What we learnt about Michelle Obama from her memoir

From her thoughts on a black woman becoming First Lady to marital struggles with her husband Barack, Michelle Obama hasn’t held back in her memoir, which is being praised as honest and......

Fortune names its World's 50 Greatest Leaders

The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and other United States schools, Tim Cook, India’s Indira Jaising and Mukesh Ambani. The names mentioned above have nothing in common… until......

What Donald Trump is in love with

'Trump said the Republicans had 'moved too far toward the extreme right' and that he was capable of capturing more than the 'really staunch-right wacko vote' by reaching middle-of-the-road......

'The Internet is destroying journalism'

'The scope of social networking as a form of journalism is limited. Yes, you can tweet a photo or write about, say, a policemen beating a protestor somewhere. But a real news story is complicated......

The World's Richest Women

It's a stereotype that wealthy women love to spend their days shopping. But what about the super, super, super rich women? What do they do? Forget shopping. They own the stores. Business......

Gates, Buffett, Jobs among America's best CEOs

Software czar Bill Gates, legendary investor Warren Buffett and Apple's Steve Jobs, all known for their business acumen, have been named among the 20 best American CEOs of all time. The list of '20......

Lessons of world's self-made billionaires

April's been busy for George Soros. The billionaire traveled the world to plug his 10th book. He made headlines calling for tighter regulation of hedge funds. He's also reportedly looking into......

At 17, she has built a million-dollar web site

Late last year, Ian Moray stumbled across a cotton-candy-pink Web site called Whateverlife.com. As manager of media development at the online marketing company ValueClick Media, he was searching......

'Om Puri deserves to be nominated for an Oscar'

Author Richard C Morais tells Arthur J Pais/Rediff.com he is amazed how Om Puri and Helen Mirren have brought his characters to life in the film The Hundred Foot Journey. An American born in......

Telluride Film Festival: The Mecca for lovers of cinema

Aseem Chhabra celebrates 40 years of the prestigious Telluride Film Festival. On Wednesday, I'll be going home -- for the 20th time.  Since 1994, I have been taking an annual pilgrimage......

Meet the World's Highest Paid Celebrities

The newest Forbes magazine poll listing the highest paid celebrities in the world is out. Here's looking at names that feature in the top 10. 10. Simon Cowell The American Idol and The X-Factor......

How The Decade Has Treated These Actresses

It's one of the saddest facts of Bollywood. But when it comes to longevity, a heroine's shelf life is nowhere close to that of her hero. While the latter is never too old or silly to romance......

Kasparov in 'Time 100' list

What he could not achieve during his chess playing days, legendary Garry Kasparov has done now by being included in 'Time 100' list of most influential people for the year 2007. The Russian......