Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Human mind an enigma, there can be myriad reasons for suicide: SC

The human mind is an enigma and there can be myriad reasons for a man or a woman to die by suicide, the Supreme Court has said while acquitting a man charged with abetting the suicide of his......

'Ameen Sayani was the Shahenshah of Melody'

For four decades, his voice united millions of Indians for an hour every Wednesday as he brought Hindi cinema's greatest songs in an unparalleled radio broadcast. Illustration: Dominic......

Rajasthan minister blames love affairs for many Kota suicides

Rajasthan minister Shanti Dhariwal has said love affair was a reason behind many suicide cases among students, including a 16-year-old girl who died at her hostel recently, provoking her father to......

Is Vikrant Massey Retiring?

Photograph: Kind courtesy Vikrant Massey/Instagram In a shocking revelation that has left the film industry in disbelief, Vikrant Massey has announced that he will retire from acting after 2025.......

'While Others Experimented With Drugs, I Was In Love'

'When you are in love, you are preoccupied just with that.''Nothing else registers. It's like being drugged.' IMAGE: Rekha in Sheshnaag. The youthful Rekha turned 70 on Thursday, October 10. The......

A Film From Manipur That You Must See

'This story has been always there since my childhood because of missing people.''I remember a family member who disappeared and I kept wondering what happened to him.' IMAGE: Gugun Kipgen in......

Love Hostel Review

Love Hostel stays focused on the murky present and revelling in its increasingly dark outcome.Despite the reach of social media and technology, this isn't the cushy, liberal India of mainstream......

Sreejesh reveals how love and hockey shaped his life

Photograph: Kind Courtesy PR Sreejesh/Instagram First he hated her -- for being better than him at school. But as it happens in Bollywood movies, "hate" was followed by love. That's how the......

Guess what lured goalkeeper Sreejesh to hockey!

'I was a chubby kid and opted for goalkeeping because you don't have to run and bend your back with the stick like other hockey players.' IMAGE: P R Sreejesh is India's first choice goalkeeper for......

Have told dad to relax, but he's still hawking cylinders: Rinku

IMAGE: Set to don India colours, Rinku Singh opened up on his check list. Photograph: BCCI Rinku Singh speaks in a matter of fact manner, just like his evening job under arc-lights -- smoke the......

Wrestling: Women's national camp moved from Lucknow to Patiala

IMAGE: Protests are being held by the top wrestlers as they demand the arrest of WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for alleged sexual harassment of seven female wrestlers, including one minor.......

Protesting wrestlers will be allowed to compete in Asian Games trials

IMAGE: Wrestlers warm-up during their sit-in protest in Jantar Manter in Delhi. Photograph: PTI The ad-hoc panel of the IOA is likely to allow the state wrestling associations to field deserving......