'Yeh Patthar Nahin Todegi'

There was a memorable meeting with a 'tall, elegant, beautiful girl', who had recently finished her 12th in the strongly tribal Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh. 'I was shocked. In this whole sea of......

'Baloch Believe Pakistan Will Break Up'

'The struggle of insurgents and pro-independence political activists is fuelled by a deep conviction that not only is a free Balochistan possible, but they also believe that Pakistan will......

'Ratan Made You Feel Special'

'He had a lovely, lovely, sense of humour, very subdued and very, very subtle, but it was very, very, prominent.' All photographs: Kind courtesy Ratan Tata/Instagram.com   Halekai or Home By......

Himachal cloudbursts: Rescuers, drones join search for 45 missing; 8 dead

Rescuers deployed drones in a massive effort to trace about 45 people still missing in flash floods in three Himachal Pradesh districts as the death toll rose to eight, officials said on Friday.......

MFs Are Putting Investors' Money At Risk

Mutual funds, as experts and custodians of another set of retail investors' savings, play a speculative game they are neither supposed to nor equipped to do, cautions Debashis Basu. IMAGE: The PB......

Lehman@10: Lessons India failed to learn from the crisis

Two successive reports, one by Percy Mistry in 2007 and the other by Raghuram Rajan in 2008, had provided the RBI and finance ministry with blueprints of what to do next. Both reports,......

Who will bell the big banking cats?

Part-I: The mysterious case of the missing $500 billion! Part-II: Why currency derivatives are like rigged casinos! This is the third and final part of a series on exotic financial derivatives,......

Why inflation targeting alone will not help India

Is the recent agreement between the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India to make inflation targeting the central bank's prime focus the way to go?  Rediff.com will publish a......

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......

Take Your Pick From This OTT Menu

Coming of age dramas, mind twisting thrillers, slice-of-rural life, here's everything you can watch on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.   Geek GirlWhere to watch?......

Coming On OTT This December

December has given us a lot of reasons to go to the theatres. That's probably why OTT releases are fewer this month. Joginder Tuteja lines up the releases in store. Mission RaniganjWhere to......

What To Watch On OTT This Week!

From a conqueror's epic journey to a school kid's nocturnal adventures, fasten your seat belts as OTT takes you to multiple destinations this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.......

'We never took any tension, we played the game as it came'

'Kapil had faith in his team and the team had faith in its captain.' IMAGE: Kapil Dev is presented with the 1983 World Cup trophy by Robert Carr, then the chairman of Prudential Assurance, the......

PIX: Andrade wins vault gold; Biles second despite fall at Worlds

IMAGE: Brazil's Rebeca Andrade celebrates winning the vault exercise at the women's apparatus finals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, in Sportpaleis, Antwerp, on Saturday.......

10 Top quotes from the 2015 World Cup- Part II

From players, coaches, legends and fans... Rediff.com brings you the best quotes of World Cup 2015. Hear them out! - Don't Miss! The Rediff Cricket Show - The World Cup, as never before......

Somdev closes in on US Open singles main draw

Somdev Devvarman is on the verge of qualifying for the singles main draw of the US Open as the Indian requires just three more points to clinch the final round match against Poland's Jerzy......

Rediff Football Awards: World Cup 2010

Even as Spain celebrates it maiden World Cup title, rediff.com too celebrates by presenting its maiden football awards. It is a cross between the Oscars and the Razzies. And to be honest, it......