Satish Bodas/Rediff.com captures glimpses from some of Mumbai's well-known Ganesh Mandals. IMAGE: The Khetwadi 11th Galli Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal, founded in 1962, has a towering 45......
A country as diverse as India has some of the strangest rituals and traditions. From bizarre ways to cure illnesses to an unusual matrimony to please the rain gods…the things people do here......
Silence replaced the laughter at Rajesh Mirpuri's home when 9/11 took him a week before his birthday, finds George Joseph Rajesh Mirpuri was just a week short of his 31st birthday when tragedy......
Mira Nair, the Oscar-nominated director of acclaimed films like Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake, Mississippi Masala and Salaam Bombay!, was chosen as the India Abroad Person of the Year 2007, on......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had wooed top Silicon Valley majors during his US trip last year, spent 90 minutes last night with CEOs representing companies in sectors spanning new economy to......
India likely to enter Missile Technology Control Regime; Amazon may announce fresh investments When Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington DC on......
C KPrahaladwas an interesting combination of an academic and a practitioner, says R Vaidyanathan.In India, the word 'guru' is not used in a cavalier fashion. It denotes certain level of wisdom,......
When Aamir Khan parties, he makes sure the entire film industry parties with him! The Mumbai wedding reception of daughter Ira Khan and Nupur Shikhare saw the who's who in attendance. Salman Khan......
Thank God tries hard to be funny, but its humour is dated and cliched, observes Namrata Thakker. Director Indra Kumar dished out many hits back in the '90s and it seems he is still stuck in that......
Check out the star arrivals. Sonam turned up in support of father Anil Kapoor as the duo attended the special screening of Aneez Bazmee-directed Welcome Back, held at PVR in Andheri, a western......