like a new actress, I attended all of them and I was bankrupt by the end of it! I had to find a costume stylist, a hair stylist, a makeup stylist...!' Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com gets inside Swara Bhaskar's mind.

Facebook's reaction to Barkha Dutt's child abuse proves we know absolutely nothing about rape.

Over two years since the Nirbhaya rape shook the nation women in New Delhi feel no safer than they did before. With safety apps to self-defence classes on the rise, Ritika Bhatia takes a look at what working women in Delhi are doing to keep themselves safe.

Ashwini Asokan of Mad Street Den tells women to break stereotypes.

'Single life is pretty good. I like the attention. If I feel lonely, I just call my mom and she sleeps in my bed,' Kalki Koechlin tells Rediff.com contributor Paloma Sharma.

On September 20, actress and UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson launched HeForShe, a campaign to fight gender inequality around the world. In an amazing speech that made major waves across the Internet, she asked men everywhere to join the feminist cause, too-and many have answered.

Madhu Kishwar, noted activist, has raised eyebrows with her stand on Narendra Modi, another instance of her long insistence on questioning of peer opinion, notes Aparna Kalra.

Madhu Kishwar, noted activist, has raised eyebrows with her stand on Narendra Modi, another instance of her long insistence on questioning of peer opinion.

Chirag and Simone's proposal

Sarai Battiwala weighs in on why today's couples are less successful at making their unions last, as compared to previous generations.

The Hunger Games DVD is out, and it looks good, writes Arthur J Pais.

Vaishnavi K Nair, who recently graduated from Singapore Management University as an economics and law graduate, penned this letter in a fit of inspiration for all those guys who look upon women as mere objects.

Despite negative appreciation by critics, female students are sending innovative tongue-in-cheek biographies with photographs to win the 'Rear of the Year' title.

Mirch has its fun moments and a few laughs. With a lighter treatment it may have been a real rib-tickler.

Is the Sania-Shoaib-Ayesha controversy a media monster or are the parties directly involved responsible for being pushed into the limelight?

Indra Soundarrajan on penning the Tamil TV serial, Yamirukka Bayamaen.

The founder of Breakthrough, a human rights organisation that fights violence against women, Mallika Dutt, 47, is based in the USA and has dedicated all of her adult life to fighting for causes she believes in.

For the first time since the new wholesale price index\nseries started in 1995, India's annual rate of inflation turned negative, falling to\nminus 1.61 per cent for the week ended on June 6.

Kareena Kapoor talks about Kambakkth Ishq, and working with Akshay Kumar.

They set the trends and fashions of the season - from clothes to hairdos, celebs are the most copied people. Here are the top five copied hairstyles, according to a poll by Travelodge.

Sonali Khan is a woman achiever who is fighting for a cause. She works with an NGO called Breakthrough, towards issues that plague women.

Republicans, in choosing a woman, argue that they are the true party of feminists, even if their female candidate is anti-choice, pro-military, pro-guns, pro-religion in the public sector, anti-sexual education and is, in general, diametrically opposed to everything the feminist movement has achieved for American women.

Journalist-cum-desi blogger Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan's first book, You Are Here documents the typically chaotic love-life and soul-searching of a 25-year-old Delhi girl, Arshi. We present an excerpt from the book.

On Wednesday, US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama received a critical endorsement from the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, known as NARAL Pro-Choice America, oft-considered America's forefront voice on women's issues. Immediately, the endorsement raised the ire of feminists across the country, who said that NARAL had 'sold out' in endorsing a man (Barack Obama) over a woman (Hillary Clinton).

Shibhaa De took time out to chat with rediff readers on April 5, 2008. Here's the chat transcript.