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Rashtrapati Bhavan's Durbar Hall, Ashok Hall will now be called...

Venues for different ceremonial functions, Rashtrapati Bhavan's iconic 'Durbar Hall' and 'Ashok Hall' were on Thursday renamed 'Ganatantra Mandap' and 'Ashok Mandap', respectively. IMAGE: Durbar......

The Incomparable Ved Mehta

On a visit to India in 2013, writer Ved Mehta -- who passed into the ages on Sunday January 10, 2021 -- gave Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel a rare glimpse into his state of mind and what he......

'A Communist's mother does not live on charity'

'Our only child. A Communist.''There was an encounter by the police inside this room, five years ago. He was shot in one arm, but managed to escape.''Missing since then. May Jesus keep him alive.'A......

A teacher like no one else

Anjuli Bhargava discovers Brand Abha Adams.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Abha Adams, 66, has an abiding memory of her own school days. Standing with her two thin plaits among a......

The Modi Model of Governance

'The Modi Model we see now is still the old Gujarat Model.''But with an acknowledgement that governing India is more challenging than governing Gujarat,' notes Shekhar Gupta. The Modi-Shah-BJP......

The Zomato boomerang

'For the likes of Zomato or Swiggy or Foodpanda or similar others, the customer has been sensitised for all times to the perils of the food pack being pilfered.''An important matter of trust has......

The extraordinary story of an unsung billionaire

Qimat Rai Gupta even sold oil on a cycle in the villages of Punjab, says Bhupesh Bhandari recounting his amazing story. Image: Qimat Rai Gupta had an extraordinary life. Photograph,......

Incredible India goes for the kill, but it's not enough

Doosri baar, says a young girl in her anglicised Hindi after jaunting across the length and breadth of India, on being asked if it is her first time here. And that is how the international......

Lessons from Dhirubhai Ambani

On Dhirubhai H Ambani again, unabashedly so, and for a very good reason. I guess it must have struck many readers by now that I idolised Dhirubhai. They are right. I do. Every column I write on......

'I said no to a lot of big films because...'

'...it didn't make sense to me.''If the character was not adding (to the story), I wasn't interested.''The reason why I chose to act is because of the way it makes me feel when I'm acting, not for......

Bharat review: A film gone badly astray

Bharat is nothing more than a reflection of the times we are living in: where we expect our heroes to be flawless, virtuous fellas -- it is our current national disease, says Sreehari Nair. In Ali......

Have you seen these 3 AMAZING films?

Small-town India shines in these movie gems, says J Jagannath. The media keeps peddling numbers that two-thirds of the people lining the pockets of corporations and e-commerce giants come from......

The American prof who's made a movie about India

Meet Srihari Sathe. Producer. Director. Professor. Shrihari Sathe is an Indian- American film producer based in New York City. He has worked on a range of films: Producing Dukhtar, Pakistan's......

From Gandhi to Fifty Dead Men Walking

These days, you can't talk about Western cinema set in India without mentioning Slumdog Millionaire, which just recently won an astonishing 8 Academy Awards, including best picture. But before......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

Finishing School for Team India

There is a buzz in the warm Bangalore air at the Chinnaswamy stadium as I make my way towards the newly-built office of the 'Centre for Radical Ideas and Enterprising Solutions' (CRIES). A bold new......

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