When the landslide hit, Sruthi's house was washed away, along with its inhabitants.She lost her entire family and some relatives. All she had left for a close confidante was her fiance Jenson.Days......
Government was watching Gandhiji's mood to know if he had cooled down.They found out from his letters and utterances that he was the same old firebrand and even more determined than before. The......
'Not even in my wildest dreams did I think I would write a book one day.' IMAGE: S Dhanuja Kumari while collecting garbage. All photographs: Kind courtesy Dhanuja Kumari S Dhanuja Kumari's......
Beyond a point, competition is boring. The fun is in the doing, irrespective of outcome. By the time I was in college, I knew I valued awareness more than success, notes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE:......
A scuffle broke out late Friday night between Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and Left-backed groups at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus during......
The government on Thursday rolled out the internship programme on a pilot basis that will provide a total annual financial assistance of Rs 66,000 to those in the age group of 21-24 years, and aim......
In recent years, the conduct of a few private banks’ corner-room occupants and the role of their boards have come into sharper relief. Raghu Mohan reports. Illustration: Uttam......
Eminent industrialist and former chairman of the Bajaj group Rahul Bajaj passed away on Saturday due to illness at his home in Pune, according to a group official. Bajaj (83), who stood down......
Amartyada, says Omkar Goswami, thank you for being the humane, caring and socially concerned economist that you are. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Born in 1933, Amartya Sen......
One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......
Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand, who would have turned 99 today, September 26. IMAGE: Dev Anand. This feature was first posted on Rediff.com on April 4,......
'He always had this big, goofy grin on his face and would speak to me with complete attention, something I was not used to as a shy child who kept to herself.'Amala Dasarathi recalls her encounters......
'I didn't even know where Bombay was before I came here.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shilpa Shukla/Instagram "People still remember me as the Chak De girl!" Shilpa Shukla says with a laugh. It has......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Kartik Aaryan/Instagram Kartik Aaryan will play the title role in his next film, Freddy, to be directed by Ajay Bahl. "In Freddy, Kartik will play a character unlike any......
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade. IMAGE: A scene from Bulbul Can Sing. As the second decade of the young century comes to an end, it is time to look at how......
Gukesh squanders advantage to settle for draw in Game 7. IMAGE: India's D Gukesh and China's Ding Liren played out a draw after 72 moves. Photograph: Eng Chin An/FIDE/X The youngest-ever......
IMAGE: Rishabh Pant with his coach Tarak Singh, who passed away on Saturday morning. Photograph: Rishabh Pant/Twitter Tarak Sinha, the Indian coach with most number of international and......
Photograph: Kind Courtesy Southern Railway/Twitter Orphaned at five, raised by her daily wager grandmother and forced to run barefoot early on as shoes was a luxury she couldn't afford, sprinter......
IMAGE: India's table tennis player Gnanasekaran Sathiyan with Venugopal Chandrasekhar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gnanasekaran Sathiyan/Instagram Former India table tennis player Venugopal......
IMAGE: Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Photograph: Zlatan Ibrahimovic/Twitter He has already sampled the life of a singer at Italy’s Sanremo music festival, and AC Milan striker......