Despite its many problems, A Death in the Gunj is an important work says Sreehari Nair.

The GST has been a great achievement, but it does suffer from weaknesses, says Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian.

'Unfortunately, prostitution is looked down upon.' 'It should be legalised.' 'Imagine the sexual frustration in the country if it didn't exist!' Chunky Pandey tells Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni how he bagged Begum Jaan and more.

Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera shares his impressions from the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India's landmark artistic extravaganza.

'I love watching Teleshopping; it's a stress-buster. I can watch it for three-four hours. I love the way they talk. I think Teleshopping was made for me.' A closer look at Commando 2 actress Adah Sharma.

The Oscar winner tells Subhash K Jha how Hrithik's voice was used to sound like various characters in Kabali.

The fiscal gains from implementing the GST and demonetisation, while almost certain to occur, will probably take time to be fully realised

Taking an apparent dig at Modi, Gandhi satirised a song, saying "Aapka toh lagta hai bas yahi sapna, ram ram japna garibo kaa maal apna (It seems your only dream is to take away money from poor while chanting the name of Ram)".

A study has revealed how women, who used contraception with more progesterone were the most sexually active when they were faithful and loyal to their partners.

Does drinking suppress your appetite? A new study has the answers.

Bani has no leadership skills.

Rock On 2 is mediocre, warns Raja Sen.

'My father became a very popular villain and in some films, was paid more than the hero. He was a very simple person. All he needed was six pairs of white shirts and trousers for the whole year, one or two packets of Dunhill cigarettes a day and books.' Shehzaad Khan on his famous father Ajit.

'Given the disdain Trump has shown for our community's values and experiences, it is disappointing that a handful of wealthy, conservative donors invited him to address their friends last weekend,' say Mira Patel and Gautam Raghavan.

PEMRA will only allow airtime to Indian content if India allows airtime to Pakistani content.

He said Clinton takes 'all those days off' and then 'she can't even make it to her car'.

'I'd love to do a Marathi film with Genelia.' Riteish Deshmukh gears up to storm Marathi cinema!

If elected, Hillary Clinton would become the first women president of the US.

Ghostbusters may not be a classic, but the laughs it earns are all its own, says Raja Sen.

We know that the new Thruxton R looks so beautiful that anyone can fall in love with it but its capabilities are best discovered on the roads

'You can say I kind of fit into the everyman role that Chetan Bhagat writes about.' 'It's an amazing compliment for me. Rather than play the hero, it is more about playing the character.' Arjun Kapoor discusses his movies and more.

On the fifth day of the trial, the train covered 84 km in 38 minutes between Mathura and Palwal.

'Is there a connection between the way we pitched the entire issue of Udta Punjab's censorship and the apologetic, full-of-very-specific-answers tone of the movie?' 'Maybe it's just me, but as an Indian liberal, I am more scared of us liberals than I am of the average Indian conservative bloke,' says Sreehari Nair.

The first-generation Audi Q7 was one of the highest selling vehicles in its class around the world. Now, the comprehensively updated second-gen version is here to fill the shoes and aims to do all that and more!

'Today if you look at the way India is growing many people are saying the sleeping elephant has finally woken up, is dancing!' 'I have travelled extensively, in about 60 countries. In all these the moment you say India, the first thing they mention is either an actor's name. Or they start humming a song.' 'I wanted to be in Bollywood. It is the most powerful medium we have in this country. That's soft power.' Listening in on Shobhaa De, Kabir Khan, Vikas Swarop and Saffron Art CEO Hugo Weihe speak on India's Soft Power, Hard Influence.

Anu Malik's daughter Anmoll tells us what it is to be a daughter of a famous daddy.

Nuclear weapons in Pakistan's hands have "corrosively destabilising" effects in the region and provide a license for the country's sub-conventional wars against India, a top American expert has said.

Emraan Hashmi and director Tony D'Souza try hard, and their effort shows. But Raja Sen wishes he could have said the boys played well.

'The non-cinephiles may hold up Sholay as their personal favourite and the cinephile lot may quote something like 8 1/2 as the movie to load with them on the ark.' 'But for a good percentage of these people from both categories, if there is one film to simply laze around with, a film that can extract them from their dull funk, it's definitely DCH.'

Despite its squandered possibilities, Fan is always engaging, writes Sukanya Verma.

Rajesh Pillai ate burgers and drank aerated American drinks as if his life depended on it, says Kamal Haasan.

'Even apart from the Bengal famine, there was a great deal more bloodshed and deceit than I was prepared for.' 'Almost every one of the acquisitions was won by extreme extortionate methods and what came out was that these relatively honest officers found themselves doing very dishonest things.'

This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world

The overriding objective of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) must be adequate economic return, not financial return.

Nevertheless, Honor 5X is a clear attempt by Huawei to garner mass appeal, and by the looks of it they will achieve it as well since the Honor 5X is indeed a very good package deal, says Himanshu Juneja

Despite a couple of flaws Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Duos remains a superior package and still stands out, contends Himanshu Juneja

For the first time, a Google computer programme has beaten a human champion of the 2,500-year-old complex Chinese game of Go, in an event seen as a milestone for artificial intelligence.

'The directors of these movies to me are less like artists and more like red-pen remarkists, whose idea of a script is basically checking off the broadest of issues in the broadest possible ways: Sexism, Check. Misogyny, Check. Loving yourself, Check,' says Sreehari Nair.

Assembly elections are due in the summer of 2016 in five places: Assam, West Bengal in the east and Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry in the south