Hindus blamed for wrong policies of 'royal family': Modi slams Cong in RS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Congress in the Rajya Sabha accusing it of adopting a policy of 'family first' and appeasement, and said the Bharatiya......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Sanatan Dharma row: BJP slams INDIA bloc, questions Mumbai meet agenda

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday intensified its attack on the Opposition over Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks on Sanatan Dharma, asking the Congress if the INDIA......

Over 260 citizens urge CJI to act against Udhayanidhi for 'hate speech'

Over 260 eminent citizens, including former judges and bureaucrats, have written to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud urging him to take cognisance of DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's......

Art collection biz: Past, present & future

It's hardly news any more that in Birth Tina Ambani owned India's most expensive work of art at Rs 10.5 crore (Rs 105 million) till IT-czar Shiv Nadar's wife snapped up Saurashtra for a......

Think of this as Husain's IPO

Emotional chicanery or fiscal prudence? Whatever it turns out to be - artist M F Husain's decision to accept Qatari citizenship will result in the hardening of his prices, writes Kishore Singh.......

6 states hold key to India's demographic dividend

Perhaps half-way through India’s demographic transition, what is the outlook for the future? Robert Malthus wrote his famous An Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798. In that book his......

Most rural Indians can afford a toilet but don't want one

A household survey shows that they don’t think using a toilet is good for their health, pointing to the need for sanitation policies that focus on changing attitudes rather than just building......

Veteran actor Shaukat Azmi passes away at 93

Veteran actor and Shabana Azmi's mother Shaukat Kaifi passed away in Mumbai on Friday evening due to age-related illness at the age of 93. IMAGE: Shabana Azmi with her mother Shaukat and brother......

7 Cliches Of Movie Criticism & Reporting

This isn't a hatchet job, and my excuse for the exercise is my feeling that when you invert some of the clichés mentioned here, you might just arrive at the portals of genuine movie-making......

Alvida: Film folk who left us in 2019

Hindi cinema lost some of its most celebrated faces in 2019, leaving a void in the fraternity as well as in the hearts of the audiences. We take a look at those who passed on.   Girish Karnad......

Bloody Brothers Review

Bloody Brothers is watchable, especially in the scenes of its two lead actors trying to work out something from the puny material given to them.Jaideep Ahlawat, who suggests roiling energy and......

Soccer Extras: Sterling wins Football Writers' award

IMAGE: Manchester City's Raheem Sterling with the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Raheem Sterling/Twitter Manchester City forward Raheem......

MS Dhoni: Gets his timing right one last time

Photograph: Kind courtesy CSK/Twitter If Chennai Super Kings is a film, then Mahendra Singh Dhoni is its screenplay writer, director, main protagonist with a fine producer in Narayanaswami......

FIFA U-17 World Cup: What the tournament means for India

It would be unfair to expect India to bedazzle crowds with eye-catching football. This team is built around stability. But despite the talent, progress from a group that also includes -- apart from......

'My destiny was to write about the game'

'That has always been my ambition -- to take the reader behind the scenes, to the places he was not allowed to visit, but which I had the privilege of entering.'Haresh Pandya remembers Ted Corbett,......

'Cricket needs to wake up. But how?'

'Put cricket, first and foremost, at the centre of every decision you take.''The bottom line must always be the sport that we love.'Rahul Dravid as eloquent as always in his M A K Pataudi Memorial......