Even as it got an overwhelming majority in the recently-concluded UP assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party had three candidates losing their electoral deposits. IMAGE: BJP supporters......
'It does not make a difference to me that I do something which Hindus do' 'We have a strong belief that because we serve the cows, God has given us everything. There is nothing that we lack and it......
Babban Mahto's wait to see his two-month-old girl for the first time only seems to be getting longer. IMAGE: A pregnant woman along with her husband travelling from Gurugram on foot being......
Distraught over frequent power cuts in their area, frustrated residents of Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli village tied up Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Babban Singh Chauhan and a local councillor, and held......
Paloma Sharma/Rediff.com discovers a group of murti (idol) sellers in Mumbai for whom life comes to a halt with visarjan (immersion). Past the garish posters of political parties and......
Sanjeev Rai, a call centre worker, sighsin a sibilant whisper: "I hate the idea of Valentine's Day this year. I will not be able to say those magic words to my girl-friend, this time around!"Rai,......
Bambai Meri Jaan features horrific massacres and violence so brutal that it ought not to be seen on a home entertainment platform, warns Deepa Gahlot. Mainstream Hindi cinema went through a phase......
'The reaction to Cutting Chai has been, "I never thought you could do something like this!" and I like that.' Arshad Warsi, who was fabulous in the Cutting Chai segment of the Modern Love Mumbai......
There is more to Arshad Warsi than meets the eye. Much more. A natural-born scene-stealer, Arshad has been constantly shortchanged by the entertainment industry. It can't be because of his height;......
Sukanya Verma celebrates Naseeruddin Shah, acting legend. There's a beautiful quote I once read by Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman: 'No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film......
'Yes, seriously.''This was the time she was going through a bad phase; her personal life was a mess after her alleged affair with Amitabh Bachchan ended and her career was going nowhere.'A gripping......