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......

Are we any closer to knowing Who Killed Sheena Bora?

After 800 days, is it a little clearer that Accused No 1 through 4 are responsible for her death?Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.Illustration: Dominic......

All ye sheep: Beware the Facebook Wolf

'The thing we fondly call FB has come a long way from the cute baby dimples it had in 2006.''Today the dimples are long gone and FB looms over us as Mr Hyde, designing the news we see with......

After selling 580 mn books, Gita Press faces labour crisis

Though the worker strike at the Gorakhpur-based publisher of Hindu religious texts has been called off, it hints at an underlying financial crisis, says Manavi Kapur That talk of a financial......

We're obsessed with customer, not competition, says Amazon's VP

On Wednesday, global e-retailer Amazon completed a year in India. In an email interview, Amit Agarwal, vice-president and country manager, Amazon India, tells Anusha Soni e-commerce......

Policy change triggers single-brand retail rush

After proposals by IKEA and Pavers, another bunch of foreign single-brand retail applications is on its way to India, prompted by easier sourcing and brand ownership rules.At least half a dozen......

Italian health product major Chicco eyes India

Italian health and wellness products major Artsana SPA said on Friday it will start sourcing apparel and shoes for its baby care brand, Chicco, from India for global operations as well as sales in......

How these great brands turned around

Reviving even a storied brand isn't easy once consumers have a negative perception of it. Just ask Ford or Gap, which lost 19 per centand 15 per centof their brand value, respectively, in this......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

His first film made Rs 175 crores!

'We had decided that if the audience liked Stree, then after two or three years we would plan a sequel.''Because of the kind of reaction we received for the film we have already started work on......

'When I heard the climax, I went like WOW!'

'Shah Rukh Khan is a great actor. To be the only other actor that a great director selects after him is a matter of great pride.' Straight talk from Ranveer Singh. Image: Ranveer Singh/Facebook......

Moushumi Chatterjee: I was always a superstar

'I have been dropped from many movies. I did not want to compromise my self-respect.' 'I was born in a house with all the facilities. I had a car and servants. I got married into a family that......

A Young Guns XI from IPL 9

Season 9 of the IPL has seen several youngsters punch above their weight.Some of them make Aruneel Sadadekar/Rediff.com's Young Guns XI. The Indian Premier League, in its nine year history, has......

Nike leaves door open to Sharapova after doping scandal

Sharapova could return to the Nike fold, as the company allowed US sprinter Justin Gatlin 'At the end of the day, athletes are humans just like the rest of us' IMAGE: Maria Sharapova. Photograph:......

Hard to imagine life without cricket: Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is on the verge of history. Not many cricketers can dream of playing two decades in international cricket. Graham Gooch was the last to do so. Now the Mumbai batsman will join that......