Many were hoping that with Vajpayee's NDA gone, there would be a return to the Congress normal.Nobody was prepared for the opposite.Sonia Gandhi was sceptical.This became the only issue over which......
'Senior Vatican officials were pleasantly surprised at the number of Indians who had come to witness the ceremony.' IMAGE: Pope Francis speaks with new Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad during a......
He was colourful. He was dramatic. He was The Master of His Craft. There never will be an editor as versatile as Pritish Nandy, notes Nikhil Lakshman. IMAGE: Pritish Nandy, Editor Extraordinaire,......
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......
Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud on Friday bid farewell to Supreme Court judge A S Bopanna, who will demit office on May 19, as he hailed the outgoing judge's "authentic sense of......
A peek into the life of a public-sector banker who did well professionally, but paid a price for it, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A column on what......
Haven't they heard about the 'Tale of Two Brothers'? asks Suveen Sinha. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Zuckerberg -- or Zuck, as he is known to nearly everyone of his acquaintance -- is......
The biggest failure of post-2008 economic policy has consisted in governments’ inability to find creative ways to write down unsustainable debts, says Kenneth Rogoff. Is today’s......
'The Akali government is not responsible for the Punjab power crisis as Mr Sidhu is saying.' IMAGE: Police use water cannons to disperse Aam Aadmi Party workers who were staging a gherao at Punjab......
Codgers on holiday in rising India! Growing foreign travel is one sign of the radical change in rising India’s vacation dynamic. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. As scorching......
Janhvi Kapoor is busy promoting her film Mr And Mrs Mahi and makes sure to match her fashion to the cricket-themed plot. From wearing cricket-inspired custom jewellery to outfits with a sporty......
With the Lok Sabha elections going on, May is rather quiet when it comes to theatre releases. This, even though summer is considered to be the most lucrative season for new movies since school and......
'Rapists do have families.''I wanted to see how a father or mother would deal with it.''They go through shame as well and get discriminated from the rest of the village.''Why don't we show it that......
'Something which is just entertaining you continuously is not giving you a moment to pause, reflect or think.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Konkona Sensharma/Instagram Do you know which directors......
Blood sucking locusts on the loose, a honeymoon gone awry, a disenchanted school teacher and a singing tropical rainforest mammal, Sukanya Verma lets you take your pick from the OTT spread this......
IMAGE: Annu Rani threw the javelin 58.70 metres to take top spot in the women's event at the Warszawskie Zawody Lekkoatletyczne 2024 athletics meet in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday. Photograph: Ezra......
IMAGE: Image for representation. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters Having been a pillar of support for Afghanistan cricket for close to a decade now, the BCCI is set to extend infrastructure and......
'I don't have anything in savings. I am just breaking even. I can not say I live a very good life or where I say I don't need to work.' IMAGE: Sumit Nagal is not saving enough money for himself......
'At this moment I can promise you that I don't have a contract with anybody' 'If possible, yes, it (England) would be my first choice' IMAGE: Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in the stands.......
IMAGE: BJ Watling celebrates. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images New Zealand Cricket (NZC), on Tuesday, announced that wicketkeeper-batsman BJ Watling will be retiring from international......