Tamil Nadu Shatters Mo-Sha's Dream Again

The BJP often forgets that in Dravidian Tamil Nadu, the voter does not mix religion, which is personal, and politics that is in the public sphere, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Senior......

The Soldier Who Became A Legend

A fortnight after he became the face of the Indian soldier in the Kargil war, on July 8, 1999, Vikram Batra died. He was mortally wounded after fighting through the night while recapturing Peak......

The Most FANTASTIC Pix You Will See!

The World Photography Organisation has revealed the winners for the Sony World Photography Awards 2024. Here are the winning entries: A Colourful Dream by Bibek Kunwar   I took this in a felt......

Sonam Wangchuk develops solar heated tent for soldiers

Innovator and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, the real life Phunsukh Wangdu of Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots, has developed an eco-friendly solar heated tent that Army personnel can use in extremely......

The comfortable SUV from Citroen is here

Citroen drives in its SUV late, but it's worth the wait, says Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com. The maiden offering from the French automaker Citroën has finally been launched in India, after much......

Renault Kiger is a hatchback killer

With generous space, attractive design, handful equipment list and topped with a killer price tag, the Renault Kiger could well be the new ace in the sub-4 meter SUV segment, says Rajesh......

Maruti's XL6 is the Ertiga in much nicer clothes

If you think the XL6 is a brand new, from-the-ground-up car, you have another think coming, says Pablo Chatterji. Photograph: Courtesy NEXA/Facebook The Indian automotive industry is in the middle......

The Skoda Rapid facelift is a good C-segment sedan

How good a proposition is the facelifted Rapid? Indian automobile website MotorBeam.com finds out. With the pre-facelifted Skoda Rapid, many could have argued that the car was nothing but a......

What Thriller Will You Watch On OTT?

Middle Earth comes to OTT as does a spate of other offerings. Sukanya Verma gives you this week's OTT menu.   The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerWhere to watch? Amazon Prime......

'The trick is to look forward with excitement, then you're alive all the time'

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,......

Adarsh Gourav loses BAFTA to Anthony Hopkins

Nomadland dominates BAFTAs 2021 with four wins. IMAGE: Frances McDormand in Nomadland. Director Chloe Zhao's meditative drama Nomadland emerged as the top winner at the BAFTA Film Awards 2021 by......

The BEST International Films of 2021

2021 may go down in the history of world cinema as having produced the largest number of good quality films from across the world. What is remarkable is that practically all of these films were......

WTC Final: How Sri Lanka can spoil India's party?

IMAGE: With Australia already confirmed in the WTC final, Sri Lanka can join them by sweeping New Zealand in their two-Test series if India are denied victory in the fourth Test in the......

Augusta Masters: Rose grabs control while top players struggle

Justin Rose, who withdrew from his last start a month ago with back spasms, kicked off his torrid run at the par-five eighth where he made eagle after his approach shot from 275 yards bounced......

FIFA scandal is black cloud over Women's World Cup

‘Canadian Soccer Association is confident that the current situation will not impact the competition’ Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, President of the Football Association, visits......

Images: Sri Lanka vs England, Champions Trophy

Graham Onions strikes the first blow for England as he finds the edge of Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya The perfect out-swinger from Onions saw Jayasuriya edging the ball and was snapped......

Ronaldo: From Lisbon to Madrid, via Manchester

Few players in world football fit the Galactico description better than Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Portuguese box of tricks appears to be on the verge of re-locating to his natural habitat at Real......