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'Everybody in class wants to sit next to me'
Rediff.com29 Jun 2016Dhanak child stars Hetal Gada and Krrish Chhabria look back at their beautiful film.
Russian hooligans see themselves as Kremlin foot soldiers
Rediff.com13 Jun 2016Ultra-nationalist and schooled in their country's historical grievances, Russian soccer hooligans see themselves as fighting the Kremlin's geopolitical battles in miniature when they clash with foreign fans at the Euro 2016 tournament.
Full text of Modi's address to US Congress
Rediff.com8 Jun 2016Here's the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the United States Congress.
'India-China rivalry merely western media's hype'
Rediff.com25 May 2016Chinese media on Wednesday criticised the western media for attempting to drive a "wedge" between India and China.
'India' out, 'South Asia' in. How academics ill serve us
Rediff.com11 May 2016"South Asian studies" academics in the US would do well to introspect how they wittingly or unwittingly become part of Pakistan's proxy war in wielding influence over academics and policy, says Sankrant Sanu.
Gold, cellphones, gift coupons: It's raining freebies in Amma's manifesto
Rediff.com6 May 2016The manifesto was unveiled by Jayalalithaa at a public rally, in a departure from usual practice of release at party headquarters in Chennai.
Vice Admiral Lanba to be the next Navy Chief
Rediff.com5 May 201658-year-old Lanba, a specialist in Navigation and Direction, will have the full three-year tenure as the Navy Chief. He will succeed Admiral R K Dhowan who is retiring.
'Kohinoor, a symbol of British loot'
Rediff.com22 Apr 2016Though it would be wonderful for Indians to have the Kohinoor and Peacock Throne displayed in all its glory at the Red Fort, it seems unlikely that the British will part with the Kohinoor in a hurry.
India's Persian Gulf diplomacy is on a roll
Rediff.com7 Apr 2016If things work out, it will be a great leap forward in the Indian-Iranian economic ties in the new phase of Iran's reintegration with the world market following the lifting of sanctions, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Hinduism, nationalism and socialism: the latest political conundrum
Rediff.com28 Mar 2016Hinduism, nationalism and socialism may be okay separately, but in equal combination they yield political nonsense.
Steyn returns to competitive cricket with eye on World T20
Rediff.com24 Feb 2016South African speedster Dale Steyn, who has been marred by a string of injuries (groin and shoulder), will be returning to competitive cricket in a club game in Cape Town. Steyn will play for Western Province Cricket Club against St Augustine in his bid to prove his fitness for next month's three T20s against Australia ahead the much-important World T20 in India. Steyn, who missed out owing to a groin injury during the tour to India injured his shoulder in the first Test against England and has been out of competitive cricket since close to two months. Despite his injury, the 32-year-old was included in the squad South Africa keeping a replacement ready if he failed to make it. Proteas T20 skipper Faf du Plessis said, "Steyn looks fully fit but a call could only be taken on whether he will travel to the tournament if he gets through the matches against Australia."
The return of the activist State
Rediff.com9 Feb 2016The middle class's long push to force the state to retreat from the economy may be reversing, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
'Gandhi became the first non-Muslim to lead a jihad'
Rediff.com8 Feb 2016Incisive Editor, brilliant scholar on Islam, and now BJP leader, M J Akbar is at his intellectual best when he dissects the Muslim world and its problems, and offers up a solution from his unique perspective, as he did in this recent speech at the 10th R N Kao Memorial Lecture in New Delhi.
'Islamism, a Phoenix waiting to arise from the ashes'
Rediff.com8 Feb 2016'Small bands of terrorists believe they can destabilise superpowers if they are ready to become martyrs.' 'Since the road to paradise is under the shade of swords, it is a win-win situation for those ready to die for the cause of Allah.'
'Today, we have a capable navy which takes care of our interests'
Rediff.com5 Feb 2016Ahead of the International Fleet Review being held in Vizag, Naval chief Admiral RK Dhowan spoke of the changing perception of the navy and the many challenges it faces.
Pathankot: 'Luck helped us'
Rediff.com11 Jan 2016'Had they struck on the night of the 1st, there would have been hell to pay and had they been able to sneak further in, we would have had a greater problem,' says Lieutenant General H S Panag (retd), the former Northern Army Commander.
ODI warm-up: Rohit, Pandey star in India's win at WACA
Rediff.com9 Jan 2016Rohit Sharma and Manish Pandey sparkled with half-centuries but rest of India's batsmen put up a lackluster performance before the bowlers came good to hand the team a 64-run win over a second string Western Australia XI in the warm-up one-day cricket match at the WACA, in Perth, on Saturday.
Sran impresses as India open Aus tour with easy warm-up win
Rediff.com8 Jan 2016India started their limited-overs tour of Australia on a positive note, comprehensively beating a second-string Western Australia XI by 74 runs in a Twenty20 warm-up game on Friday with Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan striking fluent half-centuries.
'Not a terrorist attack, but an attack on India's sovereignty'
Rediff.com6 Jan 2016'If you destroy the assets in Pathankot, you degrade the combat potential of India; you degrade the war potential of India.'
Hobart Test PHOTOS: Australia in control after record stand
Rediff.com11 Dec 2015Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh combined for 449 runs and the sixth highest partnership in Test cricket history to put Australia firmly in control after the second day of the first Test against West Indies on Friday.
The odd, crazy world we live in
Rediff.com9 Dec 2015Here is your weekly digest of the odd moments from around the world
Champions League PHOTOS: United play-offs hopes hang in balance; Real win
Rediff.com26 Nov 2015Photos from the UEFA Champions League matches played across Europe on Wednesday
Back-to-back drought adds to the woes of farmers
Rediff.com25 Nov 2015The well-irrigated states of Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, western Uttar Pradesh and coastal states such as Odisha are, for the first time, feeling the effects of a poor monsoon.
'Terrorism is also a social activity'
Rediff.com24 Nov 2015'So a number of people are drawn in along with members of their friends' circle or their relatives.' 'A number of individuals find that they have more in common with the 'imagined community' that they discover online as opposed to their own physical community and indeed, even the majority Muslim community elsewhere.'
IS publishes photo of 'bomb that downed' Russian plane
Rediff.com19 Nov 2015The terror group claimed that an IED hidden in a soft drink can was used to bomb the plane.
As long as faith scores over reason, Paris will keep happening
Rediff.com17 Nov 2015'Disgruntled, disillusioned, Muslim youth -- of whom there is no dearth, given the Muslim world's sorry state -- are ready to take on the might of the West and attack it in any way they can.' 'For them, it is their faith, and not the reasoning of Newton or Descartes that has stayed with them, sustained them through the misery their world had sunk into,' says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Doping threatens Kenya's credibility at Rio Olympics: Rudisha's coach
Rediff.com16 Nov 2015Doping could cast a shadow over Kenya at the 2016 Rio Olympics unless the East African nation implements credible systems to root out drugs cheats, said veteran Kenya-based coach Brother Colm O'Connell.
What The World Needs: A Fellowship of Minds
Rediff.com11 Nov 2015'They don't always agree with our governments, their teachers or their parents, but it is the conviction of their ideas, and their determination to share them with the world that, I believe, is one of the greatest sources of hope for our planet.' 'The colonisation of space, understanding the very building blocks of matter and the universe, utilising our understanding of the human genome to conquer disease -- these are the tasks waiting for a fellowship of minds to realise new triumphs in our collective destiny.'
Cut down wasteful subsidies that do not reach the poor
Rediff.com4 Nov 2015The savings would be better spent and might actually reach the poor, says Rahul Khullar.
Russian plane with 224 on board crashes in Egypt, ISIS claims responsibility
Rediff.com1 Nov 2015A Russian civilian Airbus plane carrying 224 people, mostly tourists, crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday with most of those on board feared dead as the jet's wreckage was found in a mountainous area.
The talented Indian
Rediff.com29 Oct 2015Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui make a global statement on the power of Indian cinema, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
The man who stole India's past
Rediff.com9 Oct 2015'It was only relatively recently that Subhash Kapoor was able to secure the sources in India, Afghanistan and Cambodia, that allowed him to get the really highest level objects, and that helped propel him in recent years up the ranks.'
Technology, Mr Modi, is the god with clay feet
Rediff.com8 Oct 2015Technology can certainly gain India membership in the comity of modern nations in the 21st century.
The teenager who's India's Next Top Model
Rediff.com1 Oct 2015India's Next Top Model winner Danielle Canute shares her winning story with Rediff.com contributor Rajul Hegde.
The best places to eat in Mumbai
Rediff.com22 Sep 2015Zomato's Users Choice Awards features the best restaurants in Mumbai.
Asal Uttar, The Battle That Changed The 1965 War
Rediff.com10 Sep 2015'News is rife that Pakistan will attack the next day. They have no idea that this is where they will take on the might of 1 Armoured Division of Pakistan in a three-day bloody battle that will be remembered in military history as the Battle of Asal Uttar.' Rachna Bisht Rawat salutes the brave men turned the tide of the '65 war.
Classic revisited: Three generations of Kapoors in Kal Aaj Aur Kal
Rediff.com3 Sep 2015In our special series revisiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor and Babita's 1971 film, Kal Aaj Aur Kal.
REWIND: Stunning PHOTOS of the week that was
Rediff.com31 Aug 2015A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by