An estimated 75,000 people from all walks of life celebrated the festival of Janmashtami at a famous temple in Watford in the United Kingdom, participating in plays and dancing to mark the birthday......
The city has lost its favourite son, A P J Abdul Kalam. But Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar and Saisuresh Sivaswamy report that his legacy will live on forever. Rameswaram's main claim to fame......
Three accused in the Bulandshahr gang rape case were on Monday sent to judicial custody, even as Governor Ram Naik expressed anguish, saying cases like this have been occurring at different places......
'If policy-makers hold the lives of animals to be more significant than the welfare of a human populace, I can't believe that they're likely to do anything progressive for India.' Almost 17 years......
Muzzling NGOs is unbecoming of a democracy. Self-confident democracies encourage, indeed applaud, the involvement of citizens’ associations, including NGOs, in social and political......
This article started out as a list of Rahul Dev Burman's 10 Best Songs. I suggested on increasing the figure to 20. By the time I got around to writing the story, my list had expanded to 25 and was......
In the fifth part of this nine-part series, we highlight some more lesser-know facts about Dev Anand. Read on.Catch the first, second, third and fourth parts here.1. Shared a chawl room with three......
Khalnayak's Choli Ke Peeche, Duplicate's Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam, Mrityudaata's Na Na Na Na Re, Hare Rama Hare Krishna' Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham's Dekha Tainu Pehli, it's an......
Bollywood's portrayal of a 'sister' is an enduring stereotype. Either she's a poor, pitiable girl-next-door oozing saccharine virtuousness or a victim of mistreatment triggering our enraged......
In this seventh batch of the special series, we present some more lesser-known facts about Dev Anand. Read the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth parts here.1. Mumtaz was offered Zeenat......