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Chasing the other monsoon
Rediff.com11 Jun 2009Bijoy Venugopal takes a long, wet drive through the hills of Tamil Nadu to meet the monsoon on its way out.
Meet the Peanut Prince of Argentina
Rediff.com8 Jun 2009Meet Simmarpal Singh, a top level employee of Olam International, also known as the Peanut Prince of Argentina.
Getting to know hedge-like mutual funds
Rediff.com21 May 2009This type of alternative investment mutual fund gives investors the benefits of a hedge fund, without the need for high net worth. See if this strategy is right for you.
Meet the next king of comedy
Rediff.com6 Apr 2009With back-to-back comedies like Apna Sapna Money Money, Welcome To Sajjanpur and Golmaal Returns, Shreyas Talpade is steadily becoming the king of comedy.
Pattalam satisfies only briefly
Rediff.com27 Mar 2009Thiruppathi Brothers' Tamil film, directed by Rohan Krishna, drags you back to the joys of school-life -- but only for a few moments.
Namesake writer directs John Abraham
Rediff.com25 Feb 2009Sooni Taraporevala's humourous, fast-paced and life-affirming story of underdogs Little Zizou is scheduled to open on March 13 in India.
Review: Laadam is a good show
Rediff.com20 Feb 2009Cosmos Entertainment's Laadam, directed by Prabu Solomon is a gangster-movie with a racy screenplay and a good set of thrills. Go for it.
Stunned US dispatching FBI team to Mumbai
Rediff.com28 Nov 2008The US officials estimate that the widespread carnage could have been carried out for relatively small price tag of between $100,000 (almost 50 lakh) and $200,000 (almost 1 crore), which, they say, is the cost of machine guns, grenades, ammunition and boats used, said ABC News.
Why being a copycat investor can hurt you
Rediff.com7 Nov 2008Copying the portfolios of big-time investors is unlikely to yield comparable returns.
New dog, old tricks
Rediff.com24 Oct 2008While it's easy to look at Roadside Romeo as a harmless entertainer -- and there is a chance the film will indeed score very well with young audiences -- there is an inherent danger in the way it shoves even more Bollywood down the throats of its target audience.
Wilbur Ross has $300 million to spend in India
Rediff.com15 Sep 2008He now owns textile and auto parts plants worldwide
Review: Poi Solla Porom
Rediff.com12 Sep 2008UTV Motion Pictures' and Four Frames' Poi Solla Porom, directed by Vijay is a remake of Khosla ka Ghosla -- and is a fun and racy reproduction.
Scientists could 'switch off' cancer soon
Rediff.com11 Aug 2008Scientists claim to have found a way to "switch off" a molecule that is a key player in triggering breast cancer and certain forms of leukaemia. Researchers in Australia have found a way of blocking signals to and from a signaling protein, Gab2 -- the molecule operating downstream of major breast cancer oncogene HER2 -- preventing it from its role in cell proliferation, the EMBO Journal reported.
All about the Google Lively experience
Rediff.com9 Aug 2008As it progresses, Lively is sure to acquire layers of complexity - and at that stage, it will offer an intriguing challenge to the current model of the virtual universe.
Review: Love Story 2050
Rediff.com7 Jul 2008Love Story 2050 is a complete failure, a badly written attempt at sci-fi starring a Hrithik-lookalike and Priyanka Chopra in one of the worst performances of her career. And it's more than 3 hours long! Stay away!
Crisis looms as global gas supplies dry up
Rediff.com7 Jul 2008India faces a new energy crisis - unavailability of gas in the international market - that could worsen power supplies and impact a wide range of industries.
What's in a name in radio biz? Plenty
Rediff.com3 Jun 2008The one with the curious name is the runaway leader, setting benchmarks in programming, standardisation and localisation. It doesn't hurt to be part of a formidable family.
Soon, robot cops for real in India
Rediff.com26 May 2008IIIT-A has been working on Effective Human Robot Interaction Technology, which enables robots mimic human beings' interaction with each other for quite some time. The researchers are of the view that it would enable robots being acceptable for wider application areas like identification of criminals and terrorists.
What can an e-learning course do for YOU?
Rediff.com5 May 2008To answer questions related to e-learning in India, Shailesh Mehta, CEO, GurukulOnline Learning Solutions, hosted a chat with GA readers on April 30. Here's the transcript.
Krazzy 4 is not funny
Rediff.com14 Apr 2008You can watch the film without cringing, and indulgently smile at where what is going wrong and, figuring out how the real joke might have sounded as intended, chuckle a bit. And honestly, this isn't a film we're trying to make sense of, or nitpicking about plot detail: make it loony, for god's sake, go wild but try and make it funny, instead of hoping Irrfan's and Rajpal's faces do the trick.
India follows China's path with Africa overture
Rediff.com9 Apr 2008India will unveil on Wednesday a "blueprint" for its intensifying engagement with Africa, a symbolic step that reflects New Delhi's anxiety over China's growing influence on the continent and its desire to mimic the close economic and commercial ties forged by Beijing in recent years.
Can fasting help cancer patients?
Rediff.com1 Apr 2008According to a study by a team at the University of Southern California, fasting for as little as 48 hours protects healthy cells against chemotherapy. Test tube experiments have confirmed that normal human cells were two to five times more resistant than cancer cells to chemotherapy after a short period of starvation.
The 'new' in Indian architecture
Rediff.com29 Mar 2008Jagan Shah, architect and historian, picks on 20 mid-career architects and calls them the new moderns. He believes these architects define the contemporary Indian style of building. But contemporary is not an architectural style that merely tacks on Indian motifs or symbols to the structure, or mimics vernacular architecture. Shah picks on multidisciplinary insights and a widening of agendas to include concerns about climate ecology and gender, going beyond national identity.
Scientists closer to extending human lifespan
Rediff.com13 Mar 2008Researchers have identified genes that perform a key role in the ageing process, boosting efforts of scientists aiming to possibly extend the natural human life span. The study appearing in the journal Genome Research looked for genes that control the ageing process in two primitive organisms, yeast cells and nematode worms -- separated by 1.5 billion years of evolution.
A cup of tea can help you fight diabetes
Rediff.com3 Mar 2008The finding is based on the discovery of black tea's ingredients that mimic the action of the hormone insulin, which is deficient in people with diabetes.
Viagra could damage men's fertility
Rediff.com25 Feb 2008Researchers at the Queen's University in Belfast have found that young men, who take the anti-impotence drug recreationally, could be damaging their sperm quality, thus spoiling their chances of starting a family.
One baby Fiat for the price of 13 Nanos!
Rediff.com18 Feb 2008Fiat is riding the New 500 wave across Europe since its July 2007
When Sreenivasan made Rajni cry
Rediff.com8 Feb 2008In the first part of an exclusive interview, Sreenivasan spoke about how the film Kadha Parayumbol was born. In the second part, he speaks about how Rajnikanth reacted to the film.
Scientists discover cause of premature menopause
Rediff.com1 Feb 2008The international researchers have discovered the PTEN enzyme that keeps immature eggs from ripening prematurely.
Om Shanti Om: The Rediff Review
Rediff.com9 Nov 2007Farah Khan's latest film is heavily flawed but still fun.
Chinese toys face another major recall
Rediff.com8 Nov 2007In yet another setback to the Chinese toy industry, millions of toys made in the country are being withdrawn from the US and Australia as they allegedly contained a chemical which mimics the reaction caused by a date-rape drug and could lead to children slipping into coma. Moose Enterprise of Melbourne, Australia, the manufacturer of the popular toy called Aqua Dots, blamed the reaction on substation by a Chinese factory of toxic glue for a safe glue.
Keeping your kids safe online
Rediff.com25 Oct 2007Sexual predators are scary, but the bigger threat may be what your kids do by accident.
Johny Mera Naam remixed
Rediff.com28 Sep 2007Johnny Gaddaar isn't exactly what you could call a 'great' movie. It's overwritten and over directed for most parts. And yet, against the odds, it works in its own quirky way.
Want to invest in MFs? Here are 5 basic rules
Rediff.com12 Sep 2007Mutual funds are the right way to invest in stocks and bonds for individual investors. By following the right principles and rules, it can be both profitable and tension-free.
Working women, get noticed for the RIGHT reasons
Rediff.com31 Aug 2007More often than not, women have to invest twice as much to prove their competence in their domains. Here are a few tips to help you get noticed for all the right reasons!
How they made millions in the stock market
Rediff.com30 Aug 2007Great investors like Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch were big buyers when stocks got cheap. You should be too.
Newbie takes on Big B's role
Rediff.com29 Aug 2007Model Prashant Raj Sachdev on his role in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag.
Half-Indian, half-Japanese, all funny
Rediff.com28 Aug 2007Meet the Indian-American comics spreading that funny feeling. This week: Dan Nainan.
A really annoying Babyy
Rediff.com24 Aug 2007Sajid Khan's directorial debut leaves much, and we mean much, to be desired.