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NBA round-up: Warriors withstand Embiid's 46-point game
Rediff.com25 Mar 2023Klay Thompson chipped in with 21 points for the Warriors, who won their third straight overall and ninth in a row at home to maintain their No. 6 position in the Western Conference playoff race.
Salman Rushdie speaks for 1st time after 'colossal attack'
Rediff.com7 Feb 2023'I'm lucky. What I really want to say is that my main overwhelming feeling is gratitude'
Salman Rushdie: The free speech champion whose 'verses' put his life at risk
Rediff.com13 Aug 2022The attack on Rushdie sent shock waves around the world, with world leaders and literary stalwarts saying they were appalled at the attack on the author who championed free speech and lived under the threat of assassination for nearly half his life.
Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand 1st Hindi novel to make it to Booker shortlist
Rediff.com7 Apr 2022Author Geetanjali Shree's novel Tomb of Sand on Thursday became the first Hindi language work of fiction to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
Still a long journey for young Thackeray
Rediff.com11 Nov 2019One is hopeful that if he becomes CM, Mr Thackeray will not be as trigger happy in calling for bans or encouraging outrage, says Uttaran Das Gupta.
When iPhone photos become works of art
Rediff.com31 Jul 2019In the hands of skilled photographers, smartphones are capable of producing works of art - as these stunning images show. Now in its twelfth year, the iPhone Photography Awards competition aims to find the best photographs taken using just an iPhone. Every year since it was founded in 2007, the IPPAWARDS has selected the very best shots among thousands submitted by iPhone photographers from more than 140 countries around the world. This year's grand prize went to Gabriella Cigliano for a mesmerising image shot on an iPhone X of two young girls in Tanzania. Scroll down to take a look at the stunning photos that made the cut.
10 Hindi Movies That Define India
Rediff.com15 Aug 2018Aseem Chhabra lists the movies that taught him about the Idea of India.
'The cultural stuff can't cancel out what is happening politically'
Rediff.com31 Jul 2018'Our grandparents' generation knew one another.' 'In our generation, you could go a lifetime without meeting someone from the other country,' British Pakistani novelist Kamila Shamsie tells Rahul Jacob.
Facebook founder to donate $100m to public schools
Rediff.com23 Sep 2010The proposed donation would be by far the largest publicly known gift by Zuckerberg, also the chief executive of Facebook, whose fortune was estimated last year at USD two billion by the Forbes magazine.
Indian American named in Best Leaders' list
Rediff.com23 Oct 2009The list of 22 leaders was compiled in association with Harvard Kennedy School. It also includes Federal Reserve Board Chirman Ben Bernanke, Newark city Mayor Cory Booker, Cisco Systems CEO and Chairman John Chambers and playwright-activist Eve Ensler.
'My top 10 favourite authors of all time'
Rediff.com18 Feb 2009Get Ahead reader Srinath Sridhar tells us a little about his favourite writers and books.
After 9/11, Bush suddenly had political capital
Rediff.com8 Jan 2009But how would he spend it? Bush and his administration clearly believed in unilateralism, and didn't mind flexing muscle to show America means business, even to its allies.
'I'm merely a wordsmith, trying to do my job'
Rediff.com6 May 2008Shibhaa De took time out to chat with rediff readers on April 5, 2008. Here's the chat transcript.
Kiran Desai shortlisted for Booker Prize
Rediff.com15 Sep 2006Indian author makes Booker short-list
Rediff.com14 Sep 2006Indian-origin writer in fray for Booker prize
Rediff.com15 Aug 2006The long list has been dominated by the 'Davids' - a new generation of novelists who have yet to become household names.