Attacking Congress in RS, Modi invokes 1984 riots, Kashmiri Pandits

Declaring that even Mahatma Gandhi wanted the party dismantled, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said there would have no Emergency, no massacre of Sikhs, no caste politics and no exodus of......

Why is Rahul missing in action?

On all key issues, Congress is MIA, sighs Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi with her son and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. Photograph: PTI Photo   Much debate has been......

Nida Fazli, the last of the great Urdu poets

For generations to come it will be difficult for any other Urdu poet to attain such high standards as Nida Fazli, who passed into the ages on Monday, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. When the......

In chaste Urdu, Meira Kumar wins hearts in Pak

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has floored an audience that included her Pakistani counterpart, senior ministers and parliamentarians by delivering a speech in flawless Urdu laced with couplets from......

'You Need Patience To Be An Actor'

'A struggling actor once came to me and told me there's no work.''I said when there's no work, that's when you have a lot of work.''He said he didn't understand.''I explained that you have to keep......

30 RD Burman Gems You May Not Have Heard

Rahul Dev Burman made enough music to last a million lifetimes. As it happens in the case of every prolific artist, some of his work received more love than others. When one thinks of RD classics,......

Have A Dev Anand Festival At Home

Gems you can enjoy from the time Dev Saab was at his handsome and magnetic best. Had he lived -- and we did believe he would live forever -- he would have turned 100 today, September 26, 2023. They......

When Bollywood Sang To The Moon

When Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, Indian movies couldn't stop praising the Chand. As India successfully lands Chandrayaan-3, does the moon look as beautiful as one's beloved......