Dalai Lama successor must be from within China, needs govt nod: Beijing

China on Friday asserted that any successor to 88-year-old Dalai Lama should be from within the country and his heir needs to have its approval, as it projected the strategically-located Tibet......

The Pillar That Inspires India

The Ashokan Pillar in Kolhua, Bihar, is one of India's best maintained historical sites. All Photographs: Archana Masih/Rediff.com   The Ashokan Pillar with a single lion stands gloriously......

Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

Dalai Lama's heir has to be approved by Beijing: China

China on Friday said that any successor to the present Dalai Lama should be approved by it, ruling out recognition to any heir nominated by him or by his followers.   IMAGE: The Dalai Lama is......

Why Mira Nair's Films Speak To Me

Mira's films are alive, rocking and so true to the reality I know.They are gifts that I keep revisiting, and I cannot wait for what more she will share with us, notes Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE:......

Why is Ayushmann taking piano lessons?

What are the Bollywood peeps doing?Subhash K Jha tells us... Photograph: Kind courtesy Ayushmann Khurrana/Instagram Ayushmann Khurrana and his 5-year old son are learning the piano. Ayushmann, a......

Buddha & rebellion on Gowariker's plate

Director Ashutosh Gowariker discusses his next two films with Arthur J Pais in Toronto. Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your Raashee? got a solid welcome at the Toronto International Film Festival on......

India's Greatest Win

What happened at the Gabba on January 19, 2021 now sits at the pinnacle of India's most significant Test wins, declares Faisal Shariff. IMAGE: The Indian team celebrates with the Border-Gavaskar......

First Look: Indian umpires at US Open 2009

It is not only the Indian players who are creating a flutter at the US Open, but also umpires from the country, who seem to be everywhere at Flushing Meadows. There are five umpires of Indian......